4,170 ft
Distance
6 ft
Climb
-702 ft
Descent
00:10:07
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Expresso Trail
  • MEC
    MEC
    since 2012
    Sponsor

  • Digger
    since 2012
    Builder
  • Trevor Hansen
    Builder

Expresso Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Mount Fromme
    North Vancouver, British Columbia
  • AKA
    Espresso
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (55 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #2 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Manager
    Grouse (top 150m) + District of North Vancouver

Thanks to a huge community effort over the span of 4 years led by Digger & the NSMBA, MEC & nsmb.com Expresso now represents a new era of North Shore flow. A golden ribbon of dirt filled with bermed corners from top to bottom, both intermediate and expert riders alike will enjoy the trail with optional tables, roll downs and of course, the big smooth rock ride. Some mandatory woodwork will put this into the category of a black diamond trail for most riders but hey, this is the Shore and is a blue as far as locals are concerned.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Expresso mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -697 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,289 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,986 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,986 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,289 ft
  • Grade
    -16.708%
  • Grade max
    -32.442%
  • Grade min
    9.241%
  • Distance climb
    98 ft
  • Distance down
    3,998 ft
  • Distance flat
    75 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:07
  • Avg reverse time
    00:15:02
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Status:
on Jun 27, 2022
Dry
Avg: 4.55 (238 votes)
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  • Snow Packed
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  • Snow Cover Inadequate
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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      Outside+ Logo Articles

      Video: Geoff Gulevich's Express eMTB Lap On the North Shore's Expresso
      Sep 11, 2020 from pinkbike.com
      A quick one on a classic trail.
      update trails status or condition

      Expresso Trail Reports

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      Jun 27, 2022 @ 11:43am
      Jun 27, 2022
      		 Wooden bridge a short ride after the main rock slab area is beginning to fail in its riders left side. Has dropped a few inches and the fixtures...
      Jun 27, 2022 @ 11:42am
      Jun 27, 2022
      		 Bridge on riders left giving way
      Jun 27, 2022 @ 8:33am
      Jun 27, 2022
      		 Pretty good right now, a little beat up in some corners. The lower corners are smooth and silky. A little marbly in some spots.
      Jun 24, 2022 @ 7:53pm
      Jun 24, 2022
      Jun 20, 2022 @ 10:05pm
      Jun 20, 2022
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 179 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 4,434 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 41,440 rides
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      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Jul 17, 2014 @ 5:39pm
      Jul 17, 2014
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      Jun 30, 2014 @ 1:46am
      Jun 30, 2014

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      Pinkbike Articles

      Sep 11, 2020
      Video: Geoff Gulevich's Express eMTB Lap On the North Shore's Expresso Video: Geoff Gulevich's Express eMTB Lap On the North Shore's Expresso
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      17 Reviews & Comments

      • + 1
      Superepicguy264 (May 3, 2022 at 14:30)
       Is a blue but has one section with a double black diamond rick roll and both ride arounds are black diamond
      but easy to walk down
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      Mcyeetus (Sep 26, 2021 at 12:02)
       An awesome trail on Fromme. Good mix of flow and a little tech. Also includes some harder features if you would like to challenge yourself but there are go around for all of them.
      [Reply]
      • + 2
      gg444 (Sep 11, 2021 at 21:27)
       Amazing entry level black, the best flow trail on the Shore by far (sorry Bobsled). I would consider it slightly easier than Floppy just becuase it's a bit more flowy and faster for intermediates, and definitely worth the climb. I always finish my day riding Expresso during golden hour.
      [Reply]
      • - 2
      FancyMango (Aug 31, 2021 at 1:35)
       Man, I want to go ride that trail for the first time, but I cant go alone. Maybe someday.
      [Reply]
      • - 3
      98teg (Aug 24, 2021 at 19:49)
       Love this trail, 2nd time riding it, the only crappy part his having to ride baden powel trail. Definitely an easier black, speed is you friend.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      b-rider (Aug 23, 2021 at 13:40)
       I dropped my driver's license by accident at the entrance to Expresso today (Aug. 23). Realized this when I got to ladies only, went back up and it was gone. Pm me on pinkbike if you happened to pick it up.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      Wesmacaulay FVMBA - ADMIN (Jun 5, 2021 at 21:11)
       First time on Espresso. Fun trail, mostly easy blue with some rock slab descents that are black.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      Edu888 (May 14, 2020 at 21:07)
       Blue trail with black options. If you don't ride the optional stuff, it's solidly a blue trail.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      JTJ10 (Apr 11, 2020 at 12:53)
       Rode the trail a couple days ago for the first time. Although its rated blue on trail forks there are some harder sections and some decent drops, this may partly be because the trail has gotten a bit beaten up from winter and all the traffic it receives but with the current virus situation there may not be much trail maintenance for a while so keep that in mind if your expecting something really blue your first time down the trail. Still a really fun trail and great entry level black diamond, if you can handle floppy bunny(the more techy parts and bridges not the optional jumps) and you want to step it up I would recommend it, the climb is long in comparison but its a fun trail with the hardest features optional so you can work your way up to them, also the hardest non-optional parts are pretty easy to walk and there are only a couple.

      All around awesome entry level black trail and im exited to ride it again in the next couple of days!
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      thierrym (Sep 28, 2019 at 18:09)
       Funand and pretty fast, with lots of kickers.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      Sunnylarson (Jul 30, 2019 at 7:01)
       Super fun. Great North Shore flava.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      martywis (Mar 25, 2019 at 8:51)
       Hi Guys, I was riding Saturday around 4:00 and saw couple of guys on eBikes riding cross country through the woods (maybe crossing between Crippler and ESpresso)...
      Unfortunately I did not manage to talk to them - but if anybody knows who they were or sees them again, please highlite that riding off trails with ebikes especially will cause damage to our sport and the fantastic location on the northshore.

      btw. I am a eMTB rider as well... and there is more then enough fun on the perfect existing trails!

      Please respect and share this attitude!!!!

      Marty
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      crashelman (Sep 14, 2018 at 11:27)
       Great trail with good flow for the shore
      [Reply]
      • + 4
      JacksonThack (Sep 3, 2018 at 10:00)
       Awesome trail. Best bet for intermediate riders looking to explore higher up the mountain
      [Reply]
      • + 3
      Ledski (Aug 16, 2017 at 19:27)
       Pretty soft black as far as I'm concerned.
      [Reply]
      • + 3
      Ledski (Aug 16, 2017 at 19:27)
       Fun mostly flow downhill with optional built up features.
      [Reply]
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      Videos

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      youtuber Expresso || Mt Fromme, North Vancouver [Ep#62]
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