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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.
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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

Click on Link to select other MTB area:
  • go to Mountain Bike Trails
  • go to Bragg Creek MTB Trails
  • go to Kananaskis MTB Trails
  • go to Peter Lougheed MTB Trails
  • go to Sheep River MTB Trails
  • go to Sibbald MTB Trails
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