local bicycle routes and suggestions:
Leisure / Pathway
Sports Rent to Eau Claire
- Short, quick ride along the river to the beautiful Princes Island Park downtown
- Perfect for an afternoon ride after work or a short family ride
Sports Rent to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
- Longer ride, easy terrain, allows you to see Eau Claire Market, downtown Calgary, Inglewood, Harveys passage and the beautiful bike trails along the river connecting to south Calgary.
- As an alternative way back head to the north side of the river downtown and bike by the Calgary Zoo
Glenmore Resevoir Loop
- Easy, scenic, a few small hills
- Busy on the weekends
Road Cycling
Heritage/Fish Creek Loop
- Beautiful, less traveled city pathways through fish creek. Beware of construction and pathway detours.
- Majority pathway riding, few short sections on roadways.
- Large variety of scenery and terrain
Sports Rent to Bragg Creek
- Beautiful longer ride to the hamlet of Bragg Creek, lots of hills and beware of head winds
- Majority of route is on road ways, riders should be comfortable riding in traffic on the shoulder
- Best in the morning or later afternoon during low traffic periods.
- Skip the city congestion and park at Springbank High school.
Calgary Pathway Loop
- Long ride, variety of flat and hills
- Mostly paved pathways
- See the whole city!
Mountain Biking
COP EASTLANDS
- Intermediate trails, quick and fun.
- Entrance is a small gravel parking lot directly off of Sarcee Trail heading SW.
West Bragg Creek
- A quick drive to Bragg Creek provincial park offers some great mountain bike trails in a convenient spot!
- Specific Trail info: North Bragg Trail, Telephone Trail, Other: West Bragg Trails
Sibbald Flats
- An hour away from Calgary
- Good introduction to mountain biking for Beginner riders
- Specific Trail information
Side Show Bob
- Quick, Local Trail
- Difficult, not recommended for beginners
- Specific Trail information
Other Suggestions:
Fish Creek Single Track – Calgary
Iron Creek / Elbow – Kananaskis
Powder Face to Prairie Link – Kananaskis
