Trail Difficulty: Blue
Trail Accessibility: A3 Trail Access: There is a gravel parking lot at the base of the service road that takes you up to the trail. Currently, there are no accessible stalls, but the NSMBA directors are aware of this and would like to make the change. There are two serviced outhouses that appear to be relatively accessible, if not a bit tight, for someone in a manual wheelchair. There is a gate at the beginning of the climb but there is enough room to get around it on the right side. The service road is a gradual climb at a reasonable grade, with the start of Bobsled located just past the 1.5 kilometer mark. The Trail: Bobsled is a wide and flowy trail with nice wide turns and well-designed cambered berms to allow riders to carry as much or as little speed as they want. There are a few rocks and roots to ride, providing a bit of technical riding between the fast and flowy sections. There are a number of roller jumps that can easily be ridden over and a couple of wooden bridges that are wide and easy to ride onto. There is also a wooden wall ride that is built so that it can be hit either with speed or more slowly. We took the Bobsled Spur at the end, which flattens out and requires a quick pedal to finish off. The spur ends at the entrance to the parking lot and mitigates the need to pedal up the shared-use road from the end of Bobsled. Is it aMTB friendly? Yes. It is very evident that this trail was built with adaptive bikes in mind. The trail is more than wide enough with all the features able to be ridden (or easily bypassed). This trail has been built to accommodate all skill levels and can be as challenging or as chill as desired and is a great trail to practice skills such as cornering, picking lines, and riding technical features. There are also fairly accessible outhouses at the base of the trail just in case you need to make a pit stop between runs. Since this trail is only about 1.5 kilometres up the road, it is one that you can ride a few times in one day without having to do a long climb back up each time.
Note: We want to give a huge thank-you to the NSMBA who upgraded this trail specifically to accommodate aMTBs - with guidance from Tara Llanes- and who joined us for this ride and who listened to our feedback in anticipation of some of their future projects. It's awesome to know they truly stand behind their motto of "Trails for all"!