Whistler Bike Trails
Fifty kilometres of paved Valley Trail, hundreds of forest trails and the biggest bike park in the world
Whistler is famous for the bike park, and rightly, but the park is a fraction of the riding. The valley floor has more than fifty kilometres of paved, car-free Valley Trail linking every neighbourhood, lake and park. Lost Lake alone has twenty-five kilometres of forest trails. And the cross-country networks on the mountainsides, from Cheakamus in the south to the Westside and Sproatt alpine, add up to hundreds of trails from beginner to expert.
The guide below sorts it by what you are riding and how hard you want to work. Bikes of every kind, including e-bikes and downhill rigs, rent in the Village, and because bike storage in most accommodation is limited, renting also solves the overnight storage problem.
Where to ride
The Valley Trail is the place to start with a family or a rented cruiser: paved, mostly flat, closed to cars and running from Function Junction in the south past every lake to Emerald Estates in the north, with beaches, parks and cafes along the way. Lost Lake Park, just behind the Village, layers twenty-five kilometres of dirt trails on top of that, from wide gravel loops to flowing singletrack, and closes to bikes only when it becomes the cross-country ski network in mid December.
For real mountain biking, the cross-country networks are the reason people move here. Cheakamus, in the south, has a family-friendly lake trail and a range of intermediate loops. The Westside and Sproatt zones climb from the west shore of Alta Lake into the alpine, with Lord of the Squirrels the big-climb classic. Comfortably Numb is the epic on the east side. Trailforks is the app everyone uses for maps, conditions and difficulty ratings.
The Whistler Mountain Bike Park is lift-served and needs its own pass: around 120 trails over 80 kilometres in the Fitzsimmons, Garbanzo, Peak and Creekside zones, from green flow trails to the Top of the World descent from the summit. Body armour, a full-face helmet and a downhill bike are rentable in the Village, and a first-day lesson is money well spent.
Valley Trail
More than 50 km of car-free paved path linking every neighbourhood, lake and park from Function Junction to Emerald. Cruisers, e-bikes and children's bikes belong here.
Trail mapLost Lake Park
Gravel loops and singletrack in the forest behind the Village, with a beach at the end. Summer season roughly April to mid December.
TrailforksCheakamus
A family-friendly lake trail and a network of intermediate loops around Cheakamus Crossing and the Train Wreck.
TrailforksWestside and Sproatt
Climbing trails from Alta Lake's west shore into the alpine, including Lord of the Squirrels, the valley's big-climb classic.
TrailforksComfortably Numb
The long, technical cross-country epic on the east side of the valley. Allow most of a day and carry everything.
TrailforksWhistler Mountain Bike Park
Around 120 trails in the Fitzsimmons, Garbanzo, Peak and Creekside zones, May to October. Rent a downhill bike and armour in the Village.
Park map and statusPasses, rentals and maps
Bike park passes are sold by Whistler Blackcomb. Rentals for every kind of riding, with overnight storage at the shop, are covered on our bike rental page, and Trailforks has every trail in the valley with live conditions.
Prefer to book through us, or planning for a group? connect@whistlerwired.com
