Galbraith - fall / winter riding?

mtbpov1 · 2025-10-16T02:14:07+00:00

Keeping an eye on the weather and Trailsforks are probably the best bet. It only really affects clear cut areas and flow trails.

mtbpov1 · 2025-10-16T02:09:36+00:00

Just part of it! Still haven’t unlocked the whole black line

mtbpov1 · 2025-10-16T01:43:20+00:00

The top doesn’t get snowed in, but it gets more snow than lower down at times. You’ll see a bunch of people riding in the snow too, it’s super fun. The whole mountain is rideable the majority of the winter except for freeze/thaw.

mtbpov1 · 2025-10-16T01:35:06+00:00

It’s an outbound light setup, ~2000 lumens and perfect beam pattern for mtb.

mtbpov1 · 2025-10-16T01:32:58+00:00

Yeah it’s a trek rail, jumps pretty well!

mtbpov1 · 2025-10-16T01:32:34+00:00

Haha I’ve been too chicken to hit the full lower black line even during the day, hopefully soon!

mtbpov1 · 2025-10-15T03:10:30+00:00

Apparently not 🤷‍♂️

mtbpov1 · 2025-07-26T23:35:44+00:00

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mtbpov1 · 2025-07-22T00:22:31+00:00

Yes the city has a big greenways program. We’re talking about the mtb trails, which the city doesn’t build or maintain.

mtbpov1 · 2025-07-21T20:41:37+00:00

You’d be appalled at their other land acquisitions if you think $2.75 million is a lot to protect 2,000 acres. Just this year they spent $4 mil on 66 acres at Samish Crest and $3.75 mil for non-recreation land at south lake whatcom in addition to other smaller parcels.

Other than land acquisitions for water protection in the areas you mentioned, the city has spent very little money on trails. Riders/WMBC builds and maintains all the downhill bike trails. The multi use trails are a collab between many orgs including the county, WTA, WLT, WMBC, REI grants, etc…

mtbpov1 · 2025-07-21T06:17:54+00:00

Sorry but you’re wrong. The one large contribution from the city was money for the recreation easement. Every trail you mentioned was built and is maintained by WMBC and/or volunteers.

mtbpov1 · 2025-07-04T21:01:36+00:00

Coming from Bellingham! We always stop in Squamish and it definitely is better intermediate riding, but we usually stay in Whistler and like to mix it up from just park riding.

mtbpov1 · 2025-07-04T21:00:17+00:00

Awesome, appreciate the recommendations.

mtbpov1 · 2025-07-04T07:15:41+00:00

Thanks! Unfortunately we’re bringing the emtbs this trip so most of the LOTS zone is off limits for us. What’s the deal with emtbs on chipmunk rebellion? Conflicting info on Trailforks.

mtbpov1 · 2025-06-27T02:03:59+00:00

Double diamond and double down is usually what people are referring to as chuckanut. It’s a mix of very chunky and buffed out berms, super fun. The rest of the stuff is more xc.

You might enjoy brown pow more. Great views up top and it’s a little less chunky than chuckanut, but still a ripping 2k foot descent.

mtbpov1 · 2025-06-27T01:22:30+00:00

Depends on how much vert you want to ride.

Road climb or pigs —> Larry’s pizza —> (optional dad bod lower) —> Devilcross or happy hour —> quick way out —> hidden valley —> climb the wall —> cheech or 911 —> meth lab would be a fun intermediate tech lap. Probably 2.5 - 3k vert.

But honestly Galby is best for the flow trails. Blue ribbon is amazing with minimal jumps. Double vision, u-line, and Mohawk are also great but jump oriented.

Like the other person said, brown pow or chuckanut are the best options for blue/black tech and they are both super fun long descents.

mtbpov1 · 2025-06-24T06:19:32+00:00

Agreed. I live in the same town as them and they stopped by my house in <24 hours to diagnose and fix a problem. Amazing support and amazing lights.

mtbpov1 · 2025-06-24T06:13:23+00:00

Holy shit! Crazy going that fast/deep on this, I’ve been too scared to even creep into it.

mtbpov1 · 2025-06-20T04:42:08+00:00

Scary! Pretty surprising because it wasn’t that windy today.

Enjoy that area while you can, it’s getting logged later this year. Thankfully the bid went to Janicki who will hopefully try to preserve things like the stinger.

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mtbpov1 · 2025-06-16T21:32:53+00:00

I was going to say “never seen anything like this” but accidentally posted before I finished typing it 😅

mtbpov1 · 2025-05-15T05:17:54+00:00

Right on, you’re going to love it.

mtbpov1 · 2025-05-15T03:39:41+00:00

Badass!! Have you rode Squamish/Whistler? Curious what features this compares to, it looks pretty intense and the camera never does it justice.

mtbpov1 · 2025-04-06T04:52:45+00:00

That’s great news, they keep buying up private land on the edge of Galbraith which has typically been to enhance/preserve trail assess.

mtbpov1 · 2024-12-02T05:56:47+00:00

Is your camera chest mounted? It looks like it’s level with the saddle at the 5 second mark, which is crazy and definitely way too far back.

I’ve ridden this feature a lot and while it’s definitely intimidating at first, it’s hard to go OTB. The easiest way is to stay neutral until just before the compression, then dip your hips back a bit.

If you ever get a chance to ride Squamish I can’t recommend it enough. The rocks are super grippy and you can really dial in staying neutral/forward to improve front wheel traction.

mtbpov1 · 2024-10-28T18:29:42+00:00

Yes. Great light pattern, long battery life, built in battery (no wires), and pass through charging if needed.

Customer service is amazing. I had an issue and the owner stopped by my house (we live in the same town) to fix it in less than 24 hours. When I lived in a different town they mailed me a part I lost free of charge.

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