Nelson

[raisingarizona13]

If you had one day in Nelson what would you ride?

I'm probably headed that way next Sunday.

Is there a shuttle service I should use or is there a killer not to miss pedal ride with epic BC descent?

I'm looking to ride classic BC steep tech.

[tellybele]

If from town, the vein. Or, ask Mark at Sacred Ride, he is a creator of a lot of trails up there, y'all might have something in common n'shit.

[raisingarizona13]

If from town, the vein. Or, ask Mark at Sacred Ride, he is a creator of a lot of trails up there, y'all might have something in common n'shit.

Rad! Thanks.

[SkiLyft]

Can’t recommend anything in Nelson. But 7 summits in Rossland, BC. There is a shuttle and it’s a beauty!


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[evdog]

Last time through I rode Slabalanche, Powerslave to Bedframe, and Paper Bag. Was 20+ yrs since my previous visit so I can't comment on anything else. Slabalanche is cool with lots of tough rock slabs. There is some old janky woodwork that I declined to hit, and some spots where woodwork had been removed from slabs making them questionably rideable. After buzzing shorts on the first one I rode around the other couple. Good trail though and it's an easy pedal up.

For Powerslave I rode to the upper trail access. Didn't think the trail higher up was worth the extra climb. Next time I'd just climb up and ride Bedframe or maybe climb up to the lower section of Powerslave and hit that and Bear's Den. Bedframe is a classic with lots of killer slabs. There is a green climbing trail all the way up. Bring a bear bell, it goes through documented grizz zones.

I did Paper bag as an evening loop. It is flatter up top but with some fun slabs and steeps (up and down) but then it just turns into steep chutes on the lower part. Seemed like a total waste of elevation after the slabs up top. Then you close loop on the rail trail. Do not recommend.

For a single day you could easily do Slabalanche in the morning, grab lunch and then hit Bedframe in the afternoon plus the extra up to lower Powerslave/Bears Den if you've got time.


I rode Seven Summits for first the time on that same trip after reading about it for years, and it goes in my top 10 list of most overrated trails. Lots of tough climbing but didn't think the descending was great. One and done.

[t.odd]

The Vein is/was one of my favourite nelson trails, lived there in 2012/13. Skirt/Elisim is great on Mountain Station in town, and on Svoboda Paperbag is always the go to, but be sure there's no blowdown as it seems to have a lot after storms roll through. I really liked Una Canuma and Middle Earth over there. If you had a shuttle driver, Cherry Bowl/Shannon Pass out of Baldface is sick. Upper Goldmember/Lucky Charms/Waldorfian is good over on Gold Creek. I always liked Mister SLave/Illuminati after Bears Den.

Definitely talk to Mark at Sacred, always seemed pretty willing to dish the up to date goods.

[SkiLyft]

I rode Seven Summits for first the time on that same trip after reading about it for years, and it goes in my top 10 list of most overrated trails. Lots of tough climbing but didn't think the descending was great. One and done.

Hahah, those climbs kicked my ass but I wasn’t in the best shape!! Those views were everything though.




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[SkiLyft]

Souther BC Stoke!



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[raisingarizona13]

Last time through I rode Slabalanche, Powerslave to Bedframe, and Paper Bag. Was 20+ yrs since my previous visit so I can't comment on anything else. Slabalanche is cool with lots of tough rock slabs. There is some old janky woodwork that I declined to hit, and some spots where woodwork had been removed from slabs making them questionably rideable. After buzzing shorts on the first one I rode around the other couple. Good trail though and it's an easy pedal up.

For Powerslave I rode to the upper trail access. Didn't think the trail higher up was worth the extra climb. Next time I'd just climb up and ride Bedframe or maybe climb up to the lower section of Powerslave and hit that and Bear's Den. Bedframe is a classic with lots of killer slabs. There is a green climbing trail all the way up. Bring a bear bell, it goes through documented grizz zones.

I did Paper bag as an evening loop. It is flatter up top but with some fun slabs and steeps (up and down) but then it just turns into steep chutes on the lower part. Seemed like a total waste of elevation after the slabs up top. Then you close loop on the rail trail. Do not recommend.

For a single day you could easily do Slabalanche in the morning, grab lunch and then hit Bedframe in the afternoon plus the extra up to lower Powerslave/Bears Den if you've got time.


I rode Seven Summits for first the time on that same trip after reading about it for years, and it goes in my top 10 list of most overrated trails. Lots of tough climbing but didn't think the descending was great. One and done.

Yeah, I don't ride the way you do! My rides are generally in the 1000 to 3000 vertical feet of climbing, 3k being extreme for me and capped around 20 miles. I rode Captain Kangaroo to Wings For Merry in Castlegar this past Sunday. that's about 2400 foots of climbing, it was my first big ride all year and I was dead. But it was so worth it and I plan to do one of those each week I'm still up here.

So 7 Summits ain't something I'm interested in anyways. I mostly want to go for a ride with a sick dh run. That's more my thing.

I was thinking a decent intro to Nelson ride might be Upper Skirt > Space Junk > Slingshot > Smiling Buddha > Atomic Speed Goat. It looks pretty cool on TF and something I can peddle up to right from town. Newtsac looks dope but probably not enough for a good ride. The Cherry Bowl/ Baldface stuff looks sick but I'll probably save that for a shuttle run with some friends.

Thanks for the input errybody.

[evdog]

Both the Slabalanche and Bedframe rides are about 2k in 6 miles. I bet you could do both in one day. Pretty easy climb/push. Bedframe can be shuttled.

[evdog]

Hahah, those climbs kicked my ass but I wasn’t in the best shape!! Those views were everything though.

They kicked my ass too, and I was in shape! Agree on the great views

[ironhippy]

I'm gonna be in that area in a month, I'm looking forward to the 7 summits climbs and don't care too much if the descent "sucks". Thanks for the information!

[mntlion]

might not be slab-rad tastic, but anoher vote to check out captain Kangaroo.

And another vote for the Meh of 7S

[Eluder]

Last time through I rode Slabalanche, Powerslave to Bedframe, and Paper Bag. Was 20+ yrs since my previous visit so I can't comment on anything else. Slabalanche is cool with lots of tough rock slabs. There is some old janky woodwork that I declined to hit, and some spots where woodwork had been removed from slabs making them questionably rideable. After buzzing shorts on the first one I rode around the other couple. Good trail though and it's an easy pedal up.

For Powerslave I rode to the upper trail access. Didn't think the trail higher up was worth the extra climb. Next time I'd just climb up and ride Bedframe or maybe climb up to the lower section of Powerslave and hit that and Bear's Den. Bedframe is a classic with lots of killer slabs. There is a green climbing trail all the way up. Bring a bear bell, it goes through documented grizz zones.

I did Paper bag as an evening loop. It is flatter up top but with some fun slabs and steeps (up and down) but then it just turns into steep chutes on the lower part. Seemed like a total waste of elevation after the slabs up top. Then you close loop on the rail trail. Do not recommend.

For a single day you could easily do Slabalanche in the morning, grab lunch and then hit Bedframe in the afternoon plus the extra up to lower Powerslave/Bears Den if you've got time.


I rode Seven Summits for first the time on that same trip after reading about it for years, and it goes in my top 10 list of most overrated trails. Lots of tough climbing but didn't think the descending was great. One and done.

might not be slab-rad tastic, but anoher vote to check out captain Kangaroo.

And another vote for the Meh of 7S

I agree with these assessments other than I like Upper Power Slave, but with a shuttle...

There is less mainstream stuff that kicks everything up a notch for steepness if you are interested in that...

[t.odd]

I agree with these assessments other than I like Upper Power Slave, but with a shuttle...

There is less mainstream stuff that kicks everything up a notch for steepness if you are interested in that...

If you're going to shuttle Upper Powerslave, might as well add in Toadslave to get the full 1600m of descending!

[toast2266]

Sitting in nelson as I write this.

For quick laps, I really like the north shore stuff. Morning sickness and newtsac are awesome. Sitkum too.

Powerslave to mister slave, then do the quick pedal back up to bedframe is rad. Powerslave should be entered at "powerslave connector" on trailforks. Even with a shuttle I don't generally bother going above that.

I'd skip the vein. It's a loamless rut with a hateful climb.

As Eluder alluded to, the best stuff isn't on trailforks. Plenty of fall line, tits deep loam and gnar to be found. Shoot a pm if you want some pointers.

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[raisingarizona13]

might not be slab-rad tastic, but anoher vote to check out captain Kangaroo.

And another vote for the Meh of 7S

I rode CK last Sunday and I loved it! Finished with Wings For Merry, that system is sick!

The poutine at Cartwrights Pub was real good too.

[raisingarizona13]

Sitting in nelson as I write this.

For quick laps, I really like the north shore stuff. Morning sickness and newtsac are awesome. Sitkum too.

Powerslave to mister slave, then do the quick pedal back up to bedframe is rad. Powerslave should be entered at "powerslave connector" on trailforks. Even with a shuttle I don't generally bother going above that.

I'd skip the vein. It's a loamless rut with a hateful climb.

As Eluder alluded to, the best stuff isn't on trailforks. Plenty of fall line, tits deep loam and gnar to be found. Shoot a pm if you want some pointers.

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Sick Toast, thanks. I might head up with some of the crew to do shuttles in mid September. Are all of those systems shuttle-able? If not what's the best areas and trails for shuttles? I'd love to get on something secret too, just for the fun of it and hopefully fresher loam.

[smmokan]

Speaking of Nelson (plus Rossland and Castlegar from the other thread), how early in the season do things tend to open up for riding? And how late into the fall does it stay rideable?

[toast2266]

That area is pretty low, so there's stuff that's usually rideable in March / April. But the bigger descents that are kinda the reason to go there don't really open up until late May or early June. Same deal in the fall - lower stuff is rideable into November / December.

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[raisingarizona13]

Speaking of Nelson (plus Rossland and Castlegar from the other thread), how early in the season do things tend to open up for riding? And how late into the fall does it stay rideable?

September into early October seems to be a good time to ride here. It was smoke season all summer and temps were more often in the 90-100 degree range. The summer here in N Idaho kind of sucked TBH.