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SaveFrom technical DH to comfortable xc trails and beach cruising, there are options for everyone in the Comox Valley.
The Valley boasts some of the most varied trails on Vancouver Island, with XC, DH, Shuttle Runs and Lift accessed riding. Be sure to bring your friends, spend a weekend and have fun.
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The Valley boasts some of the most varied trails on Vancouver Island, with XC, DH, Shuttle Runs and Lift accessed riding. Be sure to bring your friends, spend a weekend and have fun.
http://www.cvmtb.com
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
705 trails
- E-Bike
454 trails
- Horse
41 trails
- Hike
763 trails
- Trail Running
758 trails
- Dirtbike/Moto
123 trails
- Observed Trials
12 trails
- ATV/ORV/OHV
73 trails
- Snowshoe
42 trails
- Downhill Ski
101 trails
- Backcountry Ski
8 trails
- Nordic Ski
36 trails
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 1,057
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 708
- Trails E-Bike
- 454
- Trails Gravel Bike
- 1
- Trails Adaptive Bike
- 1
- Trails Winter Fat Bike
- 1
- Trails Horse
- 41
- Trails Hike
- 763
- Trails Trail Running
- 758
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 123
- Trails Observed Trials
- 12
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 73
- Trails Snowshoe
- 42
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 101
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 8
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 36
- Total Distance
- 693 miles
- Total Descent
- 139,658 ft
- Total Vertical
- 7,122 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 7,126 ft
- Reports
- 21,511
- Photos
- 5,146
- Ridden Counter
- 645,391
Articles
5 Years in the Making: Cumberland Opens Their Most Ambitious Backcountry Trail Project Yet
Jun 6, 2026 from pinkbike.com
Expanding what's possible in a working forest, Cumberland's newest backcountry-style loop introduces long alpine descents, high-speed loam, and...
Race Report: Disera Makes it 2-1 Against the GOAT as Holcomb Dominates Cumberland's Mud-Soaked Queen Stage
May 26, 2026 from pinkbike.com
Rain turns the Queen Stage into a slick, technical gauntlet where Peter Disera edges out Nino Schurter 2-1 and Ruth Holcomb extends her overall lead.
Video: Dylan Siggers Gets Tricky in 'Don't Tap The Glass '
Mar 31, 2026 from pinkbike.com
Stunts on stunts on stunts.
Video: Rhys Verner Shreds the All-New (Non-High-Pivot) Forbidden Reya
Mar 17, 2026 from pinkbike.com
Forbidden steps away from the idler pulley for their first-ever "downcountry" machine. Watch Rhys Verner push the 120mm Reya to the limit on...
Popular Trail Networks
view all areas »Sub Regions
- Black Creek (12)
- Comox (48)
- Northeast Woods (43)
- Courtenay (215)
- Cumberland (355)
- Cumberland Moto (13)
- Cumberland trail network (215)
- Forbidden Plateau (100)
- Denman Island (11)
- Hornby Island (72)
- Hornby Island (72)
- Royston (25)
- Nymph Falls Park (0)
Popular Comox Valley Mountain Biking Trails
• 100 ★ 4.8 • 1 mile • 384 ft • 8,160 •
祖母の道 - "Sobo No Michi" means "Grandmothers Path" (Trail/Road) in Japanese. It is the first trail in Cumberland to be named after Japanese Canadian Pioneers. Built by Bill McLane of Workhorse Trail design through the vision of...
• 100 ★ 4.9 • 2 miles • 582 ft • 7,643 •
祖母の道 - "Sobo No Michi" means "Grandmothers Path" (Trail/Road) in Japanese. It is the first trail in Cumberland to be named after Japanese Canadian Pioneers. Built by Bill McLane of Workhorse Trail design through the vision of...
• 100 ★ 4.1 • 2,075 ft • 42 ft • 7,089 •
Highly rated popular blue difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail and has a moderate overall physical rating. It features a-frame, bridge, drop, teeter totter and wallride. On average it takes 4 minutes to complete this trail.
• 100 ★ 3.4 • 791 ft • 11 ft • 6,933 •
Connector trail to cross the creek from to trails on the other side. At the north end of the trail, turn left to follow the doubletrack to Sunset Strip, and Short and Curly. Or turn right to connect to and .
• 100 ★ 4.0 • 1,365 ft • 11 ft • 6,776 •
Popular blue difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail and has a moderate overall physical rating. It features bridge. On average it takes 2 minutes to complete this trail.
• 100 ★ 4.6 • 2,772 ft • 19 ft • 6,719 •
The orginal flow trail through the middle of the network joining from to . Good for a broad range of riders, a few viewpoints and some fun berms.
• 95 ★ 4.2 • 1,647 ft • 0 ft • 6,701 •
Highly rated popular blue difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail and has a moderate overall physical rating. It features bridge, jump and skinny. On average it takes 1 minutes to complete this trail.
• 100 ★ 4.5 • 3,579 ft • 10 ft • 6,446 •
Lower section of Vanilla - continues across road with big berms and sweeping turns to intersection with Shortline.
Comox Valley Mountain Bike Routes
★ 5.0 • 2 miles • 77 ft • 5 •
UROC Fiver series presented by Fox and supported by our Comox Valley bike stores. All riders who complete...
★ 3.9 • 5 miles • 531 ft • 24 • Loop •
A great intermediate loop in Cumberland, BC. Short & Curly, Entrails, Swamp Monster, Crafty Butcher, Black...
★ 5.0 • 30 miles • 5,300 ft • 32 •
This is the updated and most recent route map for the 2021 UROC Dodge City Enduro happening Sunday...
★ 2.5 • 4 miles • 540 ft • 8 •
12hrs of Cumberland 2026 is a 7.5 km race route in Cumberland BC, including, Presidents Choice, Bonestorm,...
★ 4.0 • 14 miles • 2,965 ft • 17 •
The Cumberland EPIC is a big, backcountry-style loop that links the highest and best outer trails in the...
★ 4.0 • 3 miles • 390 ft • 8 •
UROC Fiver series presented by Fox and supported by our Comox Valley bike stores. All riders who complete...
Photos of Comox Valley Mountain Bike
Videos of Comox Valley Mountain Bike
trail: Chunder
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Aug 5, 2025
trail: Upper Helter Skelter
0:54 |
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Aug 4, 2025
trail: Chunder
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Sep 22, 2024
trail: Chunder
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trail: Chunder
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trail: Chunder
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Sep 21, 2024
trail: Beulah Creek
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Jun 12, 2024
trail: Sapsucker West
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Apr 1, 2024
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trever's Trail Forbidden Plateau | Jun 6, 2026 @ 7:56pm (America/Vancouver) Jun 6, 2026 | Unknown | sevy7 | Hike Clossed. Logged, mid section gone. |
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dhowe | wishlist | trail | activity #97233567 | Jun 17, 2026 @ 10:46pm 8 hours |
| PalaceCat | add | report | activity #97231008 | Jun 17, 2026 @ 9:12pm 10 hours |
| katcanada | wishlist | trail | activity #97225419 | Jun 17, 2026 @ 7:03pm 12 hours |
| katcanada | vote | route | activity #97225393 | Jun 17, 2026 @ 7:02pm 12 hours |
| Le9 | wishlist | route | activity #97219960 | Jun 17, 2026 @ 5:25pm 14 hours |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
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| trail | Good trail to avoid the road! It's not easy to... | Jun 17, 2026 @ 12:58pm 18 hours | ||
| report | Love it | Jun 8, 2026 @ 4:17pm Jun 8, 2026 | ||
| trail | Left Cumby at 12:15 and road our E-lites to... | Jun 7, 2026 @ 6:13pm Jun 7, 2026 | ||
| trail | More technical than Upper, but with longer... | Jun 6, 2026 @ 12:52pm Jun 6, 2026 | ||
| trail | I would say it’s a black trail. Punchy... | Jun 6, 2026 @ 12:49pm Jun 6, 2026 |
Local Badges
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Cumberland EPIC - All Challenges complete - Gold badge0 awarded -
UROC Fiver Series 2026 - Challenge One45 awarded -
UROC Fiver Series 2026 - Challenge Two0 awarded -
Cumberland Epic - Ultimatums0 awarded -
Cumberland EPIC - Grub, Stub, Pity the Fool0 awarded -
Cumberland EPIC - Chunder, Prohibition0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington Bike Park | bike park | Courtenay | |
| Village Park Dirt Jump and Skate Park | skill park | Cumberland | |
| Pinecrest Bike Skills Park | skill park | Black Creek | |
| Coal Hills BMX | skill park | Cumberland | |
| Warm Up Skills Park | skill park | Courtenay |
Local Products
Local Trail Supporters
- Ryder
- tsRyder
- UROC/Trail Harvest Crew/DMR/River Rats
- River Rats
- CS/JS
- HIMBA
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- UROC/CS/DMR/River Rats
Local Trail Association
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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| Mountain Bike | 705 | 382 miles | 78,104 ft | 186 miles | 5,128 ft | 4,986 | 21,444 | 244 | 265,643 | |||
| E-Bike | 454 | 239 miles | 53,009 ft | 116 miles | 3,973 ft | 24 | 18,507 | 17 | 14,036 | |||
| Gravel Bike | 1 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 1,547 | |||||||
| Adaptive Bike | 1 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||
| Winter Fat Bike | 1 | 7 | 40 | |||||||||
| Horse | 41 | 31 miles | 1,201 ft | 11 miles | 545 ft | 4,979 | 58 | |||||
| Hike | 763 | 531 miles | 82,251 ft | 210 miles | 7,123 ft | 74 | 20,733 | 8 | 15,626 | |||
| Trail Running | 758 | 524 miles | 82,238 ft | 208 miles | 7,123 ft | 44 | 20,760 | 57 | 33,893 | |||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 123 | 67 miles | 5,187 ft | 26 miles | 666 ft | 9 | 4,987 | 708 | ||||
| Observed Trials | 12 | 5 miles | 217 ft | 2 miles | 285 ft | 25 | 31 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 73 | 39 miles | 2,264 ft | 16 miles | 666 ft | 4,982 | 117 | |||||
| Snowshoe | 42 | 39 miles | 5,906 ft | 18 miles | 4,610 ft | 68 | 970 | |||||
| Downhill Ski | 101 | 28 miles | 29,009 ft | 24 miles | 1,608 ft | 236 | 8,627 | |||||
| Backcountry Ski | 8 | 11 miles | 308 ft | 2 miles | 4,380 ft | 1 | 81 | 1,746 | ||||
| Nordic Ski | 36 | 29 miles | 3,340 ft | 14 miles | 1,309 ft | 3 | 73 | 6,155 |
Frequently Asked Questions About Comox Valley
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What are the best places to ride in Comox Valley?
Comox Valley has 18 areas to explore for mountain biking. The top rated areas are:
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What are the highest rated mountain biking trails in Comox Valley?
The highest rated mountain biking trails in Comox Valley are:
- Sobo no Michi - Climbing Trail - Upper Section (4.8/5)
- Sobo no Michi - Climbing Trail - Lower Section (4.7/5)
- New Vanilla (4.7/5)
- Blueprint (4.6/5)
- Numbskulls (4.6/5)
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What is the best time of the year to ride in Comox Valley?
Based on ride log data, the most popular months to ride in Comox Valley are:
- July (5,317 activities)
- August (4,175 activities)
- June (3,041 activities)
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What is the longest trail in Comox Valley?
The longest trail in Comox Valley is Forest Loop at 6.7 km. View all trails sorted by distance.
Activities
- Comox Valley Mountain Biking Trails
- Comox Valley E-Biking Trails
- Comox Valley Horseback Trails
- Comox Valley Hiking Trails
- Comox Valley Trail Running Trails
- Comox Valley Dirtbiking Trails
- Comox Valley Observed Trials Trails
- Comox Valley ATVing/Offroading Trails
- Comox Valley Snowshoeing Trails
- Comox Valley Skiing Trails
- Comox Valley Backcountry Skiing Trails
- Comox Valley Nordic Skiing Trails
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