Ultimate B.C.

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

Upon arrival (typ­i­cal­ly between 8:00 — 8:30 pm), 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’s 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 and build our bikes. We’ll pro­vide bike stands, tools and help­ing hands for any­one need­ing assis­tance. We’ll spend an hour warm­ing up with some skill review at the amaz­ing local bike park (believe us, there is always some­thing to learn!) and then head off to the Ridge­mont area, where a huge spi­der­web of trails offer up plen­ty of options to get this sin­gle­track par­ty started.

After our first ride, it’s back to the lodge for lunch and a short break to get your­self dialed in.

This after­noon, we’ll test out our climb­ing legs and head up Swine Fly for a super-fun and flowy descent. 

Tonight, we’ll head out for a group din­ner before head­ing back to the lodge. 

After break­fast at the lodge, we’ll head out for a big day of true moun­tain bike adven­ture, as we aim to con­quer Mt. Fer­nie; the peak loom­ing over us in the North sky.

It’s all leg burn and heavy breath­ing on Phat Bas­tard, Mush­room Head, and Lac­tic Ridge, until you come to the big vis­tas on the Stu­pid Tra­verse, then the rip­ping descent of Slunt mak­ing it all total­ly worth it. When we hit val­ley bot­tom we’ll tack­le anoth­er climb up the road to Island Lake Lodge for a top qual­i­ty lunch with unbe­liev­able views.

After­wards, it’s all down­hill on the new Lazy Lizard flow trail, then the choice is yours; cruise back to the lodge or head into the provin­cial park with the guides for some more adventure.

We guar­an­tee you’ll be sat­is­fied after this day of pedaling.

Enjoy anoth­er night at the lodge and suit your­selves with what­ev­er your din­ner desires may be.

After a hearty break­fast at the lodge, we’ll head towards Cas­tle Moun­tain, stop­ping first at the skills park for one more quick session.

We’ll then set off for anoth­er chal­leng­ing enduro style ride; as in a BIG climb fol­lowed by a HUGE descent! You’ll feel like roy­al­ty sit­ting atop Cas­tle Rock, then we drop in for over 500m of down­hill delight on South­ern Comfort.

We’ll cruise back to the lodge for a late lunch, fol­low­ing part of the Trans Cana­da Trail that mean­ders along the Elk Riv­er, then you can kick back for some well deserved R&R.

This after­noon is yours to enjoy off the bike. We love to hang out on the shores of the riv­er with a refresh­ing bev­er­age, and to 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 the lodge.

This morn­ing, we’ll have one last break­fast at the lodge and pack up the shut­tle for a pic­turesque tour through the south­ern BC interior.

We’ll head West on the Crowsnest Hwy (fol­low­ing the Old Dewd­ney trail) and stop in the moun­tain town of Salmo for lunch.

After a 5‑hour dri­ve through the Rock­ies, Pur­cells, and Selkirk Moun­tain Ranges, we’ll arrive in the town of Ross­land, where we’ll check in to our slope­side accom­mo­da­tion and get straight to business.

A mas­sive 650m down­hill ride from the ski hill above Ross­land, all the way to the next town of Warfield, lies straight out the front door. It starts with a decent warm-up, but don’t wor­ry, we’re sav­ing our climb­ing legs for tomorrow.

Tonight, we’ll get some good grub in town, kick back at the lux­u­ri­ous con­dos, and rest up for the mas­sive day ahead.

We’ll rise and shine in the val­leys of Ross­land, sip some local brew and the guides will pre­pare a hearty breakfast.

Today, we’ll con­quer a leg­end. Sev­en Sum­mits is one of the best trails in Cana­da, and has recent­ly been vot­ed one of the ‘Top 10 trails in the world.’ The trail is an epic — up to 8 hours — and, like the name sug­gests, we vis­it 7 moun­tain tops in the Ross­land area. This is alpine sin­gle­track at its absolute best!

We’ll stop for a pic­nic lunch at one of many incred­i­ble vis­tas along the route.

We’ll head back to Ross­land for some recov­ery food, cel­e­bra­to­ry brews and a good night of rest.

The guides will whip up anoth­er deli­cious break­fast, then we’ll head off to the super cool hip­py town of Nelson.

Sit­u­at­ed in the Selkirk range, on the shores of Koote­nay Lake, not far from the Koka­nee Glac­i­er — Nel­son is one of the pret­ti­est towns in all of British Colum­bia. There will be some free time to enjoy the sights and sounds around town, then we’ll grab lunch on Main Street, before fin­ish­ing the jour­ney to the iso­lat­ed ham­let of New Den­ver, hid­den deep in the Slo­can Valley.

Today’s ride is an ulti­mate treat. We are stoked to bring you to a new world class down­hill flow trail called “But­ter” above Rose­bery Provin­cial Park. We’ll shut­tle to the top of this one, then embark on a glo­ri­ous descent.

Fin­ish­ing direct­ly at our fan­tas­tic accom­mo­da­tion for the night, a beau­ti­ful home and guest house at the bot­tom of the trail, where our hosts will pre­pare a local­ly sourced organ­ic meal to suit our finest plea­sures. This din­ner is on us. Bon appetit.

Our hosts will serve up a scrump­tious break­fast, then we’ll get packed up and ready for riding.

New Den­ver is a jew­el of the Koote­nays: a charm­ing moun­tain town sur­round­ed by mas­sive peaks, on the shore of a spec­tac­u­lar lake.

We’ll take you along the his­toric Gale­na min­ing trail, over a cable car cross­ing to the aban­doned train sta­tion of Alamo Sid­ing, up Ida­ho Peak, down the old school freeride trail called Choic­es, and out the steep hill­side tra­verse of Old San­don Road.

This ride con­cludes on the shore of Slo­can Lake, where you WILL be peer pres­sured to get in the water. After a cool-down dip and a bev­er­age by the lake, we’ll hit one of the cute lit­tle New Den­ver cafes for lunch.

Once all topped up, we’ll car­ry on to Hal­cy­on Hot Springs Vil­lage and check in to some amaz­ing cot­tages by the water. Time to unwind at this incred­i­ble resort and take a bask in “some of the most restora­tive hot spring waters you will find in North America”.

Tonight, we have din­ner reser­va­tions at the King­fish­er Restau­rant, fea­tur­ing a spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain view across Upper Arrow Lake, and a din­ing expe­ri­ence you won’t soon forget.

You might want to get up before break­fast this morn­ing, head down to the lake­side, and spend a few moments on one of the most beau­ti­ful peb­ble beach­es you can imag­ine. We’ll enjoy break­fast at the King­fish­er Lounge, then load up to catch the beau­ti­ful fer­ry ride across Upper Arrow Lake and con­tin­ue north towards Revelstoke.

The Mt. Macpher­son area offers up a huge vari­ety of top qual­i­ty rid­ing, from super tech to super flow. We’ll start with the East side and get down to the Colum­bia Riv­er, loop­ing back to the van for lunch.

Then we’ll get rad on the West side trails includ­ing TNT and Flow­down. These are mind blow­ing fun through nat­u­ral­ly rich for­est envi­ron­ments. You know — the hyper green moss, mois­ture, giant trees and roots that you see in all those moun­tain bike videos?! This is Revy riding.

After an incred­i­bly sat­is­fy­ing day, we’ll make the short dri­ve to The Glac­i­er House Log Cab­ins, hoses and hot tubs waiting.

Clean up, relax, and then we’ll cruise into Rev­el­stoke for din­ner and a few drinks!

A con­ti­nen­tal break­fast will be ready and wait­ing at the Glac­i­er House Restaurant.

After break­fast, we’ll pack up and head into town for a lit­tle walk-about. There are bike shops abound for those who need to replace a part, grab a new jer­sey or just sim­ply win­dow shop.

We’ll grab some ice cream on our way out of town for the 2‑hour dri­ve east to Gold­en via the spec­tac­u­lar Trans Cana­da Hwy through Mount Rev­el­stoke Nation­al Park, and Roger’s Pass of Glac­i­er Nation­al Park.

We’ll stop in Gold­en for lunch, then it’s on to Mt. 7 for a MASSIVE SHUTTLE DROP! You won’t believe the view. Paraglid­ers take off for world class fly­ing from this very spot, and you can peek down the start of the leg­endary Red Bull Psy­chosis race track too. How cool is that?!

We’ll take a less dead­ly path down the moun­tain, then hook into the new Moun­tain Shad­ows trail net­work for a twisty, tech­ni­cal, all-moun­tain pedal.

We’ll spend the next 2 nights at our deluxe, yes, we mean deluxe, lodge near the base of Kick­ing Horse Ski Resort, where we can take advan­tage of the mas­sive kitchen to do a home cooked group din­ner, or head to the resort restau­rant just down the road. The ‘lush’ accom­mo­da­tions, as they are appro­pri­ate­ly referred to, might be a lit­tle over the top for a bunch of dirty bik­ers on a road trip, but by this point in the trip, you’ll wel­come a lit­tle swank.

After break­fast, we’ll hop on our bikes and leave right from the front door of our lodge in Golden.

We’ll hit up the CBT/Moonraker trails today and log some more qual­i­ty mileage. Many have claimed this area to be their favourite of the trip, as it sports tonnes of superb sin­gle­track through cedar and fir forests with stun­ning views of the Colum­bia Riv­er Basin and Canyon Creek.

Expect some expo­sure at the canyon’s rim, some tech­ni­cal rooty sec­tions, plen­ty of spon­ta­neous climbs and super-fun downhills.

Today, we’ll enjoy lunch in town and  time chill­ing out at one of the local cafes. There’s usu­al­ly anoth­er option for a most­ly down­hill ride in the after­noon if any­one still has the gas for it, rest assured, the guides will always go if peo­ple are keen.

The com­mu­nal din­ner is a tra­di­tion back at the Grand Lodge on this night.

We’ll spend the next 2 nights at our deluxe, yes, we mean deluxe, lodge near the base of Kick­ing Horse Ski Resort, where we can take advan­tage of the mas­sive kitchen to do a home cooked group din­ner, or head to the resort restau­rant just down the road. The ‘lush’ accom­mo­da­tions, as they are appro­pri­ate­ly referred to, might be a lit­tle over the top for a bunch of dirty bik­ers on a road trip, but by this point in the trip, you’ll wel­come a lit­tle swank.

After a hearty break­fast pre­pared by the guides, we’ll pack the trail­er, then gear up for a day of DH at Kick­ing Horse Resort!

Def­i­nite­ly a big-grin day with some major ver­ti­cal descent and tech­ni­cal delights on offer! Even if you don’t con­sid­er your­self much of a down­hiller, this is a key part of the Ulti­mate BC expe­ri­ence. The gon­do­la ride, the vis­tas, the nev­er end­ing flow… oh, it’s so good. Just like the ski hill, runs vary from green to dou­ble black. We gen­er­al­ly lean toward the blues.

And, to top it off, we’ll do lunch at 7,700 ft.

After a morn­ing of thrills, we’ll load up the shut­tle and head off for the 2hr dri­ve east.

We’ll make a 45 min stop in Banff so every­one can get their “tourist” fix, then pro­ceed to Can­more to check into our hotel.

Tonight, we’ll head out on the town for our final din­ner together.

We’ll wake up in Can­more, grab break­fast in town, and pick up a pic­nic lunch for later.

It’s about 40 min­utes to the Bar­ri­er Lake Dam in Kananask­is Coun­try. This is the start point for the incred­i­ble, amaz­ing, scin­til­lat­ing and stun­ning Prairie View/Jewel Pass trail, and the fin­ish point of our rid­ing together…we won’t cry as long as you don’t cry, ok?

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 super-fast and tech­ni­cal descent down Jew­el Pass, an incred­i­bly fun and chal­leng­ing piece of sin­gle­track, loop­ing us back to the park­ing lot.

Final high fives are hand­ed out, then it’s time to pack up bikes. We’ll load up the shut­tle and fin­ish the jour­ney back to Calgary.

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

You’ll be in a daze as we take you back to the place where it all start­ed. Did that just hap­pen? Is it real­ly pos­si­ble to have that much fun in 13 days?

Only one way to find out…