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SaveThe Barrier area covers the trails near the Barrier dam along Hwy 40 in the Kananaskis Valley.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
AKA: Barrier Dam

Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
12 trails
- Horse
1 trails
- Hike
13 trails
- Trail Running
13 trails
Region Details
- 1
- 5
- 6
Region Status
Caution as of Apr 23, 2024Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 13
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 12
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 13
- Trails Trail Running
- 13
- Total Distance
- 28 miles
- Total Descent
- 3,895 ft
- Total Vertical
- 3,155 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 7,488 ft
- Reports
- 121
- Photos
- 92
- Ridden Counter
- 3,316
Popular Barrier Mountain Biking Trails
Barrier Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Prairie View to Jewell Pass Loop | 10 miles | |
Prairie View/Jewell Pass Barrier Loop | 9 miles | |
Stoney-PV-Jewell | 13 miles | |
Camp Chief Hector Loop | 9 miles | |
Prairie View to Jewell Pass Loop | 9 miles | |
Prairie Razor Quaite Jewell | 15 miles | |
Razor's Edge from Barrier | 16 miles | |
Prairie View/Jewel Pass | 14 miles | |
Stoney for the doggos | 19 miles | |
Stoney Kms | 19 miles |
Photos of Barrier Mountain Bike
trail: Barrier Powerline
0 |
Oct 7, 2024 @ 8:41am
Oct 7, 2024
trail: Barrier Powerline
63 |
May 18, 2019 @ 11:16am
May 18, 2019
trail: Barrier Powerline
64 |
May 18, 2019 @ 11:16am
May 18, 2019
trail: Barrier Powerline
70 |
May 18, 2019 @ 11:15am
May 18, 2019
trail: Barrier Powerline
68 |
Oct 27, 2017 @ 12:35pm
Oct 27, 2017
trail: Barrier Powerline
87 |
Oct 27, 2017 @ 12:35pm
Oct 27, 2017
trail: Stoney Trail
412 |
Oct 27, 2017 @ 12:33pm
Oct 27, 2017Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Hay Meadows Trail | Apr 23, 2024 @ 9:45am Apr 23, 2024 | Ideal | hamiltonspiderman | ||
Troll Falls Trail | Apr 23, 2024 @ 9:45am Apr 23, 2024 | Variable | hamiltonspiderman | ||
Marmot Falls Trail | Apr 23, 2024 @ 9:45am Apr 23, 2024 | Variable | hamiltonspiderman | ||
Troll Falls Connector Trail | Apr 23, 2024 @ 9:45am Apr 23, 2024 | Variable | hamiltonspiderman | ||
Stoney Trail | Sep 24, 2023 @ 8:51am Sep 24, 2023 | Dry | Vk8Pgn | ||
Lusk Pass | Aug 12, 2023 @ 4:23pm Aug 12, 2023 | Ideal | granthv | ||
Barrier Powerline | Aug 4, 2023 @ 11:04am Aug 4, 2023 | Variable | zorp |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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tangaroa05 | ridden | trail | activity #60628374 | Oct 17, 2024 @ 8:50pm Oct 17, 2024 |
canuckzilla | wishlist | route | activity #60143935 | Oct 7, 2024 @ 7:19pm Oct 7, 2024 |
gtk | add | photo | activity #60116644 | Oct 7, 2024 @ 8:41am Oct 7, 2024 |
milnoakes | wishlist | route | activity #58672210 | Sep 10, 2024 @ 5:28pm Sep 10, 2024 |
6vnzJi | wishlist | route | activity #58507404 | Sep 7, 2024 @ 9:11pm Sep 7, 2024 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | almost the entire descent section is on public... | Oct 10, 2023 @ 11:18am Oct 10, 2023 | ||
trail | This trail is closed | May 17, 2023 @ 8:32pm May 17, 2023 | ||
trail | Nice beginner trail, well draining smooth... | Jun 6, 2021 @ 10:44pm Jun 6, 2021 | ||
trail | Unsure if built yet? Proposed? | Aug 11, 2017 @ 7:50pm Aug 11, 2017 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bow Valley Provincial Park | 14 | 4 km | |||
Exshaw Mountain | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6.1 km | |
Sibbald Public Lands | 4 | 14 | 6 | 9.2 km | |
Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 km |
Three Sisters Mountain Village | 3 | 2 | 11.7 km |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 12 | 26 miles | 3,881 ft | 12 miles | 1,781 ft | #7,914 | #110 | 92 | 121 | 10 | 3,223 | |
Horse | 1 | 12 miles | 1,201 ft | 6 miles | 509 ft | #504 | #10 | 59 | 2 | |||
Hike | 13 | 28 miles | 3,894 ft | 12 miles | 3,156 ft | #6,917 | #103 | 121 | 631 | |||
Trail Running | 13 | 28 miles | 3,894 ft | 12 miles | 3,156 ft | #6,911 | #105 | 121 | 100 |
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