Over a Decade of Building the World’s Best Rated Trails.

Serving our Local Sea to Sky Corridor and internationally.

Durable Trails that Complement their Environment.

We specialize in machine built trails with the feel and look of a hand build. With a mini ex capable of building trails just 80 cm wide we can build in complex terrain with minimal land disturbance. This means the trails work around their environment.

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Trail Planning
and Feasibility

As geologists and trail builders, we assess terrain, ground conditions, and drainage to plan trails in complex environments. Trail plans to showcase your future network.

✔ Permit applications
✔ Trail design and planning
✔ GIS mapping

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Natural Trail Vibes with Machine efficiency

We specialize in machine built trails with the feel and look of hand build. With a mini ex capable of building trails just 80cm wide we can build in complex terrain with minimal land disturbance.

✔ Our signature hybrid mini ex / hand built trails
✔ Fully hand built technical flow trails
✔ Machine built flow trails

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Trail maintenance, audits and assessments

Working to re-route or repair existing trails? We focus on permanent solutions to problem trail segments. Minimizing maintenance and maximizing durability.

✔ Carpentry grade wood feature design and construction
✔ Chainsaw work
✔ Bridge construction (engineer approval available)
✔ Rock work
✔ Jumps, drops, skills parks and pump tracks

Professional Trail Builders with Extensive Experience

See some of our mixed-use trail projects from around the world.

Rancho Santana
Nicaragua

Rancho Santana is a 2,700 acre luxury resort and residential community on Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast. The resort had an existing network of mixed use hike/ bike/ horse trails. We developed a master plan to evolve the area into a full MTB trail network suitable for all abilities. They were also the first MTB specific trails in Nicaragua.
We trained a local crew of landscapers to become the first official trail maintenance team. We then worked on the existing network. We re-routed, linked trails, improved flow, and fortified the trails to manage heavy rainfalls.

✔ Trail network master plan

✔ Trained a local trail crew

✔ Installed maintience schedule and protocols

✔ Improved existing trails

✔ New build showcase trail

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A detailed topographic map showing various hiking trails and roads near the coast in a region with forests and water bodies. Trails are marked with different colors and labels, and elevation contours are visible.

2,700 Acre Resort Community with over 40 km of trails

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Dirt Church

To complete the network, we built a new trail to become Rancho Santana’s signature trail - Dirt Church. A 1.2 km jump and flow trail from the hills of the property down to the ocean.

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Two people riding bicycles on a dirt trail along a coastal landscape with cliffs, a sandy beach, and the ocean in the background.
Two mountain bikers riding on a dirt trail through a wooded area, with trees and plants on either side of the path, during daylight.
Three people biking on a narrow trail along a lush green coastline with ocean waves, a cloudy sky, and forested hills in the distance.
A dirt path through a dense forest with sparse green and brown leaves and thin tree trunks.

Jade Lake
Victoria BC

A private property spanning 100 acres of thick second growth forest with an inaccessible private lake. We were tasked with designing a trail network to not just provide private MTB trails but to access and showcase the property, its forest and lakes.

✔ Trail network master plan

✔ Machine Built flow trail

✔ 2x Hand built technical trails

A narrow dirt trail winding through a dense forest with coniferous trees, some with moss and lichen on the trunks, and lush greenery on the ground.
A narrow dirt trail running through a mossy, forested hillside with tall evergreen trees on both sides, under a cloudy sky.
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Malahat Express

Hand-built technical - 1.4 km

A combined climb and descent trail in the hills above Jade Lake. A modern enduro style trail designed to be a technical climb followed by a natural yet flowing descent taking advantage of exposed rock formations and variable soil depth.

Jade Lake Loop

Hand-built flow - 1 km

A multi-directional trail built through mixed terrain following the shoreline of a private lake. Primarily hand built with short machine built sections to minimize footprint. Trail design focused on a sustainable gradient to minimize erosion and allow for enjoyable travel in both directions for hikers and mountain bikers.

Island Loop

Machine-built technical / flow - 1.5 km

A low impact machine built single track loop traversing through low angle glaciated terrain. Designed to be a flowing xc trail enjoyable in both directions for beginner through advanced riders.

Where the Sun Don’t Shine
Bralorne BC

The Bridge River Valley Community Association tasked us with building the South Chilcotin’s first professionally built mountain bike trail. The trail was to be an accessible single black with hand built style with some larger machine built features. The build was in collaboration with local community volunteers and First Nation.

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Chilcotin’s first professionally built mountain bike trail

Where the Sun Don’t Shine

Hand and machine built hybrid - 3 km

A high speed intermediate tech / flow trail with optional black features including progression jumps and steeper terrain

Pamplemousse
Squamish, BC

Pamplemousse was Ride BC's first major contribution to the Squamish trail network. This 1.4km black diamond descent quickly became rated the 2nd most popular trail in Squamish.

Built as a key arterial trail connecting Alice Lake trails to Alice Lake campground and lakes.

Steep terrain, talus slopes and land boundaries (BC Parks), made this a challenging build. It was built to minimize heavy braking points and to be ridden safely and a wide range of speeds.

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✔ Trail design & planning

✔ Section 57 permit application

✔ On-going maintenance contract

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Pamplemousse

Hand-built technical . 1.4 km

An instant classic with over 24,000 riders in the first 4 months. Currently rated 2nd most popular trail in Squamish. 6% avg. gradient single track designed to minimize required maintenance while enhancing user experience.

Lower Pamplemousse

Machine Built technical . 800 m

Lead design and build of an intermediate machine built flowing technical trail in the Alice Lake Network. Trail is intended to remove descending traffic from the popular Jack’s Trail

“Perfect Pamplemousse conditions year round! Great route finding and a well thought out build with drainage means this trail stands up to abuse and gives an awesome ride experience every time! The most fun and flowy trail in Squamish - It suits a lot of levels, and you can have fun interpreting it in your own way.”

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Jesse Melamed

EWS World Champion

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Lower Hybrid & Bro Down
Squamish, BC

Two key trails in the heart of Squamish’s Diamond Head network were left unridden due to logging and degradation. This put additional strain on the other arterial trails. Ride BC completed full machine rebuilds, restoring the them with modern features and improving durability.

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✔ Machine built re-route

✔ Major rehabilitation

✔ Feature bridge work

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A dirt trail in a forest under a cloudy sky, with a small excavator visible on the right side.
A dirt trail winding through a dense green forest with bushes and trees on both sides.

Lower Hybrid

Machine Built technical . 400 m

Rehabilitated a damaged trail lost to logging in 2014. Realigned entrance, corners and designed drainage into the entire trail. Trail now flows with less braking, better sight lines, more support and an intuitive feel. Following this work, Hybrid quickly became a “go to” lap in Diamond Head

Bro Down

Machine Built technical . 400 m

A major rehabilitation project of a historic trail. Rebuilt as an intermediate single track machine built flow trail with optional jump features. Trail design leverages frequent grade reversals to manage speed and drain the trail surface effectively

PoCo Climb
Port Coquitlam, BC

The City of Port Coquitlam wanted to link neighbourhoods through under utilized forested terrain. The aim was to increase neighbourhood walkability and showcasing the beautiful nature within this city suburb. Ride BC built carpentry grade timber stairs with consistent rise height for hikers of all ages. Handrails were built where necessary along with engineered bridges.

✔ Carpentry grade stair construction

✔ Engineered bridge construction

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A wooden staircase with a railing leading up a forested trail, next to a sign that reads 'Poc Climb,' and rocks on the ground nearby.
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PoCo Climb

Wooden Stair Trail - 60m elevation gain - 220 Stairs.

Ride BC had a crew of trail builders and red seal carpenters to the design and build over 200 lumber steps with consistent rise height for hikers of all ages. Handrails were built on exposed sections along with a series of engineered split cedar bridges.

The Donut
& Quarantine Climb
Squamish, BC

The Donut was one of Squamish's original mountain bike trails, but had been largely unridden, partly due to its hike-a-bike access. Ride BC built a dedicated climb trail and new descent leveraging the exposed granite rolls and panoramic views of the Squamish Valley. It quickly became one of Squamish’s most ridden slab trails.

✔ Climb trail build ✔ Hand built descent

The Donut is a super fun trail. Well built and flowy despite challenging terrain. it is built very sustainably, which is key for a high traffic trail in a rainy place like Squamish”

Remy Metallier - Pro MTB Athlete

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Quarantine Climb

Hand Built flow . 400m

Established a 5% avg gradient intermediate climb trail to replace an eroded fall line hike-a-bike. Incorporated second and third growth forests as well as varying slope aspects to offer panoramic views. Deactivated historic route to allow vegetation to regenerate

The Donut

Hand Built flow . 400m

Evaluated terrain, flagged and planned new intermediate descent adjacent to municipal boundaries. Cleared corridor and built an all weather trail for a broad range of user groups. Re-established vegetation along trail corridor

Cardrona
Squamish, BC

A beginner rated trail designed as a single track flow trail that promotes progression for all levels of riders.

A dirt trail winding through a dense forest with tall trees and lush green foliage.

✔ Machine built trail

✔ adaptive MTB compatibility

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Cardrona

Machine built flow - 1km

Machine built beginner intermediate flow trail with optional jumps and rollers. Built to accommodate a wide range of rider ability including adaptive mountain bikes.

We are the trusted partner of trail organizations, private land owners & municipalities.

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With over a decade of professional trail building experience combined with a geology (P.Geo.) background, we’ve seen a lot. Having worked in multiple climates with varying ground conditions, hydrology and forests, we have diverse knowledge base to tackle any trail building project.

We complete thorough site assessments which allows for comprehensive proposals and accurate quoting. We then offer time and material or fixed price contracts. Biweekly billing and project updates including field notes, and progress photos posted directly from the job (if cell service allows it)

Jesse Melamed

EWS World Champion

“Perfect Pamplemousse conditions year round! Great route finding and a well thought out build with drainage means this trail stands up to abuse and gives an awesome ride experience every time! The most fun and flowy trail in Squamish - It suits a lot of levels, and you can have fun interpreting it in your own way.”

Mayor Brad West

Mayor of PoCo

“Perfect Pamplemousse conditions year round! Great route finding and a well thought out build with drainage means this trail stands up to abuse and gives an awesome ride experience every time! The most fun and flowy trail in Squamish - It suits a lot of levels, and you can have fun interpreting it in your own way.”

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Big or small, community or private, local or international - give us a shout, we would love to hear about your plans.

james@ridebc.ca
604 671 6595

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