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Mountain Creek Bike Park Report Card

MCBP Report Card

It is obvious that we love Mountain Creek bike park. They have everything that a well seasoned park rider could ever want. 

MOUNTAIN CREEK BIKE PARK REPORT CARD
KEY INFORMATION:
Total Vertical: 840ft
Number of Lifts: 1
Type of uplift: A Cabriolet (open-air) gondola!
Bike Attachment: Wheel it on!
Number of Trails: 49
Guides available: Yes
Lessons available: Yes
TRAILS: COMMENTS: RATING:
Beginner Trails: There really is only one beginner route down the hill. It is perfect from off the top. But it became a bit steep further down. 
Intermediate Trails: Probably where they excel the most – so many trails for the intermediate rider.
Advanced Trails: Many more huge features than your average bike park. 
Technical trails: Yep they got them.
Flow/jump trails: They got this too...
Trail variety: Tech, flow, jump, gnar, freeride and XC. They have most of what’s possible!
Trail Conditions: Not bad.
Trail signposting: Just a couple of spots where we got confused but nothing major.
Other trails in area: We were having too much fun ridding at the park, we forgot to ask.  
PRACTICALITIES: COMMENTS: RATING:
Day Pass Value for money: Given what you get, it is well worth it.
Ease of parking to lift: You will have to fight it out with water park traffic. 
Lift lines: Not that bad considering the rider numbers.
Quality of rental fleet: Great bikes but must be a Specialized fan.
On-site Bike Shop: Awesome. So much stuff to buy!
Lunch options: The Biergarten is the only option. 
Water by the lifts (yes/no): When we there we had to bring our own water but we were told that sometimes there is a large water container at the bottom.  sometimes
Lockers available (yes/no):   Yes
Camping/RV park (yes/no):   No
VIBE: COMMENTS: RATING:
Staff friendliness: Awesome crew.
Family-friendly: More than kids could ever handle.
Restaurants: As awesome as it is, the Biergarten is not really a restaurant. Have to drive for anything else.
Nightlife: On a Thursday night we had a great time!
Random: Highly recommend the Mixing Bowl in Vernon for breakfast or brunch. They have massive omelets and pancakes!

 

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