Question 1 of 4
How hard is it raining?
Look out the window. Be honest.
Before You Ride
Wet weather riding can undo months of volunteer work in a single afternoon. Take 30 seconds before you head out — the answer is usually yes, sometimes no, and the mountain will thank you either way.
Maple Ridge right now
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Question 1 of 4
Look out the window. Be honest.
Question 2 of 4
Think about where you're planning to ride.
Question 3 of 4
This is the one that matters most.
Question 4 of 4
Once you're out there, what does it actually look like?
The verdict
When the rain is coming down hard, even hard-packed trails can't keep up. Hold off, save the surfaces, and come back when it eases. If you're itching to be outside — grab a shovel and check the drains. The next rider thanks you.
The verdict
Rock surfaces don't care about the rain. Slabs, rock armour, and gravel shed water without damage. Have fun out there.
The verdict
Soft, organic dirt holds water. A few tires on saturated mud can undo months of volunteer work — ruts, sidewall blow-outs, and erosion that takes weeks to repair. Find another way to spend the afternoon and let the trails dry. They'll be better for it.
The verdict
If water is flowing downhill, head home with the cat. If it's mostly puddles, grab a shovel and walk a section — clearing drains is always welcome and the kind of thing the club lives for. Either way, ten minutes of work today saves hours of repair next month.
The verdict
Conditions are good — light rain, durable surface, draining trails. Send it. If you can spare ten minutes on the way back to clear a drain or kick a deadfall off the line, the next rider thanks you.
Why we care about this
Blue Mountain's 150 km of trails are built and rebuilt by volunteers — thousands of hours every year, hauling rock, cutting drainage, and re-armouring corners. When organic dirt is saturated, even a handful of riders can blow out a corner, cut ruts that channel water, and erode work that took an entire weekend to install.
The flip side: most of the network is built to drain, and rock-armoured sections shed water like nothing happened. So the answer is rarely "never ride wet." It's "ride the right places, in the right conditions, and pitch in when you can." This guide is the club's way of asking riders to take 30 seconds to think about it.
Pitch in
Want to help?
Trail days, drainage clearing, and a hundred small fixes are how the network stays open. Come out to a work party — or just say hi.