BC Cycle Tourism Society
Kaslo, BC
Dave HeathKaslo, BC
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The people who keep BC rideable

Most BC trails are a team effort. A city, a regional district, or the Province usually owns the trail. A volunteer society fought for it, raises money for it, or comes out each spring to clear it. Here are 49 of those societies, in six regions, picked for the paths, rail trails, and gravel that touring riders love. Back the ones whose trails you ride.

Want the stories behind them? Read Who to thank for our BC trails, our Thanksgiving Field Note.

Donations go directly to each organization, not to the BC Cycle Tourism Society. Where you see “tax receipt,” the organization is a registered charity. Donations to the BC Cycle Tourism Society are also welcome, contact us for details.

Cariboo Chilcotin Coast#

2 organizations

A small crew in a big region, from Wells to Bella Coola.

Wells and Areas Trails Society
Lynn StevensBarkerville, BC
Featured steward

Wells and Areas Trails Society

A small volunteer crew in Wells, next door to Barkerville. Most of their work is grooming the Cornish Mountain and Meadows ski trails, and they welcome bikes and boots too. Membership is twenty dollars a year, and it goes straight to trail upkeep.

Northern BC#

4 organizations

Big country, volunteer-run trails from Hazelton to Tumbler Ridge.

Cycle16 Trail Society
Abby CooperSmithers, BC
Featured steward

Cycle16 Trail Society

They're building a 12 km paved trail between Telkwa and Smithers, so everyone in the Bulkley Valley can ride between the towns without riding Highway 16. Construction is underway, and your donation helps finish the trail.

Vancouver, Coast & Mountains#

6 organizations

Sea to Sky, the Sunshine Coast, and the trails around the city.

Squamish Trails Society
Hubert KangSquamish, BC
Featured steward

Squamish Trails Society

Squamish's in-town trail people. Volunteers keep the gravel paths between neighbourhoods brushed, resurfaced, and clear of fallen trees, and their Brush Back Brigade meets every month but August. A registered charity, so your donation gets a tax receipt.

Vancouver Island#

8 organizations

Island societies from the Cowichan Valley to the Discovery Islands.

Island Pathways
Andrea JohnsonSalt Spring Island, BC
Featured steward

Island Pathways

Salt Spring Island's pathway builders since 1988. Their Salish Sea Trail vision links the island's ferry terminals with paths separated from the road, and you can give directly to the trail fund.

Thompson Okanagan#

12 organizations

Rail trails and greenways through the Okanagan and Shuswap.

Friends of Okanagan Rail Trail
Robb ThompsonColdstream, BC
Featured steward

Friends of Okanagan Rail Trail

The volunteer friends behind 52 km of continuous rail trail from Kelowna's waterfront along Kalamalka Lake to Coldstream, one of the easiest and loveliest rides in BC. Donations fund trailheads, benches, and the trail's next improvements.

Kootenay Rockies#

17 organizations

Rail trails and valley paths, from the Boundary to the Rockies.

Slocan Valley Rail Trail Society
Kari MedigNew Denver, BC
Featured steward

Slocan Valley Rail Trail Society

Fifty kilometres of gentle rail trail through the Slocan Valley, from Slocan Lake to the Kootenay River, kept rideable by volunteers who fix the culverts and sinkholes an old rail line throws at them. Donation boxes wait at every trailhead if you prefer to give as you ride.

Missing a trail org?

If you know of an active trail organization we're missing, please let us know.

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