Rocky Mountain Singletrack

Our pri­vate shut­tle will meet you at the Cal­gary Inter­na­tion­al Air­port and dri­ve the group to our lodge in beau­ti­ful Fernie.

Upon arrival, we encour­age you to unpack, set­tle in and rest up for the week of adven­ture ahead. The lodge will be our home base for the next few days of Fer­nie trail riding.

Tonight, we’ll dine at The Bridge Bistro and enjoy the patio over­look­ing the Elk River.

After a good night of rest, you’ll awak­en to the smell of fresh brewed cof­fee, with views of the Rock­ies to accom­pa­ny our hearty group break­fast at the lodge.

This morn­ing, we’ll review the incred­i­ble weeks itin­er­ary, build our bikes and pick up rentals. We’ll pro­vide bike stands, tools, and help­ing hands for any­one need­ing assistance.

We’ll cruise over to the amaz­ing local bike park and spend an hour warm­ing up with some skill review (believe us, there is always some­thing to learn!).

Once we’ve cleared the cob­webs, it’s off to the trails we go, head­ing out into the mas­sive moun­tain bike trail net­work of Fer­nie with over 80 trails to choose from. We’ll hit up some clas­sics such as Eco-Ter­ror­ist,  Sidewinder and maybe throw in some new locals favourites as well.

Ear­ly after­noon, we’ll head back to the lodge for lunch and a quick rest, then head back out for a sol­id after­noon ride — Swine Flu, Mad Cow, or Far Side? You decide.

Of course, the day would­n’t be com­plete with­out a cool bev­er­age by the riv­er to top it off.

Today’s trail of choice is called “Slunt” like slog and grunt had a baby. It’s not all leg burn and heavy breath­ing, as this trail ends with a 470M descent! 

We’ll work our way along the val­ley and tack­le one more big climb up to Island Lake Lodge for a top qual­i­ty lunch with unbe­liev­able views. After­wards, it’s all down­hill on the new Lazy Lizard flow trail. We guar­an­tee you’ll be sat­is­fied after this day of pedalling! 

There’s usu­al­ly time to pop into town and cruise the strip or relax in the hot tub before we dine in one of Fer­nie’s excel­lent restau­rants — maybe some sushi, maybe a local pub on the main street?

After break­fast at the lodge, we’ll have anoth­er hour long skills ses­sion at the Fer­nie Bike Park, includ­ing some coach­ing on high-speed cor­ner­ing, the pump track, small dirt jumps and drops!

We’ll then head up Cas­tle Moun­tain for anoth­er chal­leng­ing enduro style ride; as in a BIG climb fol­lowed by a HUGE descent! We’ll enjoy some more all-time views, includ­ing a sum­mit hike to real­ly take your breath away. Then it’s on to South­ern Com­fort (the trail, not the drink) — 500 meters of pure down­hill bliss.

We’ll head back to the lodge for a late lunch and some well deserved R&R. This after­noon is yours to enjoy off the bike. We love to hang out on the shores of the Elk Riv­er with a refresh­ing bev­er­age, and even jump in on a hot sum­mer day.

Tonight, enjoy anoth­er din­ner in the town of Fer­nie or order it in. Per­haps a hot tub and mas­sage are on the menu for you this evening?! This is our last night at our lodge in Fernie.

After an ear­ly break­fast, we’ll pack up and hop in the van for a scenic 2 ½ hour dri­ve to Invermere.

In the town of Inver­mere, we’ll check out a cute café for lunch.

We’ll then head to the trail­head to ride The John­son and Kloosi­fi­er trail. Hold on tight for this rolling cross coun­try moun­tain bike ride with amaz­ing views skirt­ing along the edge of Toby Creek Canyon. Cold bev­er­ages await at the finish!

There’s anoth­er hour of Rocky Moun­tain scenery to enjoy, as we dri­ve to Nipi­ka Moun­tain Resort — a back coun­try par­adise with hors­es roam­ing free, rus­tic log cab­ins, and the sweet sound of the Koote­nay River.

Tonight, we’ll enjoy a BBQ din­ner pre­pared by your guides.

After break­fast in our log cab­in, we’ll enjoy a full day of activ­i­ties in this vast and wild play­ground. The pri­vate sin­gle­track par­adise of Nipi­ka is set along the Koote­nay Riv­er val­ley, bor­der­ing Koote­nay Nation­al Park (part of the chain of Nation­al Parks that includes world-famous Banff and Jasper), and is sur­round­ed by jagged peaks and unlim­it­ed wilderness.

After a qual­i­ty morn­ing ride, we’ll enjoy lunch at the cab­in, then suit up for some white­wa­ter action! That’s right, we’ve got a 3‑hour pad­dle in store for you down the majes­tic, glac­i­er fed Koote­nay Riv­er! Pre­pare your­self for some mind-blow­ing scenery. We’ll fol­low a riv­er guide in sta­ble, easy han­dling inflat­able canoes and pass sev­er­al Class 1 and 2 rapids along the way. The riv­er takes us right back to Nipi­ka where, you guessed it, cold bev­er­ages await.

You’ll have time to relax while din­ner is pre­pared, then maybe play horse­shoes or have an evening game of disc golf, and a camp­fire under the stars.

After break­fast, you’ll have a lit­tle time to chill out before hop­ping in the van for a spec­tac­u­lar dri­ve through Koote­nay Nation­al Park.

We’ll stop in the town of Banff to get our tourist kicks, and lunch (Banff is a must-see on any trav­eller’s list!).

After lunch, it’s only 20 min­utes to Can­more, where we’ll check into the cen­tral­ly locat­ed Cana­di­an Rock­ies Chalets. Then it’s time to sam­ple some more trails on an after­noon ride on the G8/Horseshoe trail net­work, with incred­i­ble views of giant moun­tains includ­ing the Three Sis­ters and Ha Ling Peak.

Tonight, we’ll enjoy our final din­ner and post-ride cel­e­bra­tion togeth­er at a local patio in the town of Canmore.

We’ll wake up in Can­more and enjoy a sim­ple break­fast at the condo.

Then, have we got a treat for you… The ‘pot of gold’ ride, this is the incred­i­ble, amaz­ing, scin­til­lat­ing and stun­ning Prairie View/Jewel Pass moun­tain bike trail. This super fun and scenic ride starts with a 6 km grav­el road climb to a short hike-a-bike sec­tion near the top of Bar­ri­er Moun­tain. The sweet panoram­ic view of the sur­round­ing moun­tains, prairies, and rivers will make it all worth it. We’ll be reward­ed with a fast and tech­ni­cal descent down to Jew­el Pass, an incred­i­bly fun and chal­leng­ing piece of sin­gle­track, loop­ing us back to the park­ing lot.

When it’s all over, we’ll pack up bikes and enjoy a pic­nic lunch on the shores of Bar­ri­er Lake, then fin­ish the jour­ney back to Calgary.

We can drop you off at the Cal­gary Inter­na­tion­al Air­port or at the Acclaim Hotel Cal­gary Airport.