Goat Creek Trail is a nice, easy 18km (one way) bike trail from Canmore to Banff (or vice versa or both). Easy if you start at the Canmore end. There is 1000' of elevation drop from there to Banff, with the odd uphill section. The trail follows a dirt trail at the beginning and widens to an old road by the end, with numerous bridge crossings in between. Ends at the Banff Springs Hotel parking lot. Lots of hikers (walkers) near the Banff end.
Directions:
From Canmore drive south on the Spray Lakes road about 9km. Large parking area on the west side of the road.
ByPosted By: SlayerQC
- Sun Jul 19 03:45:54 EDT 2009
UpsideMTB: From canmore, it's a fast downhill. Nice scenery. --
DownsideA little on the easy side, lots of slow riders.
CommentFun to ridedown from the canmore side. Quite wide, mostly gravel. some nice short uphills. Fast if you want it to be, most seem to go sloooow. Many hikers. As easy as it gets, I guess.
ByPosted By: munharrison
- Mon May 19 00:52:16 EDT 2008
UpsidePrimarily downhill, well travelled trail so getting lost isn't an issue.
DownsideSharp rocks. Bring spare tubes, I got 2 flats in one day.
CommentThis is a good trail but setting up the shuttle means quite a bit of driving.
ByPosted By: vb_skier
- Mon Jul 11 00:57:30 EDT 2005
UpsideNice long aerobic workout
Downsidedouble track the whole way, gets congested the closer you get to banff
CommentEasier to go Canmore-Banff than vice versa, nice rocky double track with a couple of decents and long climbs.
Posted By: corporatecowboy
Posted By: vb_skier
