Fernie, BC Summer Hiking & Biking Trail Map 2025

Mt Baldy

To

Lake &

Loop

Spineback

ISLAND LAKE LODGE

Fir Trail

Cabin Ridge HikingTrail

THUNDER MEADOWS

Fernie Mountain Bike and Hiking Trails 2025

In Case of Emergency Dial 911

In areas with no cell service carry a GPS enabled communication device.

Old Growth Hiking Trail

ORCA

Trail Route

Nordic Road Trans Canada Trail

Powerline / Back road

Route or Doubletrack

Wide or Paved Road

Road Closed to Motorized Vehicles

BC Provincial Park Island Lake Lodge

Galloway Land Pollyco Group Land

Parastone Land Doman Land

Tamarack Hiking Trail

( Non-Motorized)

OLD GROWTH PARKING LOT P

BIG STEEP MOTHER

Lazy

Lizard

Porta Potty Outhouse

Off-Leash Dog Park

Hiking Trail

Heiko’ s Hiking Trail

ISLAND LAKE LODGE

LIZARD LAKE

Project 9

CEDAR VALLEY RD

Island Lake Lodge Lower Parking Lot

During non-operational days and private functions there is no motorized road access or services available. Day visitors and hikers finishing Heiko’ s at Island Lake, please plan your trips accordingly. Please see reverse for more details.

Visitor Info Centre

Hut / Cabin

Camping

Road Washed Out

Barn

P Parking

See Heiko’ s Trail on reverse, or snap QR code for more details on Heiko’ s Trail.

POWERLINE

Rail

Trail

Public Indoor Washroom

RV Resort

No Dogs Allowed

Wilderness Pit Toilet

Gate- Road may be closed to motorized traffic

Hospital

Stupid

Stumpy

Project 9

Lizard Lake Hiking Trail

Viewpoint / Bench Picnic Table

Trail Direction( Uphill or Downhill only)

Waterfall

Heiko’ s Rocky Road Hiking Trail

RED

0

TREE

Stupid Traverse

MOUNT FERNIE

Lazy

Lizard

Verboten

ROAD

Snake Bite

Gorby

HAULBACK T-BAR

Brokeback

POLAR PEAK

P

Megahurtz

Brokeback

N ew Goat

BOOM CHAIR

S-Bomb

S-Bomb

Gorby

BEAR CHAIR

THREE SISTERS

UPPER FALLS

( Seasonal Only Late Spring- Mid-Summer)

km 5.7

GORBY BRIDGE

Old Mt Fernie Trail

Assassin

Moc-

Lactic Ridge

Hedonism

Mushroom Head

Mount Proctor Hiking Trail

Mount Fernie Hiking Trail

Moccasin

Mushroom Head

Stove Trail

Lazy Lizard Connector

Old Go at

View

Trail

( FAR)

FERNIE ALPINE RESORT

POLAR PEAK

1 km

WHITE PASS

P

PROCTOR TARN( small alpine lake) km 9.4

Lizard Creek Trail

Sherwoody

MT FERNIE PROVINCIAL PARK

Happy

Black Forest

Mount Proctor Hiking Trail

POWERLINE

Woody

Eric’ s

Gilmar

See map insets on reverse side for Fernie Alpine Resort biking and hiking trails.

2 km

Trip

Dem Bones

P

Stove Creek

Galloway

Stumpy Wood

TIMBER CHAIR

Ben Emmet

MOUNT PROCTOR

20km Loop from Visitor Centre

MOUNT FERNIE

P

DEER CHAIR

Phat

Bastard

ANDERSON ROAD

Mic Mac

Fairy

Creek

FAIRY CREEK FALLS( LOWER FALLS)

km 2.5

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Elk Valley Nordic Centre

ELK CHAIR

Blue / Black Betty

PRIVATE ROADS

MT PROCTOR SUMMIT km 11.7

3

MT. FERNIE RD

The Cedars

Construction in progress on Galloway Lands, trail closures may be in effect. Please acknowledge any closure signs.

Mount Proctor Hiking Tra

Red Sonja

Mount Fernie

More Cowbell

Hiking Trail

POWERLINE

P

BURMA ROAD

HELI PAD

Fernie Valley Pathway

LIZARD CREEK

ELK RIVER

VILLAGE BASE AREA P

il

JAMES WHITE PARK

To Fernie Alpine Resort

Great Northern Trail

Swine

Mad Cow

West Fernie

P

Swine Flu

Mad Cow

Y ' Ed dy

Alpine Trails

Fernie Valley Pathway

Mountview( The Airport)

LIZARD CREEK BRIDGE

More Cowbell

Swine Climb

Parkland Terrace

Sparling East Park

Thomson Park

Riverside

km 17

P

P Canyon Trails

P

Annex

Swine Flu

Historic Downtown

COAL CREEK

Carpal Tunnel

Great Northern Trail

MAIDEN LAKE

FERNIE

Dogwood Park

P

Crown Lookout km 14.4

COKATO ROAD

FAIRY CREEK

AQUATIC CENTRE

P

Tendonitis

Luna

P

MONTANE

PARKWAY

CASTLE RD

Dyke Construction 2025

JoJo

P

SLALOM DRIVE

Montane Blue

Marlu

Green Alligator

Dyke construction spring and summer 2025 will see closures of the Town Loop / Great Northern Trail south of Dogwood Park and towards James White Park, and along parts of Coal Creek before the train tracks.

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Dairy Run

Beaver

Easy

Carpal Tunnel

POWERLINE

P

Elk Valley Trail

BRICKER’ S ROAD

Space

Unicorn

Campground Coming Soon visit CoalCreekCampAndRV. ca

Easy

MONTANE

Connector

ELK RIVER

Uprooted

POWERLINEEasy Beaver

Marlu

P

Ridgemont

ST MARGARET’ S CEMETERY

Beaver

Bypass

Cemetery

Montane Blue

RIVER ROAD- CLOSED

TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC

Ruby

COKATO ROAD

New Roots

B o ond a burra

Old Roots

Snoop Lion

DICKEN ROAD

ELK RIVER

Sidewinder

Kiddy Down

Uprooted

RIVER R OAD – CLOSED TO

Kiddy Up

Rainer’ s Way

Space

Unicorn Up

Queen

Roxy

Trans Canada Trail

Trans Canada

Old Stumpy

V

Roller

Trail

3

Eco-Terrorist

RIDGEMONT RD

EVT / TCT

RIVER ROAD- CLOSED

RIVER RD BRIDGE

TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC

Roots Resu rrection

Smooth

VEHICLE TRAFFIC

To Sparwood and Alberta

Broken

Derailleur

Split Decision

Roots

Eric’ s Trail

Extension

Hy perextention

Hyper

Ventilation

Today’ s Special

Salamander

P

Green Matador

Oh Dear

Deadfall

FERNIE RIDGE

P

Castle

4 CORNERS

FloReka

Dark

Rocks

48 Hours

SHUTTLE ROAD

FloReka

Side Climb

Dopamine

R-Trail

Kid’ s Stuff

SPUR 1

Deadfall Down

Southern Comfort

3 Kings

Blue Matador

FloReka

P

6 More Days

Elk Valley Trail

( Gravel Road High Clearance Vehicles Only)

Big Trouble

POWERLINE RD

Little Chainring

RIFLE RANGE ROAD

Up

Dog

Kushier

Kush

RIFLE RANGE

HARTLEY LAKE ROAD

- Coal Disco very Trail

TR3

SPUR 2

Up Dog

Trail Dogs

Kushiest

DECOMMISSIONED LOGGING ROAD

Loose

Change

CASTLE MOUNTAIN

All Doman lands have active forestry work in 2025. Expect to see heavy equipment and please respect all road and trail closures.

Kushin

Upper Bear Chutes

SPUR 3

To Fernie Ridge Hiking Trail

There may be timber harvesting in August around Olivia Creek Road. For more details reach out to Fernie Trails Alliance.

Fernie Ridge Hiking Trail

RIDGEMONT RD

Montane Trailhead

All Doman lands have active forestry work in 2025. Expect to see heavy equipment and please respect all road and trail closures.

Vehicle access and parking at the Montane Trailhead will be closed due to road construction on Montane Parkway in May & June 2025. Please park at the Aquatic Centre during this closure period. The Montane Trailhead is still accessible by trail users.

Fernie Ridge Hiking Trail

Coal

Creek Heritage Trail

COAL CREEK

Dirt Diggler

Al Matador

Trans Canada Trail

MORRISSEY RIDGE

Big Money

COAL CREEK ROAD

Ammonite Fossil

New route and signage in development to one of North America’ s largest ammonite fossils in its original state. This is a very sensitive fossil, do not sit or stand in or immediately around it. The fossil is in a creek bed that dries up in summer. Tread carefully and lightly. For more information visit the Visitor Centre.

All Doman lands have active forestry work in 2025. Expect to see heavy equipment and please respect all road and trail closures.

MICROWAVE TOWERS

Trans Canada Trail- Fernie to Hosmer

Due to the heavy rains and flooding event in November 2021 causing road damage, River Road is closed to vehicle access. Trails above River Road, such as Roots, Hyper, Resurrection, can be accessed via the Montane Trails or biking / hiking up EVT / TCT / River Road.

BRIDGE WASHED OUT IN NOVEMBER 2021 FLOODING EVENT. NO VEHICLE ACCESS PAST THIS POINT.

Coal Creek Road was damaged during the November 2021 rains and flooding event. There is no vehicle access to Matheson Falls, the Microwave Towers, Dirt Diggler or Al Matador.

Coal Creek Heritage Loop

Fernie Trails

Most of Fernie’ s trails are multi-use unless marked otherwise. All trails are non-motorized.

In Town

Fernie Valley Pathway Great Northern Trail

Montane & Castle

Easy Beaver Lower Uprooted Uprooted

Roots

Montane Marlu Tendonitis Snoop Lion Darkside Connector

Fernie Ridge

Cemetery By-Pass

Rainer’ s Way( aka What’ s Up Doc)

Sidewinder Kiddy Up Queen V Eco Terrorist Broken Derailleur R-Trail Deadfall

EVT / Coal Discovery Trail

Big Trouble Little Chain Ring

FloReka Up Dog Trail Dogs

Mount Proctor

Fairy Creek Falls( hiking only)

Cow Far Side

( Coming

Suspension Bridge( Coming Soon)

Soon)

Coal Creek Heritage Trail South

Mushroom Head Dem Bones Stove Trail Lazy Lizard Gorby Trail Megahurtz Old Goat Happy Gilmar Ben Emmet Sherwoody

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Phat Bastard Black Betty

MATHESON CREEK ROAD

M atheson Falls Trail

Mount Fernie Provincial Park

Morrissey Ridge Blue Matador

Al Matador Dirt Diggler

Carpal Tunnel Hyper Extension Resurrection Hyper Ventilation Castle Rocks South Castle Southern Comfort Today’ s Special 6 More Days

Kid’ s Stuff Upper Kid’ s Stuff Eric’ s Trail Roxy Roller Space Unicorn Split Decision

Coal Creek Heritage Trail

Kush / Kushier / Kushiest / Kushin

Deadfall Downhill Oh Dear Contra

More Cowbell Y’ Eddy Swine

Red Sonja Lactic Ridge Moc-Assassin Moccasin S-Bomb Brokeback Hedonism Eric’ s Trip / Mic Mac Project 9 Snake Bite Verboten Black Forest New Goat

Three Kings 48 Hrs Dopamine

Difficulty( IMBA Ratings)

Green: Easy. Most City of Fernie trails are easy and family-friendly. See fernie. ca for map.

Blue: Intermediate, mostly consistent with technical aspects. Low grade but may contain short steeps.

Black: Advanced, quite variable and technical with longer steeps.

Double Black: Extremely advanced, highly variable, very technical and steep.

Coal Creek Heritage Trail

Fernie Ridge Hiking Trail Big Money Bear Chutes

Mt Proctor( hiking only)