Photo: Kari MedigCrawford Bay, BC

Flathead Valley

A ride described at Bikepack Canada

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Challenging Demanding on several fronts at once, or a lot of riding on busy 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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A 291 km loop through southern BC from Fernie, one of ten routes in Ryan Correy's guidebook 'Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies.'

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Where this ride goes#

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Map key & layers

Show stops Mute other bike trails

Food & DrinkAttractionsSuppliesCampingAccommodationBike Services

Riding near fast trafficFastest stretches

Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the route from Bikepack Canada.

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 23 km of Elko-Roosville Highway · near Grasmere
about 20 km of Corbin Road · near Crowsnest
about 16 km of Crowsnest Highway · near Natal
about 7 km of Jaffray-Baynes Lake Road · near Baynes Lake

☕Stops worth stopping for40 along this route

Sparwood Visitor Centre: Visitor centre beside the Terex Titan, one of the world's largest trucks, on Highway 3. · Sparwood

Communities along this route#

Fernie 23 Sparwood 12 Flathead 4 Baynes Lake 1

Fernie (23)

Fernie Heritage LibraryWelcoming· Library · Free

Fernie Aquatic CentreInfo· Community Centre · $

Fernie MuseumInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

Straight Line BicyclesInfo· Repair Shop

The Arts StationInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

The Brickhouse Bar & GrillInfo· Brewery / Pub · $$ · Casual

The CentralInfo· Brewery / Pub · $$ · Casual

The Fernie TaphouseInfo· Restaurant · $ · Cheap eats

The LocalInfo· Grocery Store

Big Bang bagelsInfo· Bakery / Donuts · $ · Cheap eats

+13 more in Fernie →

Sparwood (12)

Sparwood Visitor CentreInfo· Visitor Centre · Free

Sparwood MuseumInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

Causeway Bay Hotel & Conference CentreInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$ · Budget

Mountain Shadows CampgroundInfo· Private Campground

Sparwood Public LibraryInfo· Library

Valley MotelInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$ · Budget

EssoInfo· Convenience Store

HuskyInfo· Convenience Store

Overwaitea FoodsInfo· Grocery Store

Plus the fast-food chains — A&W, Subway, Tim Hortons

Flathead (4)

Butts CabinInfo· Public Campground

Butts Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Pollock Creek Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Ram/Cabin Pass Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Baynes Lake (1)

Surveyors Lake 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 allFernie

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

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

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

Also on the bike-transit map: Sparwood

Or pick any two places on To & Fro →

🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Ĩyãħé Nakón mąkóce (Stoney), Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis, Niitsítpiis-stahkoii ᖹᐟᒧᐧᐨᑯᐧ ᓴᐦᖾᐟ (Blackfoot / Niitsítapi ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ), and Tsuut’ina.

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

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