1.5 miles
Distance
3 ft
Climb
-1,051 ft
Descent
00:18:01
Avg time

Blue Velvet - Upper Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Whistler Mountain Bike Park
    Whistler, British Columbia
  • AKA
    Upper Blue Velvet
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Machine Groomed
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, Adaptive MTB
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Global Ranking
    #75 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Manager
    Whistler Blackcomb

This might be the easiest route down from the top of the Garbo chair, but I've seen a lot of people who were in over their heads on this trail. A combination of long, steep in places, and rough loose surface means you should have some experience before you try even Blue Velvet.
Having said that, the big berms, wide trail, small jumps and bits of fire road allow riders to build up some decent (and fun) speeds. The end feature of the upper trail is a huge wooden berm. That deposits you out on the fire road again, and below that you are on Lower Blue Velvet.

Bike Park

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Blue Velvet - Upper mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,047 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,442 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,490 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,489 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,442 ft
  • Grade
    -12.8%
  • Grade max
    -48.4%
  • Grade min
    1.1%
  • Distance climb
    79 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    171 ft
  • Avg time
    00:18:01
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on Jun 26, 2022
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      Blue Velvet - Upper Trail Reports

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      Jun 26, 2022 @ 12:23pm
      Jun 26, 2022
      Jun 22, 2022 @ 11:42am
      Jun 22, 2022
      		 reporter Upper Blue Velvet open to Bear Cub Road - due to snowpack
      May 19, 2022 @ 11:24am
      May 19, 2022
      		 reporter
      Oct 11, 2021 @ 12:17pm
      Oct 11, 2021
      Sep 11, 2021 @ 9:44am
      Sep 11, 2021
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 187 rides
      • 25 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 498 rides
      • 24 miles avg distance
      All
      • 7,387 rides
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      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Oct 4, 2017 @ 10:38am
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      Jul 28, 2017 @ 6:48pm
      Jul 28, 2017
      | 2 comments
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      Dec 23, 2015 @ 1:47pm
      Dec 23, 2015
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      4 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      flowfrankniloc (Jun 30, 2022 at 19:59)
       Today was open. Needs some smoothing out bumps are crazy!!
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      • + 0
      kgagne3 (Jun 24, 2021 at 9:25)
       Not velvet… brake bump city.
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      mtnranger (Oct 9, 2020 at 20:51)
       This is an amazing flow trail. So. Fun.
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      • + 1
      cimaovest (Aug 16, 2015 at 16:53)
       Disregard this comment
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