Elbow Valley Cycle Club upcoming events

Columbia Valley Multi Day MTB, Easy, 15km, 200m, RoyScarisbrick (Sunday, May 24, 2026)

Mon, 25 May 2026 02:00:00 GMT

Please read and add to the forum topic about this event at https://www.elbowvalleycc.org/Market-Place/13596558

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The plan is to arrive in the Fairmont area May 24 and ride May 25, 25, 26, and 27. Everyone needs to arrange for their own accommodation.

Riding will be easy to intermediate, 10-15 km per day, slow to moderate, up to 200 m climbing per day.

Areas to ride are:

The Spirit Trails (https://www.trailforks.com/region/columbia-lake-14692/) are easy but scenic trails.

The Lillian Lake trails (https://www.trailforks.com/region/lillian-lake/) are intermediate and are worth a day.

The Deja View (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/deja-view-and-old-coach-trail-loop) trail is a super-easy trail.

The Markin-MacPhail Westside Legacy Trail https://www.trailforks.com/trails/markinmacphail-westside-legacy-trail/ is a paved path that goes from Fairmont to Invermere.

Kimberley Multi Day MTB, Int, 15km, 200m, RoyScarisbrick (Monday, June 08, 2026)

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT

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The plan is to arrive in Kimberley about June 8, ride June 9-12, and leave about June 13.

The Kimberley Nordic centre seems to be the best access to a lot of mountain biking. It’s up near the ski hill, so it would be good to stay up there. There are a lot of condos and apartments for short term rentals.

The cross-country ski trails offer easy riding, and there are more well-built mountain biking trails for intermediate riding. They are mostly gravel and don’t get mucky in wet weather.

Typical riding days might be 200 m climbing and 15 km. If we stay up near the ski hill then we can easily shorten or lengthen our time out.

All services are available downtown which is a 10-minute drive from the alpine area.

Fernie Multi Day MTB, Int-Adv, 400m, RoyScarisbrick (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Fernie offers a big variety of mountain biking trails. Let's arrive in Fernie August 23, ride August 24-27 and leave on August 28. We'll meet each day and ride as one or two groups. We'll focus on cross-country riding (no lifts or car shuttles). There are easier trails to ride but some people will focus on intermediate to advanced.

Maps are at https://www.trailforks.com/region/fernie/,

https://tourismfernie.com/activities/mountain-biking/trails

Lake Minnewanka Shuttle MTB, Adv, 35km, RoyScarisbrick (Saturday, September 19, 2026)

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

In the past we've ridden this event from the east end of the TransAlta Road to the dam end of the Lake. This year we'll skip the gravel road part, shortening the trip from 50 km to 35 km. It will take about six hours.

You should only register for this event if you regularly ride all or part of the Lake Minnewanka trail.

We'll ride from the end of the TransAlta Road, through Devil's Gap, and along Lake Minnewanka. It is about 35 km on singletrack. The route is rough, with washouts, boulder fields, blowdowns. Some sections have a slide-slope.

See https://www.trailforks.com/trails/minnewanka for a description.This is a one-way trip. It is not an out-and-back or loop. There are no shortcuts.

Register now to show interest. Later in the summer we'll see what kind of transportation we need: friends; or transportation company. We'll drive up the forestry trunk road north of Cochrane, drive the TransAlta Road and ride west from the top of the bank overlooking the Ghost.

See https://headwaysystems.com/galleryserverpro/default.aspx?aid=81 for pictures of the 2025 event.

No e-bikes. We need to be able to carry our bikes in places on this route. Also, according to https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/activ/cyclisme-biking/veloselectriques-ebikes e-bikes and pedal-assist bikes are not permitted on the Minnewanka trail.