Mountain Bike and Hiking Trails

Fernie Mountain Bike and Hiking Trails

Trail Route Elk Valley Trail Nordic Road Powerline/Back road Decommissioned route or doubletrack Wide or Paved Road Train Tracks River Ridgemont BC Provincial Park Boundary Recommended Rides Island Lake Lodge Boundary Ridgemont Land Boundary For a quick yet satisyfying loop start at the Cemetery Montane Land Boundary By- Pass trailhead, continue up CanWel Land Boundary Kiddy Up, Queen V and hit the boardwalks on Eco-Terrorist. Mt. Proctor Grazing Area Head over to Deadfall and at 4 No Dogs Allowed Corners hang a right on R-Trail. Cross the road to find theKid’s Stuff trailhead, take Eric’s Trail and finallySpace Unicorn for Gate Bench Camping Hiking some more downhill fun. This View Point Trail loop can be configured many different ways depending on H P time or ability. Water Hut / Visitor Parking Hospital fall Cabin Info Centre

0 500m 1 km 2 km Montane & Castle Recommended Rides

Starting off at Coal Creek bridge by the Montane barn leads you to many possibilities - either for an intermediate ride or more advanced. Head out through Montane to Lower Uprooted, then go straight on For Evyr to complete the Montane loop, or turn left up Ruby’s Way to climb New Roots. Once at the top either ride down Old Roots or continue up the gruelling Hyper Ventilation.

Mt. Proctor Recommended Rides

Starting off at the Visitor’s Centre parking lot, climb the cruisy Dairy Run trail to the bottom of Swine Flu. Then the fun starts! A technical ascent with challenging switchbacks leads to the top with amazing views of Fernie. Have a quick rest on the bench, lower your seat and take off on some of Fernie’s best downhill. Well worth the climb!

Mt. Fernie Recommended Rides

There are so many options once you’re on Mt. Fernie or the Provincial Park based on your time and ability. Short on time but want a challenge? Head up Phat Bastard and down Red Sonya. Want to extend that ride? From the top of Phat Bastard continue up and over Mushroom Head and down Dem Bones. Once at the Provincial Park Road, continue right until you hit Gorby bridge. From there, take Gorby to Old Goat, continue on Happy Gilmar and stay left to complete the loop with Sherwoody. This is a great choice on a hot, summer day. For those looking for some challenging downhill, head all the way up Gorby to Red Tree Road and take Verboten down. Back on the other side of the park, Project 9 is a must-do Fernie classic. The uphill to trailhead is a grunt, but the downhill is so worth it, and great fun for the intermediate to expert rider.

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Elevation Gain: Elevation 741m

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Difficulty: Moderate/Difficult/Very Difficult Moderate/Difficult/Very technical aspects. Low grade but may contain contain may but grade Low aspects. technical

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Elevation Gain: Gain: Elevation Distance: 1340m (9hrs) 12km Blue: Intermediate, mostly consistent with with consistent mostly Intermediate,

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Difficulty: Moderate/Difficult Start at the Visitor’s Centre on Hwy 3. The hike to Fairy Fairy to hike The 3. Hwy on Centre Visitor’s the at Start

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Elevation Gain: Gain: Elevation Distance: 910m (3-5hrs) 4km Difficulty: Difficulty: Easy

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Elevation Gain: Gain: Elevation Distance: 120m return 4km

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Elevation Gain: Gain: Elevation 887m

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a steady climb and rewarding views throughout. throughout. views rewarding and climb steady a Distance: 20km (8-12hrs) 20km

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through Montane or drive to River Rd for a shorter hike. hike. shorter a for Rd River to drive or Montane through has steady, moderate climbs and then becomes more more becomes then and climbs moderate steady, has

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Difficulty: Difficulty: Moderate Trails Difficulty: Difficulty: Moderate/Difficult

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Elevation Gain: Gain: Elevation 500m (from River Road at Roots trailhead) Roots at Road River (from 500m Elevation Gain: Gain: Elevation 910m

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Distance: Approx. 5km (3-5hrs) 5km Approx. Fernie Hiking Hiking Fernie Distance: 3.5km to peak (2-3hrs) peak to 3.5km New Goat New Moccasin

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Old Goat Old Moc-Assassin Extremely Difficult Extremely

Morrissey Ridge Trails Ridge Morrissey

Very Difficult / / Difficult Very Megahurtz Ridge Lactic

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Snake Bite Snake Mushroom Head Mushroom

Gorby Trail Gorby Red Sonja Red

Lazy Lizard Lazy Black Betty Black

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