Fat Biking

Fat Biking: Where can I ride?

Mountain biking trails around Fernie are perfect for riding throughout the winter with clear signage, well-built berms and easy access from town. Check out the Fat Bike Conditions Page for the most recent updates.

Beginners might like to start with the community riverside trails through Fernie to get a feel for their bike.

These trails are mostly flat with few hills to tackle and become packed down quickly by walkers for easy riding. New trails in the Montane area off Coal Creek Road are groomed regularly and are the perfect place for beginner and intermediate fat bikers to enjoy wide multi-use trails, meet other riders and enjoy the purpose-built warming hut. This area is under expansion so watch for new trails each time you visit! From downtown Fernie, take 4th Street to Pine Ave, then left onto Coal Creek. A parking lot at the bridge and large trail sign marks the entrance to the area. At Fernie Alpine Resort, fat bikers are welcome on the 8km of groomed multi-use trails, Silk, Manchuria & Scandia Loop, accessed via Parking Lot #4. To avoid the steep trailhead, leave your car in the parking lot and ride back out to the road, turning left past the RV Parking to access the trails. Trails at Ridgemont are partially open. At Mt Fernie Provincial Park there are several popular areas for winter riding. Phat Bastard and Red Sonja is a popular intermediate-level loop that gets frequent snowshoe and fat bike traffic. No biking is permitted on the Elk Valley Nordic Centre and the Golf Course. These groomed trails are for Nordic skiing only.

Most, but not all, trails in Fernie are multi-use, and fat biking is welcome. Be respectful of the cost and volunteer effort that goes into the grooming

Trail etiquette

ONLY ride in areas that allow biking. Obey all trail access and vehicle signs Snowshoers and Nordic Skiers have right of way. YIELD to all other users when riding and ride in control; you’ve got brakes, but other’s don’t. Be friendly, polite and vocal if they haven’t noticed you coming towards them so as not to startle them on passing. Please avoid riding when the trails are extremely soft and slushy. Not only is it’s a lot of extra effort for you as a rider, but it also leaves deep ruts on the trails, making it tougher for the next bikers. The International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) ask that you only ride when you are not leaving a groove deeper than one inch. If there is a firmer part of the trail, ride there. Please try to ride to the outermost part of groomed trail, not down the middle to avoid creating grooves in skate-ski trails. Please stay out of tracksets (double grooved trails running parallel to the groomed trails), as these are for classic Nordic skiing only. Do not ride on, over or in the classic set tracks There’s no shame in falling or walking a section of the trail if it gets technical. Please try and avoid creating craters in the trails — step off and walk along the outside of the trail, rather than the centre if possible. Yield to motorized vehicles. Leave room for other users and motorized vehicles to pass (don’t ride side-by-side blocking the full trail). Fatbiking is not allowed on Fernie Nordic Society Trails. These are machine-groomed specifically for cross-country skiing and are clearly marked at the Fernie Golf Course, the Fernie Nordic Centre at Mt Fernie Provincial Park, and on the Montane Trails. At Montane, the trails specific to Nordic Skiing weave between trails suitable for fat biking. You can tell which are for fat bike and snowshoe use as they are designated ‘Multi-Use’. Be respectful and be cautious of wildlife; keep your dogs on a leash and under control at all time

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