Photo: Kari MedigKootenay Rockies, BC

Golden Triangle Day 3

A ride described at Elbow Valley Cycle Club

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Ambitious A real undertaking. Demanding on a couple of fronts, like rough surfaces plus steady climbing, or a long stretch on busier roads.

Difficulty Our overall read of how demanding a route is. We score surface roughness, climbing, singletrack, and how far it runs from services. The route publisher's own rating, a lot of busy road riding, or sheer scale can push the tier up, never down.

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The climbing day of the Golden Triangle tour: 87 km from Golden up through Yoho National Park past Field to Lake Louise, gaining about 1,500 m along the way. All paved, all highway, and all Rockies: this is the leg the tour is remembered for. Expect traffic on Highway 1.

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Where this ride goes#

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Map key & layers

Show stops Mute other bike trails

Food & DrinkAttractionsSuppliesCampingAccommodation

Riding near fast trafficFastest stretches

Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the route from Elbow Valley Cycle Club.

Fast-road stretches#

We believe these are the fast, unprotected roads on this route. We can tell you which roads and roughly how far, but not the order you will ride them. If you see an error, tell us and we'll fix it.

about 69 km of Trans-Canada Highway · near Ottertail

☕Stops worth stopping for72 along this route

Hoodoo Creek Campground: frontcountry campground in Yoho National Park on a major cycling corridor in the Canadian Rockies. · Leanchoil

Kicking Horse Campground: natural anchor point for Takakkaw Falls, Emerald Lake, and Burgess Shale guided hikes. · Cathedral

Monarch Campground: Parks Canada campground in Yoho National Park's Kicking Horse Valley, reached via paved Trans-Canada access. · Cathedral

Communities along this route#

Golden 59 Field 9 Cathedral 3 Leanchoil 1

Golden (59)

Art Gallery Of Golden-Kicking Horse CultureInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

Big BendInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Eat Pure Mountain MarketInfo· Grocery Store

Golden Bakery & DeliInfo· Bakery / Donuts · $ · Cheap eats

Golden Municipal Campground and RV ParkInfo· Public Campground

The IslandInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

The Wolf's DenInfo· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale

Whitetooth BistroInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Dreamcatcher HostelAccredited· Hostel · $ · Rock-bottom

Best Western Mountainview InnInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$$ · Mid-range

Plus the fast-food chains — Red Tomato Pies, A&W, Dinerz +5 more

+41 more in Golden →

Field (9)

Siding CafeInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Truffle Pigs BistroInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Truffle Pigs LodgeInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$$$ · Upscale

Vanhorne Guest HouseInfo· B&B / Inn · $$$ · Mid-range

Yoho National Park Visitor CentreInfo· Visitor Centre · Free

Edgemount Guest HouseInfo· B&B / Inn · $$$ · Mid-range

Field Community CentreInfo· Community Centre · Free

Humming Bird Guest HouseInfo· B&B / Inn · $$$ · Mid-range

Inn Field Guest HouseInfo· B&B / Inn · $$$ · Mid-range

Cathedral (3)

Kicking Horse CampgroundInfo· Private Campground

Monarch CampgroundInfo· Private Campground

Cathedral mountain lodgeInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$$$ · Luxury

Leanchoil (1)

Hoodoo Creek CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Slice and dice these stops in the directory →

These stops come from our directory of welcoming places across BC. Spot something wrong, missing, or closed? Tell us and we'll fix it.

⛴Getting here, bike and allGolden

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

Golden is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Buses, ferries, the SkyTrain, and trains will carry you and your bike there:

Fieldbest: bus
Vancouverbest: bus
Nanaimobest: ferry + SkyTrain + bus
Victoriabest: ferry + train + bus

Also on the bike-transit map: Field

Or pick any two places on To & Fro →

🪶Traditional territories

The BC portion of this route travels through the traditional territories of the Ĩyãħé Nakón mąkóce (Stoney), Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis, Michif Piyii (Métis), Niitsítpiis-stahkoii ᖹᐟᒧᐧᐨᑯᐧ ᓴᐦᖾᐟ (Blackfoot / Niitsítapi ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ), Secwepemcúl’ecw (Secwépemc), and Tsuut’ina.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

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