Canmore & the Bow Valley Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Canmore packs one of Canada's densest trail networks into the Bow Valley beneath the Three Sisters. The Canmore Nordic Centre — built for the 1988 Olympics, now a provincial park — holds a hundred-plus kilometres of rooty, flowy singletrack minutes from town, while the Highline and Montane Traverse run the valley benches, G8 drops through the pines, and Razor's Edge climbs the flank of Grotto Mountain. Chinook winds dry the limestone benches fast after rain, and seasonal wildlife closures shape where you ride in spring.
150 featured mountain bike trailselevation 4,236–9,747 ft
Is it muddy in Canmore & the Bow Valley right now?
Right now about 135 of 147 featured Canmore & the Bow Valley trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
Canmore & the Bow Valley conditions at a glancesnapshot · Aug 8
Live conditions map
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135 of 147 trails riding well
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Air quality
AQI 113 · Unhealthy (sensitive)
Wildfire smoke (PM2.5). EPA AirNow (observed) + CAMS forecast. Informational.
Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
135 Today 135 Sun 94 Mon 94 Tue 0 Wed 0 Thu 0 Fri 0 Sat 0 Sun 0 Mon Trails are riding well today. Rain Sunday (about 5 mm) is likely to soften things, so aim to ride before then.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 4,364–5,873 ft
40° typical 47°–64°F 77°
High country 6,804–8,970 ft
30° typical 38°–53°F 69°
20° 40° 60° 80°
5-day forecast
Today 🌧️ 77°
Sun 🌧️ 73°
Mon 🌧️ 71°
Tue 🌧️ 71°
Wed 🌧️ 55°
Daytime high across Canmore & the Bow Valley, rain marked. Real forecast, refreshed every morning (elevation detail above).
Trail soil & drainage
100%
Mostly mixed, which varies from trail to trail.
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Trail networks in Canmore & the Bow Valley
Named riding areas in Canmore & the Bow Valley, each with its own live conditions and the trails inside it.
Best Canmore & the Bow Valley mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning.
(New green trail) · 0.4 mi · 4,806–4,862 ft Dusty / loose 6 Avenue · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Anklebiter Ridge Route · 3 mi · 4,259–6,841 ft Dusty / loose Artistic Merit · 0.2 mi · 4,603–4,642 ft Dusty / loose Baby Beluga · 0.4 mi Dusty / loose Back Door (Closed December 1 - Jun 15) · 0.4 mi · 4,961–5,194 ft Dusty / loose Back Door (Closed December 1 - June 15) · 0.3 mi · 4,800–4,990 ft Dusty / loose Buried Alive · 0.1 mi · 4,721–4,757 ft Dusty / loose Calaghan · 0.3 mi · 4,547–4,652 ft Dusty / loose Canmore Trail · 0.6 mi · 4,403–4,656 ft Dusty / loose Charles Carey · 0.1 mi · 4,364–4,396 ft Dusty / loose Cloudline · 2.4 mi · 4,888–5,226 ft Dusty / loose Clubouse Cutoff · 0.6 mi · 4,859–5,013 ft Dusty / loose Coal Chutes (Black) · 0.3 mi · 4,360–4,662 ft Dusty / loose Coal Chutes (Blue) · 0.4 mi · 4,360–4,665 ft Dusty / loose Coal Chutes Connector · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Coal Road · 0.2 mi · 4,793–4,869 ft Dusty / loose Cougar Peak Route · 1.2 mi · 5,558–8,491 ft Dusty / loose Devonian Drop · 0.1 mi · 4,524–4,587 ft Dusty / loose Dipped Cone · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Disc Golf Route · 0.9 mi · 4,537–4,659 ft Dusty / loose Douglas Fir Bench (Closed Dec 1 - May 15) · 1 mi · 4,383–4,570 ft Dusty / loose East EKG · 0.9 mi · 4,852–4,990 ft Dusty / loose EKG · 2.9 mi · 4,547–4,993 ft Dusty / loose EKG Connector Dusty / loose Elevator Shaft · 0.3 mi · 4,744–4,977 ft Dusty / loose Exshaw Creek Trail · 3.2 mi · 4,259–5,000 ft Dusty / loose Exshaw Mountain Trail · 0.5 mi · 5,456–5,814 ft Dusty / loose Exshaw Pass Route · 3.5 mi · 5,630–8,442 ft Dusty / loose Exshaw Ridge Extension · 1.2 mi · 5,404–6,965 ft Dusty / loose Eye Dropper · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Eye Dropper(B-Line) Dusty / loose Fun Forrest · 0.6 mi · 4,498–4,537 ft Dusty / loose FYI · 1 mi · 4,662–4,951 ft Dusty / loose G8 · 2.4 mi · 4,557–4,787 ft Dusty / loose G9 · 1.2 mi · 4,760–5,210 ft Dusty / loose Gap Peak E Ridge · 1.1 mi · 6,873–7,989 ft Dusty / loose Gap Peak Route · 3.4 mi · 4,281–8,015 ft Dusty / loose Georgetown Climb · 0.4 mi · 4,360–4,649 ft Dusty / loose Georgetown Intepretive · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Georgetown Interpretive · 1.7 mi · 4,331–4,547 ft Dusty / loose Get Down · 0.1 mi · 4,774–4,895 ft Dusty / loose Get Down (B-Line) · 0.1 mi · 4,774–4,813 ft Dusty / loose Get In · 0.6 mi · 4,665–4,715 ft Dusty / loose Get Out · 0.4 mi Dusty / loose Get Up Dusty / loose Goat Creek Tr (TCT) · 4.1 mi · 4,843–5,354 ft Dusty / loose Goat Creek Trail (TCT) · 1.4 mi · 5,354–5,446 ft Dusty / loose Goat Mountain Route · 1.4 mi · 5,266–7,605 ft Dusty / loose Grassi Lakes Trail · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose Grotto Mountain Pond Path Dusty / loose Grotto Mountain West Ridge Route · 1.6 mi · 4,731–7,700 ft Dusty / loose Guy Lafleur Trail · 3 mi · 4,318–4,593 ft Dusty / loose Harvie Heights ridge traverse · 0.7 mi · 4,518–4,596 ft Dusty / loose Heart Mountain Trail · 4.6 mi · 4,295–7,060 ft Dusty / loose Hey Macleod · 0.2 mi · 4,724–4,852 ft Dusty / loose High Rockies · 4.5 mi · 5,315–5,600 ft Dusty / loose Highline East Connector · 0.7 mi · 4,560–5,135 ft Dusty / loose Highline Trail · 4.3 mi · 4,564–5,312 ft Dusty / loose Highline West Connector · 0.5 mi · 4,577–5,079 ft Dusty / loose Highline West End · 0.4 mi · 4,639–5,016 ft Dusty / loose Horse Meadows Connector · 0.7 mi · 4,304–4,741 ft Dusty / loose Johnny's Trail · 1 mi · 4,528–5,052 ft Dusty / loose Jura Creek Route · 4.5 mi · 4,423–6,201 ft Dusty / loose Killer Bees (Closed December 1 - June 15) · 0.3 mi · 4,852–4,964 ft Dusty / loose Laundry Chutes · 0.5 mi · 4,724–5,010 ft Dusty / loose Legacy Trail · 0.4 mi · 4,469–4,649 ft Dusty / loose Long Road to Ruin · 1.1 mi · 4,429–4,603 ft Dusty / loose Mad Handler · 0.1 mi · 4,852–4,892 ft Dusty / loose Matching Jerseys · 0.2 mi · 4,642–4,754 ft Dusty / loose McGillivray Canyon Route · 0.9 mi · 4,449–4,921 ft Dusty / loose McGillivray Creek Trail · 0.7 mi · 4,380–4,731 ft Dusty / loose Meander Trail · 1.3 mi · 4,377–5,092 ft Dusty / loose Microwave Drop · 0.8 mi · 4,547–4,856 ft Dusty / loose Montane Cutoff · 0.6 mi · 4,570–4,859 ft Dusty / loose Montane Traverse · 3.4 mi · 4,810–5,151 ft Dusty / loose Morrowmount Cross Connector · 2.6 mi · 6,765–8,192 ft Dusty / loose Morrowmount Route · 1.7 mi · 6,201–8,248 ft Dusty / loose Mosquito Bite · 0.7 mi · 4,524–4,616 ft Dusty / loose Mount Fable Route · 2.9 mi · 5,000–8,517 ft Dusty / loose Mount Lawrence Grassi Route · 1.5 mi · 5,541–8,796 ft Dusty / loose Mount McGillivray Route · 4.2 mi · 4,350–8,005 ft Dusty / loose Mount Peechee Route · 2.7 mi · 4,852–5,522 ft Dusty / loose Mount Peechee Shoulder Route · 3 mi · 4,505–7,552 ft Dusty / loose Mount Townsend Route · 3.4 mi · 5,558–9,098 ft Dusty / loose Mount Wendell Scramble Route · 2.4 mi · 5,404–7,762 ft Dusty / loose Narnia · 0.2 mi · 4,416–4,541 ft Dusty / loose Nector Noodle · 0.2 mi · 5,092–5,187 ft Dusty / loose Nector Noodle (Closed December 1 - June 15) · 0.2 mi · 5,056–5,092 ft Dusty / loose New connector · 0.4 mi · 4,370–4,567 ft Dusty / loose New XCO Trail · 0.4 mi · 4,708–4,823 ft Dusty / loose No Homers · 0.6 mi · 4,393–4,701 ft Dusty / loose Odyssey · 1.7 mi · 4,675–5,105 ft Dusty / loose Old Fort Peak Route · 0.8 mi · 5,732–7,579 ft Dusty / loose Orchid Trail · 0.4 mi Dusty / loose Organ Donor Dusty / loose Organ Donor (B-Line) · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Oven (Closed December 1 - June 15) · 0.1 mi · 5,082–5,187 ft Dusty / loose Powerline Trail · 0.7 mi · 4,268–4,331 ft Dusty / loose Powerline Trail Dusty / loose Powerline Trail · 2.1 mi · 4,524–4,708 ft Dusty / loose Princess Margaret Mountain Route · 2.7 mi · 4,514–8,202 ft Dusty / loose Reclaimer Trail · 0.9 mi · 4,698–5,312 ft Dusty / loose Riders of Rohan · 0.7 mi · 4,619–5,348 ft Dusty / loose River · 1.2 mi Dusty / loose RMCC Staircase · 0.2 mi · 4,872–4,987 ft Dusty / loose Rundle Drive · 0.9 mi · 4,518–4,915 ft Dusty / loose Rundle Riverside Connector · 1.6 mi · 4,698–4,869 ft Dusty / loose Rundle Riverside Trail · 5.2 mi · 4,403–4,682 ft Dusty / loose Sherwood Forest · 0.3 mi · 4,990–5,056 ft Dusty / loose Ship's Prow Lookout Route · 0.4 mi · 7,054–7,306 ft Dusty / loose Ship's Prow Route · 3.7 mi · 5,535–8,606 ft Dusty / loose Shorty's Chute · 0.1 mi · 4,911–4,964 ft Dusty / loose Ski Jump Trail · 0.1 mi · 4,669–4,705 ft Dusty / loose Snowshoe Trail Access · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Snowy Owl - 4h Tour · 1.2 mi · 5,459–5,528 ft Dusty / loose Soft Yoghurt · 0.3 mi · 4,587–4,675 ft Dusty / loose Spongebog Switchbacks · 0.1 mi · 4,488–4,524 ft Dusty / loose Squaw's Tit Route · 0.9 mi · 4,469–4,849 ft Dusty / loose Stenton Peak Scramble · 3.9 mi · 5,817–9,180 ft Dusty / loose Steve Canyon Route · 0.7 mi · 4,255–4,698 ft Dusty / loose Stoneworks Canyon Trail · 1.2 mi · 5,052–6,188 ft Dusty / loose Swamp · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose The Albertan · 0.4 mi · 4,974–5,056 ft Dusty / loose The Odyssey Continues · 0.3 mi · 4,495–4,675 ft Dusty / loose The Terminator (Black) / T2 · 0.2 mi · 4,915–5,082 ft Dusty / loose The Uncharted Sea Trail · 0.7 mi · 4,459–5,203 ft Dusty / loose Three Sisters Creek · 0.6 mi · 4,836–5,144 ft Dusty / loose Tibits Quarry Trail · 0.7 mi · 4,580–4,987 ft Dusty / loose Top Gun · 0.4 mi · 4,505–4,685 ft Dusty / loose Trans Canada Trail · 1.3 mi · 4,252–4,370 ft Dusty / loose Upper Grassi Lakes Trail · 0.2 mi · 5,177–5,535 ft Dusty / loose Upper Steve Canyon Route · 0.9 mi · 4,692–5,876 ft Dusty / loose Water Line · 0.2 mi · 4,577–4,652 ft Dusty / loose Ziggy's (Closed December 1 - June 15) · 0.3 mi · 4,984–5,092 ft Dusty / loose South Ghost Peak / Cross Peak Route · 3.9 mi · 6,201–8,547 ft Likely snowy Mount Charles Stewart South Route · 1.8 mi · 6,188–9,137 ft Likely snowy Cross Peak Route · 0.5 mi · 7,894–8,045 ft Likely snowy Epic Tower Route · 0.7 mi · 8,205–8,694 ft Likely snowy Epic Tower to Townsend Route · 0.7 mi · 8,501–8,766 ft Likely snowy Fable to Mythic Route · 0.7 mi · 8,061–8,589 ft Likely snowy Gable Ridge Route · 2.7 mi · 7,536–8,553 ft Likely snowy Grotto Mountain North Peaks Route · 1.6 mi · 8,058–8,786 ft Likely snowy Mount Charles Stewart Route · 1.5 mi · 8,406–9,150 ft Likely snowy Mythic Tower Route · 0.5 mi · 8,333–8,573 ft Likely snowy Old Fort Peak to Morrowmount Route · 1 mi · 7,375–8,248 ft Likely snowy Rundle Traverse Route · 2.2 mi · 8,701–9,747 ft Likely snowy Canmore & the Bow Valley mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Canmore & the Bow Valley right now? Today the trails riding best near Canmore & the Bow Valley are (New green trail), 6 Avenue and Anklebiter Ridge Route. The full list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so the top of the list is always your best bet right now. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Canmore & the Bow Valley dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Canmore & the Bow Valley trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Canmore & the Bow Valley after rain? Right now 0 of 147 featured Canmore & the Bow Valley trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Canmore & the Bow Valley is mostly mixed soil, which varies from trail to trail, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Canmore & the Bow Valley? Canmore & the Bow Valley has 150 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Canmore & the Bow Valley trails? Canmore & the Bow Valley trails run from about 4,236–9,747 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
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Aug 8, 2026 and refreshed every morning from public weather (Open-Meteo), terrain (OSM), and
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