Building trails for the people!
For over 30 years, the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance (CMBA) has been building and maintaining sustainable singletrack trails in Calgary and Kananaskis. We are committed to creating safe, world-class trails and skills parks. We strive to grow a passionate and involved mountain bike community.
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Happy 30th Birthday CMBA!
The CMBA turns 30 years old TODAY! On this day in 1996, the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance Fellowship was made official. What began as an attempt to keep bikes on trails in Calgary's Nose Hill, flourished into trail maintenance all over the Calgary, some trails off of...
Founded in 1996 to represent the growing community of mountain-bikers, CMBA has been part of Calgary’s mountain biking scene for over 30 years. Always volunteer-driven, the focus has gradually evolved and shifted based on the needs of the time, volunteers’ interests and the opportunities and relationships that have been developed. Initial efforts were successful in securing the right of mountain bikers to use the informal and formal trails in Bowmont Park and Nose Hill, when a ban had been threatened. In the late 90’s and early 00’s, the focus shifted to trail maintenance and efforts to get a bike skills park built somewhere in Calgary.Â
As CMBA’s relationships with the City and Province grew stronger, the focus moved away from advocacy toward trail-building and trail maintenance, working in collaboration with the land managers. Numerous trails were built or improved in areas across the city. The Ridgeback trail in Kananaskis was constructed by CMBA in 2009-10 and upgraded in 2015. In 2016, CMBA was finally successful in building Calgary’s first public mountain bike skills park in Fish Creek Provincial Park. CMBA built three new trails for the Jumped Up Loops project in the Jumpingpound Creek area of Kananaskis in 2024-25.
Kananaskis – Public Lands
In 2025, CMBA completed the construction of the ‘Jumped Up Loops’, which created a compact stacked-loop trail system based on the classic Jumpingpound Loop, which CMBA adopted. CMBA built the 9km Ridgeback trail in 2009-10 and has maintained it and the legacy Moosepackers trail since then. A Trail Manager agreement was signed with Alberta Forestry and Parks in 2025.
Fish Creek Provinicial Park – Alberta PARKS
Fish Creek Park is located within Calgary but as a Provincial Park it’s managed by Alberta Parks. Most formal single-track trail maintenance has been on hold for several years pending publication and implementation of the Trails Master Plan. CMBA was consulted and made many contributions to the plan during the engagement process.Â
The City of Calgary
CMBA worked closely with the City for many years and built and maintained trails in Bowmont Park, 12 Mile Coulee and Paskapoo Slopes (‘Eastlands’). Since a re-org and policy changes at the City, it’s been very difficult for volunteers to perform any trail maintenance on City land. CMBA continues to consult on natural-surface trails and pursue opportunities to partner with the City.
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Please note that CMBA is NOT a registered charity and as such we cannot issue charitable tax receipts.
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Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance
7128 78 St NW,Â
Calgary, AB
T3B 4J1