Rocky Mountain Bring-Your-Partner

Our dri­ver will greet you at Cal­gary air­port at 12:00 p.m. From there, we’ll enjoy the scenic 3.5‑hour dri­ve to beau­ti­ful Fer­nie, British Columbia.

Once at our host lodg­ing on the Elk Riv­er where we stay for the first 3 nights, we will build bikes and have a gen­tle ride around town to stretch out from the trav­el and dial in your bikes. For din­ner we head to a local restau­rant for our first of many fun dinners!

We’ll start with a deli­cious break­fast at the lodge and a review of the week’s itin­er­ary, then we head out to the local skills park for some quick drills and tips to get ready for an amaz­ing week. 

The Rid­ers will then hit the Ridge­mont trail net­work to get our wheels spin­ning. Ridge­mont, like every trail net­work we pick for the week, will have plen­ty of trail options for the group. The ride groups will split based on desired challenge. 

We will bring the group back togeth­er for lunch to refill and com­pare notes, then back on the trail for a pm session. 

After the rides, we’ll con­clude the amaz­ing day with a cou­ple drinks on the deck of our lodge, or the shores of the Elk River. 

We’ll head into town for a com­mu­nal din­ner at one of Fer­nie’s awe­some restau­rants and watch the sun set on the Rockies. 

Fer­nie Alpine Resort is one of North America’s pre­mier ski resorts; by sum­mer it’s a moun­tain bike par­adise, with over 50 trails for all lev­els of bik­ers.
We will head for the hill, check in and hitch a ride on the chair­lifts. It’s Park Time!

We’ll enjoy a group lunch at the resort base area, then we’ll all head up the Tim­ber Chair togeth­er for some incred­i­ble alpine views.

Rid­ing at the park will be a great day to work with your guides on your tech­nique. You will get plen­ty of chal­lenge as well as the oppor­tu­ni­ty to take a cou­ple laps with your part­ner. No climb­ing (unless you want it), so plen­ty of trail time.

In the after­noon, we’ll all hop in the van for a 30-minute dri­ve to spec­tac­u­lar Sil­ver Springs Lakes, a chain of 3 small lakes just out­side of near­by Elko, with sap­phire-blue waters and fun cliffs for jump­ing, rang­ing from 4 to 40 feet. Now we’re get­ting into the sum­mer scene here!

Time for anoth­er din­ner in town.

After break­fast, we’ll pack up and head to Island Lake Lodge, 8km out­side of Fer­nie deep in the Lizard Range. This is a world-famous cat ski­ing resort set on the shores of a spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain lake under impres­sive, jagged peaks. 

We’ll all start the day off with a hike up the sub­lime Spine­back Trail, high into the alpine above the tree line, with spec­tac­u­lar views of the val­ley below. 

We’ll return to the lodge for a gourmet lunch on the deck. In the after­noon, every­one will ride the amaz­ing Lazy Lizard Flow Trail through old-growth for­est in the Cedar Valley. 

Tonight, indulge in gourmet din­ing at Island Lake’s renowned Tama­rack Restaurant.

Time for a change of scenery. We’ll load up the van after break­fast and head up the Rocky Moun­tain Trench for a 3‑hour dri­ve with no short­age of awe-inspir­ing views. The trans­fer will be bro­ken up with a short hike, a dip in the Radi­um Hot Springs and lunch in the town of Invermere.

We will check into our home for the next 2 nights, Nipi­ka Moun­tain Resort on the edge of Koote­nay Nation­al Park. You will have plen­ty of time to kick back, read a book on the lawn, a lit­tle yoga or a round of disc golf. If you pre­fer to hit the trail, we will have a short after­noon spin.

Din­ner, wine and a camp­fire under the stars await!

Nipi­ka has lots of fun, pri­vate trails from easy to hard for moun­tain bik­ers and hik­ers alike. Today will be a mix of raft­ing and riding.

Rid­ing will be right out the front door. Groups will split and hit the trail. As with every loca­tion we ride on the trip, there will be trails curat­ed for your spe­cif­ic skills to chal­lenge each rid­er while stay­ing out­side your ter­ror zone.

After lunch, we’ll all hit the water with an amaz­ing after­noon of pad­dling on the wild and scenic Koote­nay Riv­er. This trip offers spec­tac­u­lar scenery, great wildlife view­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, and fun pad­dling (for all lev­els), using safe & sta­ble SOAR inflat­able canoes, with canoe­ing instruc­tion pro­vid­ed through­out the trip. 

We may swap the day around and run the riv­er before the rid­ing depend­ing on con­di­tions, but your get the idea. Ride, Raft, Relax.

After our trip down the Koote­nay and bikes are put up, we’ll enjoy a great meal, more end-of-day wine and per­haps some horse­shoes, disk golf, and a late-night wood-fired sauna! 

After break­fast at Nipi­ka, we’ll hop in the van for anoth­er beau­ti­ful dri­ve, this time to spec­tac­u­lar Banff Nation­al Park. Banff is one of the crown jew­els of the Cana­di­an nation­al park sys­tem, and one stroll down the main street will show you why: tow­er­ing, post­card-per­fect Rocky Moun­tain peaks in all directions.

We’ll have lunch and a bit of free time to explore the town. It’s great fun to join the oth­er tourists, shop for sou­venirs, and walk along the Bow River.

We’ll then get out of the crowds and head to near­by Can­more. In Can­more, the ride groups split and head their respec­tive way. Sin­gle­track, views, shred, repeat. Which group does a bet­ter job stop­ping for photos?

Tonight, we enjoy our final din­ner in the town of Can­more, and the always-live­ly end-of-trip party!

We’ve got some­thing spe­cial in store for the last day! Today, every­one heads up the spec­tac­u­lar Prairie View Trail, a sum­mit in the front ranges of the Rock­ies with awe-inspir­ing, jaw-drop­ping views of Bar­ri­er Lake, the front ranges of the Rock­ies, and the prairies off in the distance.

For our last ride, every­one is on trail togeth­er. We have a cou­ple options between Can­more, Prairie or the Spray Lakes trails. We will pick the best route for the group and trail conditions.

We will make our way back to the lake, pack up, and enjoy a pic­nic lunch on the shore before head­ing to drop you of at the Cal­gary air­port and hotels.