Highwood Area - MTB Trails

With few residents living nearby, the Highwood Area is usually the most secluded area in the region. It's easy to feel like you've teleported into the old west while riding these X-Country Trails. Most trails are ride-able from mid June to mid October.
Detailed trail descriptions coming soon...
Name
1. Around the Misty Range
2. Odlum Pond
3. Loomis Creek
4. McPhail Creek
5. Carnarvon Lake
6. Strawberry Hills
7. Weary Creek & Fording River Pass
8. Fitzsimmons Creek
9. Baril Creek to Fording River Pass
10. Grass Pass & Wileman Creek
11. Sheep to Highwood
12. Sullivan Pass & High Rock Ridge
13. Flat Creek
14. Rye Ridge
15. Cataract Creek & Lost Creek
16. Willow Creek Wanderer
17. Plateau Mountain
18. Twin Summit Odyssey
19. Great Divide Trail
20. Headwaters of the Oldman River
21. Oyster Excursion
22. Hailstone Butte Fire Lookout
23. Timber Creek
Distance
31.1 km
26 km
26 km
24 km
17.2 km
20.2 km
62.8 km
22.5 km
28.6 km
10.3km
46.7km
17.2 km
38 km
31.4 km
30 km
27 km
12.5 km
38.6 km
36.2 km
14.4 km
26.2 km
20.2 km
18 km
Elev Gain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Time
4 - 6 Hrs
2 - 4 Hrs
2 - 4 Hrs
4 - 6 Hrs
4 - 6 Hrs
3 - 4 Hrs
7 - 10 Hrs
3 - 5 Hrs
6 - 7 Hrs
2 - 3 Hrs
6 -8 Hrs
3 - 4 Hrs
4 - 6 Hrs
4 - 6 Hrs
3 - 5 Hrs
3 - 6 Hrs
3 - 5 Hrs
5 - 6 Hrs
6 - 8 Hrs
2 - 4 Hrs
4 - 5 Hrs
4 Hrs
2 - 4 Hrs
Phys/Tech
4 / 3
1 / 1
2 / 1
2 / 1
2 / 1
2 / 1
5 / 4
2 / 1
4 / 2
4 / 2
5 / 2
4 / 2
2 / 1
3 / 2
1 / 1
3 / 2
2 / 1
4 / 3
5 / 4
2 / 1
3 / 2
3 / 2
3 / 2
  • Distance - car to car distance except for traverses or trails that terminate at the start of another trail
  • Elevation Gain - total elevation gain
  • Downhill Trails have negative elevation gains
  • Time - car to car time exception for traverses or trails that terminate at the start of another trail
  • Physical / Technical - difficulty based on a scale of 5, with 1 being easiest and 5 being hardest

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