Cathedral, on a bike

12 stops that will give you a bed, and put up your tent. Kootenay Rockies.

Photo: Dave HeathKootenay Rockies, BC

Hikers exploring a majestic old-growth temperate rainforest with towering cedars and lush green undergrowth

What you’ll find here#

Every stop in the directory, grouped the way a touring day actually goes.

Attractions

Laughing Falls, Takakkaw Falls, Walcott Quarry.

Accommodation

Cathedral mountain lodge, Scott Duncan Hut.

Camping

Cairnes Creek Recreation Site, Kicking Horse Campground, Laughing Falls Campground, and 4 more.

Map#

Mute other bike trails

AttractionsCampingAccommodation

Routes around Cathedral#

You don’t have to plan from scratch. These rides pass close to Cathedral, mapped and written up by route publishers around BC. The full maps and turn-by-turns live on their sites.

Golden Triangle Day 3 — Elbow Valley Cycle Club · 87 km ride, passing within a kilometre
Trans Canada Bike Route (BC Only) — Trans Canada Bike Route Network · 5,446 km route, passing within a kilometre

Getting there with a bike: province-wide buses, ferries, and shuttles are listed under Transport (some serving Cathedral may be listed there rather than here).

The full list#

Every stop we know about in Cathedral. Open a category:

Attractions 3→

Laughing FallsInfo· Park / Nature · Free

Takakkaw FallsInfo· Park / Nature · Free

Walcott QuarryInfo· Activity / Experience · $$$$

Accommodation 2→

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

Scott Duncan HutInfo· Resort · $ · Rock-bottom

Camping 7→

Cairnes Creek Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Kicking Horse CampgroundInfo· Private Campground

Laughing Falls CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Little Yoho Valley CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Monarch CampgroundInfo· Private Campground

Takakkaw Falls CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Twin Falls CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

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