Ski Fernie

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• Referral from June 21, 2010
  

  Heather J. asked:

  heading out to calgary in a few weeks, any suggestions on best places to ride? and does anyone know of any downhill clinics?

  

  Tee D. replied:

  Hi Heather! The local mountain is called Moose Mountain (about a half hour drive from Calgary). It has XC, AM and DH (shuttle access). Trailmap and trail descriptions can be found here: http://www.mmbts.com/members/trails/ Canada Olympic Park (COP) has lift accessed DH riding: http://www.winsportcanada.ca/cop/activities/mountainbiking.cfm Bigger resorts (all a 2-3 hour drive from Calgary): Panorama (Invermere, BC): http://www.panoramaresort.com/summer/mountain-bike-park Fernie, BC: http://www.skifernie.com/summer/things-to-do/mountain-biking.aspx Kicking Horse (Golden, BC): http://www.kickinghorseresort.com/mountain/activities/biking-summer.aspx The link for the discussion board for our group is below, where we post rides, if you want to hook up (be sure to check the "weekends away" thread, as well as women only rides): http://downhilldivas.proboards.com/index.cgi Re: DH clinics, check COP, as well as the Dirt Series (www.dirtseries.com), which will be in town July 10 & 11. There's also a womens DH clinic at Pano July 10 th: http://www.cotr.bc.ca/coned/course-view.asp?crsID=5793 Hope this helps! :)

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