6 miles
Distance
913 ft
Climb
-1,164 ft
Descent
01:25:42
Avg time

Wildhorse Trail Details

  • Riding Area
    Powderface
    Bragg Creek, Alberta
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Mixed
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    Summer
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Bridge
  • Global Ranking
    #44719 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    20 in Mountain Biking

This old gem makes up the return leg on the Quirk Creek - Wildhorse Loop [page 91 of Backcountry Biking in the Canadian Rockies, 2nd ed.]. A mix of singletrack, doubletrack, 4x4 trail and horse track, this is backcountry riding. It's not well signed, so bring your navigational skills, water, food, etc.

Access Info

The SE end connects with the Quirk Creek trail, but the NW end terminates at the Elbow River. The flood of 2014 has made it a bit of a gong show, but ford the Elbow and head NNE back toward Cobble Flats.

Disclaimer

This trail is not maintained. Expect the unexpected.

More Stats for Wildhorse Trail bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -251 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,187 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,941 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,438 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,187 ft
  • Grade
    -0.757%
  • Grade max
    -20.234%
  • Grade min
    17.261%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    554 ft
  • Avg time
    01:25:42
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Status:
on Aug 11, 2018
Dry
Avg: 2.5 (2 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
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Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
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  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • 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 Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
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  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
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  • Directions Directions
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Other Other
Directions to wildhorse-trail-95533 trailhead (50.777558, -114.716728)
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Wildhorse Trail Trail Reports

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Aug 11, 2018 @ 3:29pm
Aug 11, 2018
 Good to go. Make sure you follow the gps track as there is one misleading intersection a few KM in from Quick Creek trail. Old signage markers are...
Aug 17, 2017 @ 8:01am
Aug 17, 2017
 This was the first time I have been on this trail since 2013 floods. The entry and exit points are quite different but you can still find the...
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