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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Ridden Direction
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
ContributeDetails
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
- Description
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Trail Difficulties
Trail Report Status
- Access Road/Trail
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
Trail Report Status
- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
- Map Markers
Trail Head
Photo
Directory Listing
Riding Area
TTF
Parking
Viewpoint
Information
Warning
Directions
Sight
Restrooms
eBike Charging Point
Water Fountain/Source
Gate
Trail Sign
Table or Bench
Ladder
Stairs
Bridge
Camping
Cabin
Lodge
Bear Cache
Dock
Ranger Station
Summit
Other
Calgary riding areas include 12 Mile Coulee, Bowmont, Eastlands and Nose Hill in the NW, Fish Creek Park in the SE/SW and a smattering of singletrack elsewhere in the city. Lift accessed riding is available at Canada Olympic Park.
Trail maintenance in 12 Mile Coulee, Bowmont Park, and Fish Creek Park is handled by the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance together with volunteers and the permission of the City of Calgary and Alberta Parks.
Outside of Calgary, the Kananaskis Country area has hundreds of km of trails.
Trail maintenance in 12 Mile Coulee, Bowmont Park, and Fish Creek Park is handled by the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance together with volunteers and the permission of the City of Calgary and Alberta Parks.
Outside of Calgary, the Kananaskis Country area has hundreds of km of trails.
eBikes Allowed:
Yes
AKA: Cowtown
Region Details
- 88
- 4
- 227
- 166
- 16
- 2
Activities
Region Status
Open as of 2 hours ago
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #26
- State Ranking
- #2
- Trails (view details)
- 503
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 503
- Trails E-Bike
- 186
- Trails Hike
- 486
- Trails Trail Running
- 486
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Dirtbike
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 1
- Trails Snowmobile
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 2
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 1
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 1
- Total Distance
- 326 miles
- Total Descent
- 31,943 ft
- Total Vertical
- 829 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 4,077 ft
- Reports
- 2,674
- Photos
- 1,590
- Ridden Counter
- 57,901
Sub Regions
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12 Mile Coulee
- 4
- 4
- 1
-
Bearspaw
- 2
- 1
-
Bottomlands
- 2
- 6
-
Bowmont Park
- 11
- 1
-
Canada Olympic Park
- 2
- 8
- 4
-
Cigarette Slopes
- 1
- 2
-
Edgemont Ravine
- 4
- 1
-
Elliston Park
-
Fish Creek Provincial Park
- 1
- 37
- 47
- 5
-
Nose Creek Park
- 1
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Nose Hill Park
- 119
- 60
-
Paskapoo Slopes
- 13
- 27
- 2
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SE Calgary River Trails
- 3
Popular Calgary Mountain Biking Trails
Calgary Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Paskapoo Prime | 6 miles | |
| Nosehill warmup | 3 miles | |
| Paskapoo XC Full Loop | 5 miles | |
| Southside Climb Time | 1 miles | |
| 2019 Fat Climb loop | 2 miles | |
| (Almost) Everything Paskapoo | 6 miles | |
| Mostly DH creek run | 2 miles | |
| Nose Hill 16.7 Loop | 10 miles | |
| xc warm up | 3 miles | |
| Fish Creek Flow | 10 miles |
Recent Ridelog Activity in Region
Today
- 9 rides
- 14.9 km avg distance
Yesterday
- 53 rides
- 15.9 km avg distance
Past Week
- 350 rides
- 15.1 km avg distance
Photos of Calgary Mountain Bike
trail: The Ridge
172 |
Mar 13, 2017 @ 5:40pm
Mar 13, 2017
trail: The Ridge
212 |
Mar 13, 2017 @ 5:39pm
Mar 13, 2017
trail: Safari Planet
262 |
Aug 24, 2016 @ 10:49am
Aug 24, 2016
trail: Safari Planet
322 |
May 23, 2015 @ 7:30pm
May 23, 2015Videos of Calgary Mountain Bike
trail: Lazer Fade
1:17 |
21 |
Sep 5, 2019
trail: Safari Planet
21:32 |
28 |
Aug 17, 2019
trail: Fuzzy Groover
2:49 |
434 |
May 17, 2018
trail: Double Down
2:36 |
507 |
May 17, 2018
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mile Coulee | Oct 14, 2019 @ 11:22am 2 hours | Prevalent Mud | AndrewJOsinski | Entire trail very muddy, maybe 100m dry.... | |
| 12 Mile Alt. | Oct 10, 2019 @ 3:39pm Oct 10, 2019 | Prevalent Mud | aaronmcconnell | ||
| Sickle | Oct 6, 2019 @ 11:20am Oct 6, 2019 | Variable | StoshIam | Trail Running Needs Trail Work |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sideshow Bob | Oct 12, 2019 @ 1:52pm 2 days | Variable | SupremeMemeTeam | ||
| Bowmont Singletrack | Oct 12, 2019 @ 1:49pm 2 days | Prevalent Mud | SupremeMemeTeam | ||
| North Tuscany Great Trail Link | Oct 12, 2019 @ 11:43am 2 days | Dry | aaronmcconnell | ||
| Tuscany Valley | Oct 10, 2019 @ 4:24pm Oct 10, 2019 | Snow Covered | dikenouye | ||
| Midway | Oct 10, 2019 @ 3:39pm Oct 10, 2019 | Freeze/thaw Cycle | aaronmcconnell | ||
| Midline | Oct 7, 2019 @ 5:05pm Oct 7, 2019 | Dry | nschramm | ||
| Regional Pathway - Bonnybrook to Sue Higgins Park | Oct 7, 2019 @ 3:25pm Oct 7, 2019 | Dry | recycleokotoks | ||
| CMBA Link | Oct 6, 2019 @ 1:22pm Oct 6, 2019 | Dry | dtails | ||
| Double Down | Oct 6, 2019 @ 11:20am Oct 6, 2019 | Wet | StoshIam | ||
| Quarry Trail | Oct 4, 2019 @ 1:17pm Oct 4, 2019 | Variable | Groovetherapy |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | AndrewJOsinski | add | report | 12 Mile Coulee | Oct 14, 2019 @ 11:25am 2 hours |
| aaronmcconnell | add | report | North Tuscany Great Trail Link | Oct 14, 2019 @ 11:03am 3 hours |
| AndrewJOsinski | wishlist | trail | Tuscany Bluff and 1 more | Oct 14, 2019 @ 8:11am 6 hours |
 | pinkrobe | update | trail | Black Freeride 1 and 1 more | Oct 13, 2019 @ 1:34pm 1 days |
| brokentine | add | trail | Black Freeride 2 and 1 more | Oct 13, 2019 @ 1:03pm 1 days |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | trail | The county declined to respond to my email....... | Sep 22, 2019 @ 7:35pm Sep 22, 2019 | ||
| trail | Easy-moderate black. Quite easy to find but if... | Sep 22, 2019 @ 6:36pm Sep 22, 2019 | ||
 | trail | Pretty wicked riding! | Sep 22, 2019 @ 6:17pm Sep 22, 2019 | ||
| trail | Wicked single track, tight and twisty. | Sep 22, 2019 @ 6:16pm Sep 22, 2019 | ||
| trail | Pretty bumpy narrow trail to gap | Sep 22, 2019 @ 6:16pm Sep 22, 2019 |
Local Badges
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Big Ride 30k2,729 awarded -
10 Green Trails280 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k1,084 awarded -
10 Blue Trails238 awarded -
Completionist0 awarded -
Top 10 Trails2 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Olympic Park | bike park | Calgary | |
| COP Skills Park | skill park | Calgary | |
| Fish Creek Mountain Bike Skills Park | skill park | Calgary | |
| Montgomery Mountain Bike Park | skill park | Calgary |
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