Let the adventure begin …Star Wars complete!

   

I got an email over the weekend from the Bow Valley Mountain Bike Alliance (BVMBA) crew letting me know that they’ve completed Star Wars and that there are a few new features that I have to check out. I was pretty stocked to hear the news and got out right away to do a few laps on what is quickly becoming one of my favourite trails in the Bow Valley . The two new features, photographed above, are just past the wicked wall ride. They’re fun rollers, or if you’re moving you can get some descent air. The trail overall is in awesome condition. It looks like the word has been getting out and the trail is seeing quite a bit of traffic. It’s nicely worked in; the berms are super smooth and nicely packed down.

The BVMBA crew has also made some great progress on the loop backup from the finish of Star Wars. It’s not quite complete, but once you get to the end of Star Wars – fork in road – take a left and follow the newly built singletrack backup. It’s almost complete and could use a few riders on it to pack it down and wear it in.

Trail Head: Trail is located on Tunnel Mountain. Look for it on your left hand side past the Douglas Fir.
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Happy Trails!

Star Wars in Banff, all kinds of fun!

    

   

Great ride on the new trail in Banff; Star Wars. It’s a super fun flowy freeride trail with a few wood features, great bermed corners and a big wall ride. The Bow Valley Mountain Bike Alliance (BVMBA) has worked hard with Parks Canada to get this trail approved and made history by building the first freeride trail in the Park (at least the first legal freeride trail in the Park to my knowledge). They still have some work to do and plan to extend the trail back up the mountain to make this a full loop. Also planned are additional wooden features.  

I ran into Louis-Charles (BVMBA member) on the trail and spoke with him about future plans for more trails in the area. He was nice enough to take us down the trail and show us future planned features and pointed out the trail they plan on using to loop the whole section of trail. He also advised me that the BVMBA has received approval to start work on a black and double black run early next year. If you want to get involved with trail building, check out the BVMBA website at www.bvmba.org. I’m super stoked that BVBMA has made great headway fostering a relationship with Parks Canada, who, with its new mandate, is supportive of their efforts. Look for more trails next year.  

Trail Head: trail is located on Tunnel Mountain. Look for it on your left hand side past Douglas Fir.
PDF Map: Click here  

Happy Trails!