Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park

Canmore Nordic Centre Provicial Park

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Updated: Sep 22, 2025

Updated: September 22, 2025 | Print Report

A Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required to park your vehicle in Kananaskis and the Bow Valley.
Day-Lodge
9 am - 5:30 pm daily
Meadow Hut
Closed for the season.
Administration
9 am - 5 pm daily
Trail Sports
OPEN daily 9 am - 6 pm for rentals. Call (403) 678-6764 for more info.

Advisories

Advisories

Monday, September 22nd: Equipment will be working on the Lillehammer trail near the sawdust pile. Please use caution.

CURRENT CLOSURES: Construction of the Bow Valley Fireguard started within the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park on August 18th. This work involves mechanical tree removal and forest thinning with log hauling through the park. To ensure the safety of visitors around work areas and haul roads, many of the upper trails will be closed during this time.

The Odyssey Trail will remain open but has two road crossings where trail users will have to use caution, and cyclists will have to dismount.

Closed August 18 – mid-October: Banff Trail (partial closure), EKG East, Eye Dropper, Hey McLeod, Iliad, Laundry Chutes, Lower Laundry Chutes, Mad Handler, Rundle Connector, Sherwood Forest, Stadium Flow Trail, Swamp.

Closed August 18 – Spring 2026: Backdoor, Nector Noodle, Killer Bees, The Albertan, Ziggy’s

PLEASE BE ADVISED: trucks will be hauling dirt following Meadowview Trail using the access road behind the cross-country teams room to the meadow. Lower Laundry Chutes will be closed. Signage is out on trail to assist users.
Public Wax Rooms are closed for the season.
For all emergencies on trail please dial 9-1-1 & report that you're in Kananaskis Country at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park.

Please report any carnivore sightings (bears, wolves, cougars) to Kananaskis Emergency Services by calling (403) 591-7755. 

Bear warning in effect as of June 26, 2025 and remains in place due to many recent sightings. We recommend carrying bear spray year-round. 

Please Do Not Litter (cigarette butts, poop bags and banana peels or apple cores are littering) and help us to keep this site free of garbage. Improper disposal of garbage and waste has the potential to draw wildlife and can force area closures.

Practice leave no trace and pack out what you bring in. If a bear-proof garbage bin is FULL, please take your garbage home or use another bin.

Facility

Biathlon Schedule
Biathlon Range

Construction Closure 
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Closed
XC Stadium
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Open
Disc Golf Course
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Open
Bike Skills Park

Crews will be working in area. Use caution and respect closure tape.
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Warning
Roller Ski Loop

The Banff Trail, Teardrop and Lynx are open.
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Partially Closed
Legacy Trail
Open

MTB Trails

Summer Trail Map

Green/Easy – Basic bike skills required, gradients may include short, steep sections. No technical trail features (TTFs)
Blue/Intermediate – Single track trail with rooty, rocky or smooth sections. Steeper ups and downs. Possible TTFs.
Black/Advanced – Single track with technical and committing sections. Steep ups and down, unavoidable TTFs.

Note: Winter ski trails are bike friendly during summer season and offer easy riding.

Diff. Trail Permitted Activities Length Status
Easy 01-Easy Banff Trail

Partial Closure August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. 
https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 5.7 km
Partially Closed
Easy 01-Easy Get In
1.0 km
Open
Easy 01-Easy Get Out
0.6 km
Open
Easy 01-Easy Narnia
0.3 km
Open
Easy 01-Easy Rundle Connector

Closed August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 2.5 km
Closed
Easy 01-Easy Swamp

Closed August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.4 km
Closed
Easy 01-Easy Sponge Bog Switchbacks
 0.2 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Artistic Merit
0.4 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Baby Beluga



0.6 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Backdoor

Closed August 18 – Spring 2026 due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.7 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Blue Coal Chutes
 0.8 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate EKG
 4.7 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate EKG East

Closed August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 1.4 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Stadium Flow Trail

Closed August 18 - mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.2 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate FYI
 1.5 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Hey McLeod

Closed August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.3 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Killer Bees

Closed August 18 – Spring 2026 due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.6 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Long Road to Ruin
 1.7 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Mad Handler
0.5 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Matching Jerseys
0.4 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Nector Noodle

Closed August 18 – Spring 2026 due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.7 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Odyssey
 2.6 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Orchid
 0.7 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Sherwood Forest

Closed August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.5 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Soft Yogurt
0.5 km
Open
Intermediate 02-Intermediate The Albertan

Closed August 18 – Spring 2026 due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.6 km
Closed
Intermediate 02-Intermediate Ziggy's

Closed August 18 – Spring 2026 due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.6 km
Closed
difficult 03-Difficult Black Coal Chutes
0.5 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Devonian Drop

Crews doing maintenance in area. 

 0.2 km
Warning
difficult 03-Difficult Elevator Shaft
 0.75 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Eye Dropper

Closed August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.1 km
Closed
difficult 03-Difficult Laundry Chutes

Closed August 18 – mid-October due to Bow Valley Fireguard work. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/canmore-nordic-centre-pp/advisories/

 0.5 km
Closed
difficult 03-Difficult Lower Laundry Chutes

Due to trucks hauling. 

 0.3 km
Closed
difficult 03-Difficult No Homers
0.9 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Organ Donor
0.1 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult T2
0.3 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Top Gun
 0.7 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Georgetown Climb
 0.5 km
Open
difficult 03-Difficult Get Down
 0.2 km
Open

Hiking Trails

Diff. Trail Permitted Activities Length Status
Easy Easy 01-Easy Grassi Lakes Upper

 

 

 1.9 km
Open
Intermediate Intermediate 02-Intermediate Grassi Lakes Interpretive

 

 

 

 1.9 km
Open