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SaveLooking for top notch cross country riding? This is it. The CBT Mainline trails. Think high quality trails with awesome lines. The smooth flow nature of the trails is consistent with the riding found elsewhere on this side of the valley, however there’s more to it than that. The CBT Mainline trails were built for riders. The flow is fast and continuous. There are options for airtime with two machine built jump trails. We believe you should earn your rides, so ideally you ride from the bottom up to get your payload.
The CBT Mainline network extends down the east slope of the Dogtooth Range of the Purcell Mountains. The most popular access is from the base of the ski hill road either by riding from town or parking at the CBT Mainline Trailhead parking area. Starting from the lower end will have you riding a very enjoyable 10km singletrack climb to the top of the CBT Mainline network. Don’t worry, it’s awesome. You don’t even have to go the whole way to still get a great loop – but it’s worth it if you do. Interspersed on the climb are a couple of fast, tight winding sections which can’t be beat. There is the option to park at the top and ride the trails from there – the play first, pay later option – riding back up the trail to your car at the end of your ride. This is not considered shuttling and is cool. And now a word on shuttling: we prefer to limit shuttling of CBT to young families and new riders. Please don’t hasten the wear of our favourite trails by pounding them out on a shuttled run. Thanks.
The trails in the CBT Mainline are well marked with a signed 4×6 post at every junction.
With gratitude, the Golden Cycling Club would like to acknowledge that the trails we recreate on are on the homelands of the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc people and the chosen home of the Metis Nation Columbia River Society.
The CBT Mainline network extends down the east slope of the Dogtooth Range of the Purcell Mountains. The most popular access is from the base of the ski hill road either by riding from town or parking at the CBT Mainline Trailhead parking area. Starting from the lower end will have you riding a very enjoyable 10km singletrack climb to the top of the CBT Mainline network. Don’t worry, it’s awesome. You don’t even have to go the whole way to still get a great loop – but it’s worth it if you do. Interspersed on the climb are a couple of fast, tight winding sections which can’t be beat. There is the option to park at the top and ride the trails from there – the play first, pay later option – riding back up the trail to your car at the end of your ride. This is not considered shuttling and is cool. And now a word on shuttling: we prefer to limit shuttling of CBT to young families and new riders. Please don’t hasten the wear of our favourite trails by pounding them out on a shuttled run. Thanks.
The trails in the CBT Mainline are well marked with a signed 4×6 post at every junction.
With gratitude, the Golden Cycling Club would like to acknowledge that the trails we recreate on are on the homelands of the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc people and the chosen home of the Metis Nation Columbia River Society.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: Crown Land

Access Info:
There are two main Trailhead parking areas used to access the CBT Mainline trail network. Each has parking space, a vault toilet, and a kiosk with map. There are also two other access points that have limited parking space, but no toilet or kiosk as of yet.
CBT Mainline Trailhead: This is the most common start point. From town bike or drive up the ski hill road crossing over the Columbia River on the one lane bridge. Just 300m from this bridge you will see the CBT Mainline Trailhead parking area with its kiosk on your right. Park there and start your ride on the trail crossing the road at the far end of the parking lot. Note: you’ll be biking up for a long ways from here, but it’s good. Everyone’s doing it.
Cedar Lake Trailhead: From town drive up the ski hill road (Kicking Horse Trail) for approximately 6.5km past the Columbia river bridge and turn left onto the Tallis Forest Service Road. There is a large sign for Cedar Lake and Moonrakers marking this turnoff. Continue down Tallis Forest Service Road for almost 2km, then turn left again and you’ll see the Cedar Lake Trailhead parking area with the Moonrakers kiosk. From here you can bike back 0.5km along the road you just drove to reach the upper end of the CBT Mainline network.
Odanata Access Point: From town drive up the ski hill road (Kicking Horse Trail) for approximately 6.5km past the Columbia river bridge. At approximately the 6.5 mark you will see a large sign for Cedar Lake and Moonrakers marking the left turn onto the Tallis Forest Service Road. Don’t turn here but instead park on your right in the gravel pull out just 10m further along the main road past these signs. Park here and start your ride at a signed entrance for Odanata across the road 15m before the Tallis Forest Service Road turnoff point. Odanata will lead you to the rest of the upper CBT Mainline trails.
KHMR: If staying at KHMR, you will soon able to access the Moonrakers via the new singletrack trail Scalli Mag. This trail is due to be completed during the summer of 2016. Take Scalli Mag down to Odanata which will take you to the CBT Mainline trails, as well as within 0.5km of Cedar Lake Trailhead and the Moonrakers. Remember, at the end of your ride, you’ll have a climb back up to KHMR whether it be by road or by Scalli Mag.
CBT Mainline Trailhead: This is the most common start point. From town bike or drive up the ski hill road crossing over the Columbia River on the one lane bridge. Just 300m from this bridge you will see the CBT Mainline Trailhead parking area with its kiosk on your right. Park there and start your ride on the trail crossing the road at the far end of the parking lot. Note: you’ll be biking up for a long ways from here, but it’s good. Everyone’s doing it.
Cedar Lake Trailhead: From town drive up the ski hill road (Kicking Horse Trail) for approximately 6.5km past the Columbia river bridge and turn left onto the Tallis Forest Service Road. There is a large sign for Cedar Lake and Moonrakers marking this turnoff. Continue down Tallis Forest Service Road for almost 2km, then turn left again and you’ll see the Cedar Lake Trailhead parking area with the Moonrakers kiosk. From here you can bike back 0.5km along the road you just drove to reach the upper end of the CBT Mainline network.
Odanata Access Point: From town drive up the ski hill road (Kicking Horse Trail) for approximately 6.5km past the Columbia river bridge. At approximately the 6.5 mark you will see a large sign for Cedar Lake and Moonrakers marking the left turn onto the Tallis Forest Service Road. Don’t turn here but instead park on your right in the gravel pull out just 10m further along the main road past these signs. Park here and start your ride at a signed entrance for Odanata across the road 15m before the Tallis Forest Service Road turnoff point. Odanata will lead you to the rest of the upper CBT Mainline trails.
KHMR: If staying at KHMR, you will soon able to access the Moonrakers via the new singletrack trail Scalli Mag. This trail is due to be completed during the summer of 2016. Take Scalli Mag down to Odanata which will take you to the CBT Mainline trails, as well as within 0.5km of Cedar Lake Trailhead and the Moonrakers. Remember, at the end of your ride, you’ll have a climb back up to KHMR whether it be by road or by Scalli Mag.
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- Mountain Bike
20 trails
- Hike
16 trails
- Trail Running
16 trails
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Region Status
Open as of May 11, 2022Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 20
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 20
- Trails E-Bike
- 19
- Trails Hike
- 16
- Trails Trail Running
- 16
- Total Distance
- 30 miles
- Total Descent
- 5,375 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,637 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 4,210 ft
- Reports
- 460
- Photos
- 161
- Ridden Counter
- 9,168
Popular CBT Mainline Network Mountain Biking Trails
CBT Mainline Network Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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CBT: Classic Short Signature Ride | 5 miles | |
2020/2021 Winter fat bike loop (The Kids are Back) | 1 mile | |
2020/2021 Winter fat bike loop (lower CBT - Lippy Punk) | 2 miles | |
2018/2019 Groomed fat bike trails | 11 miles | |
5 mile Mainline All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 5 miles |
Photos of CBT Mainline Network Mountain Bike
trail: French Connection
15 |
Oct 6, 2022 @ 1:31pm
Oct 6, 2022
trail: Twisted Sister Connector
21 |
Sep 20, 2021 @ 9:23pm
Sep 20, 2021
trail: CBT Mainline
43 |
Sep 3, 2021 @ 6:54am
Sep 3, 2021
trail: Twisted Sister
49 |
Sep 3, 2021 @ 6:53am
Sep 3, 2021
trail: The Mighty Quinn
42 |
Aug 14, 2021 @ 4:26pm
Aug 14, 2021
trail: Hymenoptera
51 |
May 22, 2021 @ 4:04pm
May 22, 2021
trail: CBT Mainline
244 |
Sep 26, 2017 @ 7:52pm
Sep 26, 2017
trail: CBT Mainline
300 |
Sep 26, 2017 @ 7:51pm
Sep 26, 2017Videos of CBT Mainline Network Mountain Bike

trail: Hymenoptera
1:47 |
378 |
Nov 3, 2017

trail: Gold Rush
2:19 |
237 |
May 11, 2015

trail: The Mighty Quinn
1114 |
Dec 18, 2016 , Golden
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Odonata | Oct 13, 2022 @ 1:39pm Oct 13, 2022 | Ideal | KWHern | ||
Twisted Sister Connector | Oct 2, 2022 @ 10:33am Oct 2, 2022 | Ideal | sullivad | ||
Gold Rush Descent | Oct 2, 2022 @ 10:33am Oct 2, 2022 | Ideal | sullivad | ||
Take it Easy | Oct 2, 2022 @ 10:33am Oct 2, 2022 | Ideal | sullivad | ||
Twisted Sister & Adaptive Access Rd | Sep 26, 2022 @ 1:07pm Sep 26, 2022 | Ideal | KWHern | ||
Arm Pumper (Adaptive Climb) | Sep 26, 2022 @ 1:07pm Sep 26, 2022 | Ideal | KWHern | ||
Lippy Punk (Adaptive Descent) | Sep 26, 2022 @ 1:07pm Sep 26, 2022 | Dry | KWHern | ||
The Kids are Back (Adaptive Descent) | Sep 26, 2022 @ 1:07pm Sep 26, 2022 | Ideal | KWHern | ||
Twisted Sister | Sep 20, 2022 @ 9:11pm Sep 20, 2022 | Dry | Ordman | ||
Scalli-Mag | Sep 20, 2022 @ 9:06pm Sep 20, 2022 | Variable | Ordman |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | JDiment | ridden | trail | CBT Mainline and 1 more | Jan 20, 2023 @ 2:12pm Jan 20, 2023 |
![]() | megand | ridden | trail | Take it Easy | Jan 2, 2023 @ 7:23pm Jan 2, 2023 |
![]() | mpaton | wishlist | trail | Hymenoptera and 1 more | Oct 31, 2022 @ 4:50pm Oct 31, 2022 |
![]() | MaxkARpa2 | ridden | trail | CBT Mainline and 2 more | Oct 28, 2022 @ 4:27pm Oct 28, 2022 |
![]() | jdavi | ridden | trail | Twisted Sister Connector and 5 more | Oct 23, 2022 @ 3:13pm Oct 23, 2022 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date | |
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![]() | trail | We rode up twisted sister and used French... | Sep 4, 2022 @ 4:16pm Sep 4, 2022 | ||
![]() | report | Agreed!!! It's a good time! | Sep 3, 2022 @ 9:01am Sep 3, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | P | Aug 30, 2022 @ 11:01am Aug 30, 2022 | ||
![]() | report | K CC3 cheers | Aug 13, 2022 @ 3:15pm Aug 13, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | Upper TS has a number of trees down across trail. | May 12, 2022 @ 8:07am May 12, 2022 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Moonrakers | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1.9 km | |
Mountain Shadows | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2.4 km | |
Kicking Horse Bike Park | 9 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3.3 km |
Mount 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3.3 km |
Golden Area | 4 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 | 20 | 30 miles | 5,374 ft | 16 miles | 1,637 ft | #771 | #91 | 148 | 460 | 4 | 6,116 | |
E-Bike | 19 | 30 miles | 5,371 ft | 16 miles | 1,637 ft | 322 | 34 | |||||
Hike | 16 | 28 miles | 4,747 ft | 15 miles | 1,637 ft | #771 | #84 | 13 | 447 | 51 | ||
Trail Running | 16 | 28 miles | 4,747 ft | 15 miles | 1,637 ft | #773 | #84 | 452 | 2 | 126 |
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