Elbow Valley Cycle Club upcoming events

Sibbald -Ten Years Gone MTB easy - 10 km, 200 m, RoyScarisbrick (Sunday, July 12, 2026)

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Meet at the Pinetop picnic area parking. The parking lot is the first left after the cattleguard and start of the gravel road. We'll ride part of the Jumpingpound Loop, Kashmir, and Ten Years Gone. Optionally, you could ride Trampled Under Foot for another 5 km.

10 km and 200 m. I would call these trails green but Trailforks has them as blue.

Ebikes are okay.

There is a picnic area at the parking lot.

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/trampled-under-foot/

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/ten-years-gone/

Mountain bike Merlin View, Int, 15km, 300m, RoyScarisbrick (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Meet near the information centre at the West Bragg Creek parking lot. Ride Braggin Rights and Merlin View. About 11 km and 300 m.

Bearspray, tools, tube, first aid kit are good things to bring.

We’ll keep a manual bike pace. No ebikes please.

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/merlin-view/

Powderface Creek, Prairie Creek. MTB Difficult. 22 km, 500 m. RoyScarisbrick (Sunday, July 19, 2026)

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Meet at the Powderface Creek trailhead. Ride Powderface Creek (8 km, 500 m climb), Powderface Trail (road, 5 km), Prairie Creek (9 km).

This will be a difficult ride with exploration of old trails. There are some pushing sections on steep, bouldery trails.

We'll be riding a manual bike pace. Ebikes are okay.

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/powderface-creek/

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/prairie-creek/

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

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Please read and add to the notes at https://www.elbowvalleycc.org/Market-Place/13643023

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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.