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6.0 miles
Distance
707 ft
Climb
-285 ft
Descent
00:37:53
Avg time
423 ft
Altitude change
4,594 ft
Altitude min
5,093 ft
Altitude max
4,594 ft
Altitude start
5,016 ft
Altitude end
1.3%
Grade
-20%
Grade max
20.4%
Grade min
3 miles
Distance climb
2 miles
Distance down
3,606 ft
Distance flat
00:37:53
Avg time
Spray River West Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Gravel Bike
- Adaptive Bike
- Winter Fat Bike
- Horse
- Hike
- Trail Running
- Snowshoe
- Nordic Ski
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Riding AreaBanff National Park
Banff, Alberta -
AKARivière-Spray - tronçon ouest
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Difficulty Rating
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Local Popularity85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 60 in Trail Running
- 65 in Hiking
- 5 in Snowshoeing
- 90 in Nordic Skiing
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Global Ranking#82291 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #137207 in Trail Running
- #130038 in Hiking
- #21137 in Horseback
- #3943 in Snowshoeing
- #9079 in Nordic Skiing
- #31703 in Winter Fat Biking
- #17503 in Adaptive Biking
- #46323 in Gravel Biking
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Provincial Ranking#1,230 in Mountain Biking · Alberta [+]
- #2,538 in Trail Running
- #2,329 in Hiking
- #244 in Horseback
- #128 in Snowshoeing
- #292 in Nordic Skiing
- #942 in Winter Fat Biking
- #473 in Adaptive Biking
- #916 in Gravel Biking
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Hiking SAC ScaleT1 Hiking
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Trail TypeMixed
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Bike TypeAM, XC, Fat, Adaptive MTB, CX, Gravel
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DirectionBoth Directions[+]
- Both Directions for Horseback
- Both Directions for Winter Fat Biking
- Both Directions for Adaptive Biking
- Both Directions for Gravel Biking
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingModerate
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Land Owner
This multi-user trail starts from just south of the Banff Springs hotel, and runs along the side of the Spray River, crosses the river and comes back on the other side. The Goat Creek trail starts near the crossing point. This should really be described as 2 separate trails to conform to Parks Canada usage. Spray River West (on the west side of the river) allows bikes most seasons, but restricts bikes (not even fat bikes) during winter. Spray River East remains fully multi-use including fat biking in Winter.
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 1 rides
- 20 miles average
6 Months
- 66 rides
- 37 miles avg distance
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- 276 rides
- Last: Nov 7, 2026
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- Prevalent Mud
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- Very Dry
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Directions to spray-river-west trailhead
(51.160780, -115.559530)
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3 Reviews & Comments
Lunar
Awesome balance of up and down with views of river and mountains. Not busy at all and dogs loved the run with water breaks. We didn’t do the full loop but went from Banff Springs to the end and turned back at the loop. I’m not sure if the loop ends at Banff springs.
Heavy72
Rode November 21, 2017. Not quite enough of a base yet for fat biking but give it another week.
Drewdietze
Rode May 22, 2017. Smooth and dry. Much smoother than Goat Creek trail which is much rockier. A few good slow climbs but lots of long fun downhill. We only rode the West or South side of the creek. Trail was dry.
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