MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS IN BANFF
By Crowfoot Media
We’ve compiled a list of mountain bike trails in Banff, Alberta.
Photo: Banff Lake Louise Tourism / Noel Hendrickson
FAMILY FRIENDLY TRAILS
1/ Sundance Trail
Distance: 3.7 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 75 m, 60 m
2/ Tunnel Campground Loop
Distance: 6.4 km loop
Elevation Gain: 70 m
3/ Banff Legacy Trail (Bow Valley Parkway to Canmore)
Distance: 24.6 km one-way
Elevation Gain: 455 m
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EASY TRAILS
4/ Healy Creek
Distance: 5.5 km (one-way)
Elevation Gain/Loss: 95 m, 100 m
5/ Spray River East and West
Distance: 11.3 km round trip
Elevation Gain/Loss: 242 m, 113 m
6/ Cascade Ponds - Bankhead
Distance: 2.7 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 52 m, 12 m
7/ Cascade Valley
Distance: 14.6 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 230 m, 60 m
8/ Water Tower
Distance: 4.3 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 97 m, 82 m
MODERATE TRAILS
9/ Brewster Creek
Distance: 8.5 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 280 m, 110 m
10/ Redearth Creek
Distance: 10 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 330 m, 95 m
11/ Spray River East and Goat Creek (Banff to Canmore)
Distance: 18.7 km one way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 435 m, 160 m
12/ Lake Minnewanka
Distance: 29.4 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 45 m, 35 m
13/ Banff Avenue Trail
Distance: 3.3 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 65 m, 50 m
14/ Hoodoos Viewpoint to Surprise Corner
Distance: 4.8 km (one-way)
Elevation Gain/Loss: 115 m, 90 m
15/ Tunnel Bench Loop
Distance: 9.7 km loop
Elevation Gain: 60 m
16/ Tunnel Technical Trails
Distance: 2.7 km loop
Elevation Gain: 80 m
17/ Middle Springs
Distance: 7km of trails
Elevation Gain/Loss: 124 m, 124 m
18/ Sulphur Mountain Westside
Distance: 7.8 km one-way
Elevation Gain: 885 m
DIFFICULT TRAILS
19/ Topp Notch
Distance: 3.9 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 299 m, 357 m
20/ Rundle Riverside
Distance: 13.9 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 265 m, 296 m
21/ Lower Stoney
Distance: 4.2 km one-way
Elevation Gain/Loss: 11 m, 328 m
22/ Upper Stony Loop
Distance: 4.8 km loop
Elevation Gain/Loss: 228 m, 243 m
23/ The Toe
Distance: 7.9 km round trip
Elevation Gain/Loss: 82 m, 82 m
Happy mountain biking!
A NOTE FROM CROWFOOT MEDIA: You, the reader, are responsible for your own safety and gathering the information you require to tackle these trips. Please adventure safely.