Mountain Biking

Beginner Trails

• Defined by a smooth trail surface, slight slopes, shallow fords and changes in elevation up to 400 m.
• There are five main beginner trails in the West Country: Riverside Park in Rocky, the trail from Rocky to Crimson Lake, Crimson Lake's Amerada Trail (10 km trail around the lake), the 40 km Glacier Trail from the Siffleur Falls suspension bridge to the Saskatchewan River Crossing, and the trail from the community of Rocky to the National Historic Site.
• See trail maps below

 

Intermediate Trails

• Defined by: rough spots on the trail surface, a moderate slope requiring some pushing and knee deep fords. A rise in elevation of between 200 - 600 m.
• There are five intermediate trails in the West Country: the Horburg River Access to the Phoenix Whistle Stop (10 km); Chambers Creek snowmobile trail; Saunders River Access to Alexo; Crescent Falls to Sunday Creek; and the Kootenay Plains.
• See trail maps below

Expert Trails:

• Defined by very rough spots along the trail surface, long or steep slopes requiring bikes to be pushed along 20 % or the trails length,
  a rise in elevation over 500 m, and thigh deep fords.
• There are four such trails in the West Country; Nordegg Mine Site (30 km loop), Snow Creek (15 km loop), Baseline Mountain Lookout (20 km), and the Pinto Lake trail from the Cline River.
• See trail maps below

Bike Tours

• Scenic day long or multi day bike adventures
• Rocky Mountain Bike 'n Board and Frontier Lodge offer bike touring packages
  at reasonable rates.

Local Opertors

• Rocky Mountain Bike 'n Board Bike Tours: (403) 845-2204
• Fat Boyz Bike Rentals: (403) 844-2958
• Frontier Lodge Bike Tours: (403) 721-2202 • http://www.frontierlodge.ca

Trail Maps Mountain Biking Bighorn Backcountry Recreation Areas: Maps (Links not part of this site will open in a new window). Blackstone/Wapiabi • Job/Cline • Kiska/Willson • Upper Clearwater/Ram • Panther Corners • Dormer Sheep Allstones Creek • Alexander Henry's Trails • Baldy Fire Lookout • Batus Canyon • Beaverdam Loop Nordegg Bighorn Meadows • Black Canyon Creek • Brazeau Lookout Trail • Bridge Creek • Cline & Coral Canyons Loop Cline River Falls • Coliseum Mountain • Coral Ridge • Crescent Falls - Bighorn Canyon Dry Haven - Goldeye Connector • Eagle Mountain • East Bush Falls Loop • Farley Lake • Fish Lake Loop Goldeye Lake • Heritage Trail • Hoodoo Creek • The Hostel Hike • Hummingbird Pass • Icefall Trail Loop Lake of the Falls • Lake of the Falls Lookout • Landslide Lake • Little Indian Falls & Whitegoat Lakes Loudon Creek • The Meadows • Mud Creek • Nature Walk • Nine Bear Meadows • Nordegg Ranger Station Owen Creek Gorge • Pinto Lake Lookout • Pinto Lake Loop • Pinto Lake Trail • Sasquatch Track Sentinel Creek • Shunda - Goldeye Connector • Siffleur Falls • Stelfox Loop • Sundance Lodge Loop Sunset Pass • Survey Hill • Sureveyor's Benchmark • Terrace Walk • Tershishner Falls • Thompson Creek Thompson Creek Recreation Area • Thompson Creek Falls • Tuff Puff • Two O'Clock Ridge • Upper Bighorn Falls Viewpoint Trail • Vision Quest • Walk of the Figure Eight • Waterfalls Creek • Whirlpool Point Loop Whirlpool Ridge • Whitegoat Falls • Wildhorse Creek • Windy Point Ridge