Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park

Canmore Nordic Centre Provicial Park

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Updated: Oct 12, 2024

Updated: October 12, 2024 | Print Report

2024-2025 Winter Trail Passes available for purchase. 10% OFF for Regular Season Pass purchases made October 1 – 31, 2024.
A Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required to park your vehicle in Kananaskis and the Bow Valley.
Day-Lodge
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. daily
Meadow Hut
CLOSED
Administration
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily
Trail Sports
Call (403) 678-6764 for reservations OPEN daily 9 am - 6 pm


Advisories

Advisories

*EVENT NOTICE* - Oct 12-13, 2024 - Grizzly Ultra Marathon.
9AM-5PM Saturday & Sunday. Approx. 800 participants per day.
Participants will be spread out over 5 legs across the day utilizing both single-track and double-track trails. 
Facility, trails & parking lots will be busy!
For all emergencies on trail please dial 9-1-1 & report that you're in Kananaskis Country at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park.

Animals are out and we encourage visitors to carry bear spray, make noise, and report any carnivore sightings (bears, wolves, cougars) to KES.

Please report any carnivore sightings (including bears) to Kananaskis Emergency Services by calling (403) 591-7755. We recommend carrying Bear Spray year-round. 

Bear warning in effect as of June 13, 2024.

Please Do Not Litter (cigarette butts, poop bags and banana peels or apple cores are littering) and help us to keep this site free of garbage. Improper disposal of garbage and waste has the potential to draw wildlife and can force area closures.

Practice leave no trace and pack out what you bring in. If a bear-proof garbage bin is FULL, please take your garbage home or use another bin.

Facility

Biathlon Schedule
Biathlon Range
-
Open
XC Stadium

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024
-
Warning / Event
Disc Golf Course
-
Open
Bike Skills Park
-
Open
Roller Ski Loop
-
Open
Legacy Trail
2.1 km
Open

MTB Trails

Summer Trail Map

Green/Easy – Basic bike skills required, gradients may include short, steep sections. No technical trail features (TTFs)
Blue/Intermediate – Single track trail with rooty, rocky or smooth sections. Steeper ups and downs. Possible TTFs.
Black/Advanced – Single track with technical and committing sections. Steep ups and down, unavoidable TTFs.

Note: Winter ski trails are bike friendly during summer season and offer easy riding.

Diff. Trail Permitted Activities Length Status
Easy 01-Easy Banff Trail

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 5.7 km
Warning / Event
Easy 01-Easy Get In

Frozen Thunder roll out underway. Please proceed with caution. 

 1.0 km
Warning
Easy 01-Easy Get Out

Frozen Thunder roll out underway. Please proceed with caution. 

 0.6 km
Warning
Easy 01-Easy Narnia
0.3 km
Open
Easy 01-Easy Rundle Connector
 2.5 km
Open
Easy 01-Easy Swamp
0.4 km
Open
Easy 01-Easy Canmore
 0.9 km
Open
Easy 01-Easy Sponge Bog Switchbacks
 0.2 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Artistic Merit
0.4 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Baby Beluga
0.6 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Backdoor

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 0.7 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Blue Coal Chutes
 0.8 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate EKG

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 4.7 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate EKG East

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 1.4 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Stadium Flow Trail
0.2 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate FYI
 1.5 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Hey McLeod

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 0.3 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Killer Bees

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 0.6 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Long Road to Ruin

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 1.7 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Mad Handler
0.5 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Matching Jerseys

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

 0.4 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Nector Noodle
0.7 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Odyssey

Grizzly Ultra Marathon Oct 12-13, 2024

Caution - modifications made to jump line - please use the "Pre-Ride, Re-Ride, Free Ride" protocol.

 

 2.6 km
Warning / Event
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Orchid
 0.7 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Sherwood Forest
0.5 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Soft Yogurt
0.5 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate The Albertan
0.6 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Ziggy's
0.6 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Black Coal Chutes
0.5 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Devonian Drop
0.2 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Elevator Shaft
 0.75 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Eye Dropper
0.1 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Laundry Chutes
0.5 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult No Homers
0.9 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Organ Donor
0.1 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult T2
0.3 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Top Gun
 0.7 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Georgetown Climb
 0.5 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Get Down
 0.2 km
Open

Hiking Trails

Diff. Trail Permitted Activities Length Status
Easy Easy 01-Easy Grassi Lakes Upper

Swimming in Grassi Lakes is not permitted. 

 1.9 km
Open
Intermediate Intermediate 02-Intermediate Grassi Lakes Interpretive

Swimming in Grassi Lakes is not permitted. 

 

 1.9 km
Open