Efforts to establish public Mountain Bike Skills Parks in Calgary have been ongoing for almost as long as the CMBA has existed (over 20 years). Calgary’s FIRST public skills park was established in 2016 by the CMBA and immediately became very popular. Since 2020, several new pump tracks & bike parks have opened in Calgary. We continue to work with the City of Calgary, community associations and housing developers to support the development of more skills parks within the city.
The Fish Creek Mountain Bike Skills Park is operated by the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance. It’s located within Fish Creek Provincial Park and consists of two pump tracks plus a single-track skills loop area. The beginner pump track is 60m long and has 2 berms and 9 rollers. The intermediate pump track has multiple optional lines and transfers totaling over 200m with more than 30 rollers and 9 bermed corners. A separate Skills area consists of a 300m Green (Easy) single-track loop around the edge of the hill and over 350m of Blue (More Difficult) single-track trail options on the hill (inside the Green loop). The single-track trails include numerous features designed to improve mountain biking skills including rocky sections, numerous rollers and berms.
The creation of the South Glenmore Bicycle Pump Track was a collaboration between the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance, the City of Calgary and Parks Foundation Calgary. It is located in South Glenmore Park near the west end of 90th Avenue SW and has two asphalt pump tracks. The smaller track is is 110 meters long with 7 berms and 19 rollers. The larger track is 204 meters long and has a more challenging terrain, with 8 bermed corners and 27 roller jumps.
The Inglewood Bicycle Pump Track is a collaboration between The City of Calgary, the Province of Alberta, the Calgary Flames Foundation and Parks Foundation Calgary. It is accessible via the bike paths along the Bow River at 17 Ave SE and has two asphalt tracks. The smaller track, which is designed for kids and beginner riders, is 40 meters long with 3 berms and 8 rollers. The larger track is 153 meters long with 9 bermed corners and 30 roller jumps.
There are community bike parks in Fairview, Livingston, Montgomery and Silver Springs that are open to visitors from outside those communities.
A little further afield, there is a large bike park in Chestermere and not one but three in Canmore (Millennium, Benchlands and at the Nordic Centre)!
Finally, there’s B-Line Indoor Bike Park for when it’s too cold / snowy / wet / windy / smoky / hot / dusty / busy / whatever (you don’t really need an excuse) for the outdoor parks!