Beginner or expert–build up your progression through our bike skills course that includes a pump track, asphalt slopestyle and dirt-jump experiences
This bike skills course is located in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area–a place where the integrity and conservation of the mountain environment is respected and enjoyed by everyone. This facility is one of Canada's largest municipal bike skills facilities!
The bike skills course is designed to serve riders of all ages and abilities. The facility combines a standard pump track, a children's pump track, asphalt slopestyle lines and advanced dirt-jump terrain to provide riders with different wats to learn, practice and play. Other permitted small-wheeled users include scooters, skateboards and rollerblades for more flexible use of the facility–these are identified on the signage on site.
Aside from the riding area, the facility also offers a pedestrian zone overlooking the pump track, seating, picnic space, bike racks, a bike-wash station and water service for park users.
Facility features
Please note: The Mountain Air Bike Skills Course isn't supervised:
- We strongly recommend that you use the proper safety equipment like a strapped on helmet, shin and wrist guards, and elbow and knee pads.
- Small children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
- No food, drinks or alcohol on the bike skills course.
Key design features for progressive learning:
- Distinct riding zones allow users to build pumping, cornering, jumping and line-choice skills in stages, then return to increasingly demanding features as confidence grows
- Many jump features can be ridden with both wheels on the surface, allowing riders to learn the line before attempting to jump
- Landing transitions have been shaped to provide consistent, predictable surfaces for riders using the intended speed and line
- Track layouts and entry points help riders see upcoming features and understand the intended direction of travel
- Bypasses allow riders to avoid selected advanced features, including the final gap on the expert slopestyle line
The pump track zone supports repetition, rhythm and bike-control development. Riders generate speed through body movement over rollers and berms rather than relying on pedaling. The standard track provides a longer, faster experience, while the children's track offers a smaller and more approachable introduction.
One of the facility's most distinctive features is the downhill asphalt slopestyle lines. The beginner/intermediate line introduces riders to shaped transitions and pre-fabricated features, while the advanced/expert line increases speed, scale and technical commitment.
Riders will navigate asphalt jumps, speed-management rollers and optional ride-arounds on both lines. The features are designed to be rollable. The final gap feature on the expert line includes a bypass, so riders can continue without committing to the gap.
Prefabricated features include two 4-foot kickers, five 5-foot kickers, two step-on/step-off boxes, one whale tail and one drop.
The dirt-jump zone is intended for advanced and expert riders. It includes two dedicated jump lines and a mulch trick jump for practicing aerial maneuvers in a purpose-built setting.
Information kiosks, interpretive signs, seating, washroom facilities, bike wash, bike racks and a drinking water fountain are also located in the park.
The Mountain Air Bike Skills Course has a wheelchair-accessible washroom and parking at the park entrance off Barnet Hwy.
What you need to know
Please be respectful and courteous toward other park users and use the bike skills course and Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area trails responsibly:
- The course will be closed from October 31 to April 15 while our team evaluates the effect of the rainy season on the upgraded course. Depending on the results of the wet season and the additional maintenance and staffing costs of operating year-round, the asphalt pump tracks may stay open through the winter in future years.
- Note that the parking lot at Mountain Air is for course users only. Parking here and using other nearby amenities like Barnet Marine Park is not permitted.
- Be prepared to share trails with other mountain bikers of different abilities. Wait your turn where you need to, keep right on the trails and pass others on the left.
- View wildlife in Burnaby so you know what to do if you see a bear or a cougar on a trail.
- During severe weather, trail conditions can change quickly and without notice–in high winds, please leave the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area (including the Mountain Bike Air Skills Course) immediately.
