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For Trailforks to automatically flag a users ride as "sensitive", the unsanctioned or illegal trail has to actually be privately mapped on Trailforks and designated as "hidden". So if it's not in the system, there is nothing we can do. And because of the nature of GPS inaccuracy, especially in the woods on shitty phones, the GPS tracks sometimes are not within the margins to "match" a trail.

For areas that are separated and not intermixed with sanctioned trails, like several you can probably think of on the Shore. Trailforks can mark the entire region as "hidden" and all rides that intersect the polygon of that hidden region are excluded from the heatmap. But automated systems can't catch everything, but at least we try unlike other apps. 

If riders are making their sensitive rides public with no discretion, this is ultimately an education and culture problem. Even if automated systems worked 100% of the time, their data would still be public on other platforms.

Regarding Trailforks.

If a ridelog is set to "private", it is not included in heatmap.
If a ridelog is set to "Hide GPS & Trails Ridden", it is not included in heatmap.
If a ridelog detects you rode a "hidden" trail your ride will be auto-flagged as "sensitive" and it is not included in heatmap.
If a ridelog goes within a personal privacy zone, it is not included in heatmap.

If you don't use the Trailforks app to record a ride and instead have Garmin or Strava linked, both have a default setting for imported rides which can be toggled to private if you wish.
https://www.trailforks.com/help/view/26/

Generating global heatmaps is very resource intensive, they are heavily cached once generated. So if you edit old ridelogs to be private, they won't immediately be removed from the heatmap. It will take time before that region of the heatmap is re-generated, sometimes months. With additional Trailforks resources, work is being done to reduce the update time. It's the same delay with rides being added though, so if you forget to make a ride private, it won't be added until the heatmap is updated, so you have plenty of time to change that setting after saving.

There are more features than just the heatmap a ridelog will be excluded from if any of the above are true, like helping determine the most popular routes in an area, or viewing rides matching a trail.

I have the Sony RX100 V (M5). I've been very happy with it for a compact camera I can ride with.

You can't really use auto-mode for most action shots for mountain biking, often in low light. But its not hard to just use the shutter priority mode if you don't want to mess with too many settings.

If you view the PB photos with that camera tag selected, most the photos are from me and many are action shots. https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/list/?camera=9566

I went and rode the trail in the Grouse promo video 3 days ago. I'm recovering from a separated shoulder so a gravel grind up Grouse to poach an eBike trail seemed like a good idea.

The trail is.... not very good. Don't wanna hurt any builders feelings, but it just doesn't seem very well built and many corners don't flow well. The blue trail just switchbacks across the ski runs most of the way down. But it was obviously not completed, so might get better.

There appears to be 2 trails mostly finished. But I saw several other trails flagged and in some early stages of building. The what is probably a black trail being built, looks like it could be neat, some rocks on it.

Grouse employees buzzing around on carts didn't seem to care about me poking around. I tried to stop into the eBike rental shop to talk with them, but it was closed saying they were out on a tour. So I guess they only have 1 employee running it atm?

It may still be a neat experience for the average non-biker tourist visiting up there. But definitely not worth pedalling all the way up there to ride! Unless like me your just doing it for the fitness, or a silly triple crown.

Some photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BrccFThBXsKkuNqs5

I actually don't have many personal photos of Cypress, I should document those trails more!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/4o2xJeN37uTjEfs42

https://photos.app.goo.gl/IZr7Cndnd3lGdIjA2

You can also find some on TF, then message the photo owner on PB. https://www.trailforks.com/region/cypress-mountain/photos/

Last year I did a triple crown where we went to the ski lifts of each mountain. 82 km and 3,300 m climbing. I don't think I'd do that again, I'd do what others have suggested and just goto the tops of the normal trail networks on Seymour & Fromme. IMO not worth the time and effort going up to Grouse.

I do agree you have to start and end at Deep Cove and Horseshoe bay though!

Screenshot of ride gps & stats

The trail was renamed Big Stupid when Digger redid that section of trail, coinciding with the DNV's signage project in 2011. It makes sense to me because this section of trail doesn't actually end at the top of (Lower) Skull. While it was often called Upper Skull by locals, was the trail actually on a map with that name? Asking because I simply can't recall.

http://nsmb.com/4358-the-digg-never-stops/

^ this.

It might have been called Skull or Upper skull in the past, and it's fun to know the history. But it's clearly called Big Stupid now for many years. There is an NSMBA Tap sign with that name right at the top. If that's what Digger and the NSMBA call it, that's the final word in my books.
https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/8128264/
I added "Upper Skull" to the AKA field on the trail though, for history
https://www.trailforks.com/trails/big-stupid/

24% increase, still under the grant threshold, whew!

A lot of Forbidden is being logged right now :( :(
http://www.trailforks.com/region/forbidden-plateau/reports/

Cumberland and Forbidden are mapped on http://www.trailforks.com/region/cumberland-1179/
Keep in mind that a bunch of the trails on Forbidden are closed due to active logging :(
There is also some logging in the Teapot area taking place [report]

There are some ride ideas on the routes page. Add a route to your wishlist to have it synced to the mobile app.

IMO the trail you can't miss on the Cumberland side is Queso Grande. Do Furtherburger to Wookie to Queso Grande for an awesome ride!