Photo: Kari MedigKaslo, BC

Kootenay-Miller Pass

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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An 80 km overnight loop from Nipika Mountain Resort into the East Kootenays, mapped by Peter Fordham, climbing to Miller Pass before a rugged, overgrown descent that calls for bike-hiking and solid navigation.

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Accommodation

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☕Stops worth stopping for2 along this route

Communities along this route#

Dry Gulch 2

Dry Gulch (2)

Nipika Mountain ResortInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$$$ · Upscale

Cross River Wilderness CentreInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$ · Budget

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⛴Getting here, bike and allKimberley

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

The transit network doesn’t quite reach this ride. The closest doorway is Kimberley, about 94 km from the route. Buses, ferries, trains, and the SkyTrain will carry you and your bike that far:

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

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🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the 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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