Kootenay Rockies

Golden

Photo by Robin Munshaw

Golden offers 180+ km of cross-country and all-mountain trails across multiple riding zones, plus two marquee downhill experiences: the Mount 7 shuttle descents (former home of the legendary Psychosis Downhill race) and the lift-accessed Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Bike Park.

Kicking Horse is Canada’s highest-elevation bike park, offering some of the country’s biggest lift-accessed descents with thousands of vertical feet of riding from alpine terrain to the valley below. Golden sits directly on the Trans-Canada Highway, roughly three hours from Calgary and Cranbrook airports.

Golden's trails are on the unceded traditional lands of the Ktunaxa Nation, Secwepemc Nation, and chosen home to the Metis Nation Columbia River Society.

Number of Trails:

73

Highest Elevation:

2,386 m

Trails:

easy: 4
intermediate: 56
difficult: 8
extra difficult: 5

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Getting Here & Trail Access

Golden is smack dab in the middle of some of the most stunning mountain scenery in the world.

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Thanks to its location right on Trans-Canada Highway 1, access to Golden from east or west is easy.

Driving Distances & Times:

Calgary - 265 km (165 mi), 3 hours
Kamloops - 360 km (224 mi), 4 hours
Spokane - 543 km (337 mi), 6 hours 20 minutes
Vancouver - 712 km (442 mi), 7 hours 50 minutes

Golden is approximately a three-hour drive from both the Calgary International Airport (YYC) and the Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) in Cranbrook.

Trails in Golden are accessed from five main areas:

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