Backside
Mountain bike area · Canada
Is it worth the trip?
61Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sun 8: Rain before today is not known, Rain 10.5 mm in the last two days, Air 5 °C
Mon 2 · 57 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 0 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 3°C
Tue 3 · 57 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 0 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 3°C
Wed 4 · 59 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 0 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 5°C
Thu 5 · 57 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 0 mm
- Rain
- 1.8 mm
- Air
- 5°C
Fri 6 · 38 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 5.1 mm
- Rain
- 9.6 mm
- Air
- 3°C
Sat 7 · 66 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 15.6 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 1°C
Sun 8 · 73 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 10.5 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 5°C
Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 157, fair
- Mon 257, fair
- Tue 357, fair
- Wed 459, fair
- Thu 557, fair
- Fri 638, poor
- Sat 766, good
- Sun 873, good
- Mon 971, good
- Tue 1071, good
The spot in one fact
- Best Jul–Aug5 good days in 7
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.
| Day | Score | Trail | Rain 2 days | Rain | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov* | 57, fair | Unknown | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3°C |
| Mon 2Nov* | 57, fair | Unknown | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3°C |
| Tue 3Nov* | 57, fair | Unknown | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3°C |
| Wed 4Nov* | 59, fair | Unknown | 0 mm | 0 mm | 5°C |
| Thu 5Nov* | 57, fair | Unknown | 0 mm | 1.8 mm | 5°C |
| Fri 6Nov* | 38, poor | Unknown | 5.1 mm | 9.6 mm | 3°C |
| Sat 7Nov* | 66, good | Unknown | 15.6 mm | 0 mm | 1°C |
| Sun 8Nov* | 73, good | Unknown | 10.5 mm | 0 mm | 5°C |
| Mon 9Nov* | 71, good | Unknown | 3 mm | 0 mm | 4°C |
| Tue 10Nov* | 71, good | Unknown | 3 mm | 0 mm | 4°C |
* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.
Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Best time to go
best Jul–Aug
Good mountain biking days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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Typical weather, not a forecast.
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About Backside
Best from May to Aug. The nearest town to stay in is Revelstoke.
- Routes No mountain bike route is mapped here as a route.
From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.
Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Where to stay: Revelstoke
12 min by car · 46 places to stay
about US$121/nightcountry average
About Revelstoke its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.