3,789 ft
Distance
2 ft
Climb
-355 ft
Descent
00:07:35
Avg time

Unemployment Line Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Galbraith
    Bellingham, Washington
  • AKA
    U-Line
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (5 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Machine Groomed
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Pump Track
  • Global Ranking
    #51 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking

One of Galbraith's premiere trails, Unemployment Line is a machine built intermediate/advanced jump trail.

Large park berms and over forty jumps make this an exhilarating ride. This trail features doubles, booters, and tables showcasing the dedication and passion that went into making Unemployment Line. Like any quintessential flow trail, Unemployment Line is scalable to different rider abilities.

For newer riders it provides a smooth flowy descent with few obstacles - most obstacles are rollable, but a general rule of thumb is if it doesn't look rollable, it probably isn't. The intermediate and advanced rider can push for speed and doubles while tying together sequences of jumps. The bottom third of Unemployment received a major rebuild in early 2015 — adding massive berms, rhythm sections and two gaps. Both gaps are optional, but heads up because they come at you in the turns.

The 'slayer drop' (qualifying feature) at the start of the trail is the only wood feature on Unemployment Line.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Unemployment Line mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -353 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,141 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,494 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,494 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,141 ft
  • Grade
    -9.318%
  • Grade max
    -33.532%
  • Grade min
    2.39%
  • Distance climb
    137 ft
  • Distance down
    3,610 ft
  • Distance flat
    41 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:35
  • Avg reverse time
    00:20:20
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Status:
on Jun 26, 2022
Ideal
Avg: 4.55 (106 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Unemployment Line Trail Reports

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      Jun 26, 2022 @ 10:36am
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      Jun 18, 2022 @ 1:53pm
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      Jun 1, 2022 @ 4:46pm
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      May 25, 2022 @ 9:41pm
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 164 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 1,855 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 17,328 rides
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      Dec 18, 2017 @ 7:11am
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      Apr 5, 2011 @ 9:52pm
      Apr 5, 2011
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      8 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      GalbraithShredder75 (Dec 8, 2021 at 21:47)
       Great trail for all skill levels. If your intermediate or advanced, the jumps are amazing. For beginners just the flow of the trail is a heck of a ride. The berms are massive.
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      • + 0
      maverickalo (Nov 20, 2021 at 13:42)
       Fallen tree about halfway through. Everything else on the trail is perfect.
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      • + 0
      crucialsworld (Jun 29, 2020 at 17:42)
       Super groomed with fat jumps
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      • + 0
      iarejavi (Jan 26, 2020 at 16:07)
       Still closed
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      • + 0
      bocomtb (Sep 12, 2019 at 16:16)
       Really well built trail. Love the progressive options and the drop at the start. Seems like you have to hit the doubles to really make this trail flow which is not a bad thing IMO.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      crashelman (Sep 30, 2018 at 15:10)
       What a great trail! Would love to ride it a few more times and hit some of the bigger gaps????????
      [Reply]
      • + 2
      Bomama (Jul 15, 2018 at 22:10)
       Not sure what happened this Spring with the rebuild, but new lips are Way too Steep, trail flow has gone from fast and flowy to dirt jumps with consequence. Appreciate the trail work, but this trail is almost sketchy now, in need of a shave. Be careful out there folks.
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      • + 0
      jefe (Aug 13, 2019 at 8:59)
       The trail is definitely has gotten more aggressive with bigger and faster jumps. I for one love it, but my girlfriend likes it less. Not much separation between U-line and Mohawk, get ready to send it.
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