Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance directory

Founded in 1996 to represent the growing community of mountain-bikers, the CMBA has been part of Calgary’s mountain biking scene for nearly 30 years. Always volunteer-driven, the focus has gradually evolved and shifted based on the needs of the time, volunteers’ interests and the opportunities and relationships that have been developed. Initial efforts were successful in securing the right of mountain bikers to use the informal and formal trails in Bowmont Park and Nose Hill, when a ban had been threatened. In the late 90’s and early 00’s, the focus shifted to trail maintenance and efforts to get a bike skills park built somewhere in Calgary.

In time, as the CMBA’s relationships with the City and Province grew stronger, the focus moved away from advocacy toward trail-building and trail maintenance, working in collaboration with the land managers. Numerous trails were built or improved in areas across the city. The Ridgeback trail in Kananaskis was constructed by the CMBA in 2009-10 and upgraded in 2015. In 2016, the CMBA was finally successful in building Calgary’s first public mountain bike skills park in Fish Creek Provincial Park. On the heels of the new Alberta Trails Act (2022), a new trail development project was initiated in the Jumpingpound Creek area of Kananaskis and three new trails were constructed in 2024-25.