Fernie, BC Summer Hiking & Biking Trail Map 2026

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Mt Baldy
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Lake &
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Spineback
ISLAND LAKE LODGE
Fir Trail

Fernie Mountain Bike and Hiking Trails 2026

( Non-Motorized)

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In areas with no cell service carry a GPS enabled communication device.
Cabin Bowl Route
THUNDER MEADOWS
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
Nature Conservancy of Canada Land
Tamarack Hiking Trail
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
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.
Project 9 Climb
POWERLINE
Rail
Trail
Public Indoor Washroom
RV Resort
No Dogs Allowed
Wilderness Pit Toilet
Gate- Road may be closed to motorized traffic
Hospital
Heiko’ s Rocky Road Hiking Trail
Project 9
Project 9
Lizard Lake Hiking Trail
Viewpoint / Bench Picnic Table
Trail Direction( Uphill or Downhill only)
Waterfall
RED
Stupid
0
MOUNT FERNIE
TREE
Lazy
Verboten
Stupid Traverse
Lizard
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
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
Red Sonja
Bastard
Phat
ANDERSON ROAD
Fairy
Creek
FAIRY CREEK FALLS( LOWER FALLS)
km 2.5
Mic Mac
Purple Monkey Dishwasher
Elk Valley Nordic Centre
ELK CHAIR
Blue / Black Betty
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
POWERLINE
More Cowbell
Split Plants
BURMA ROAD
Trevor’ s
HELI PAD
Fernie Valley Pathway
LIZARD CREEK il
Mount Fernie
P
ELK RIVER
VILLAGE BASE AREA P
Hiking Trail
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
Fairy Creek Trail
Parkland Terrace
Sparling East Park
Thomson Park
Riverside
km 17
P
P Canyon Trails
P
Annex
Swine Flu
Bacon Bits
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
SLALOM DRIVE
CASTLE RD
JoJo
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P
Montane Blue
Marlu
Green Alligator
To Cranbrook
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Easy Beaver
Dairy Run
Beaver
Easy
Carpal Tunnel
POWERLINE
P
BRICKER’ S ROAD
Coal Creek Campground & RV
MONTANE
Connector
ELK RIVER
Uprooted
POWERLINEEasy Beaver
Marlu
P
Ridgemont
ST MARGARET’ S CEMETERY
Montane Blue
RIVER ROAD- CLOSED
TO VEHICLES
Bypass
Cemetery
Ruby
COKATO ROAD
Lower Eco-Terrorist
New Roots
B o ond a burra
Space
Unicorn
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
TO VEHICLES
RIVER ROAD- CLOSED
Roots Resu rrection
Smooth
VEHICLES
P
RIVER RD BRIDGE
Broken
Derailleur
Split Decision
Roots
Eric’ s Trail
Extension
Hy perextention
To Sparwood and Alberta
Hyper
Ventilation
Today’ s Special
Salamander
Green Matador
Cokato
Oh Dear
Deadfall
FERNIE RIDGE
P
Connector
Castle
Dark
Rocks
SHUTTLE ROAD
4 CORNERS
FloReka
Side Climb
48 Hours
Dopamine
R-Trail
Downward Dog
Kid’ s Stuff
SPUR 1
FloReka
Off Sh
Deadfall Down
FloReka
Downward Dog
6 More Days
Southern Comfort
3 Kings
Blue Matador
P
( Gravel Road High Clearance Vehicles Only)
POWERLINE RD
TR3
Coal Discovery Trail / TCT
Big Trouble
Up
Little Chainring
RIFLE RANGE ROAD
Dog
Kushier
Kush
Contra
FloReka
Contra
SPUR 2
Dog
Up
RIFLE RANGE
HARTLEY LAKE ROAD
SPUR 3
Trail Dogs
Kushiest
LOGGING
LOGGING ROAD
DECOMMISSIONED
Loose
Change
CASTLE MOUNTAIN
Kushin
Upper Bear Chutes
SPUR 3
To Fernie Ridge Hiking Trail
Fernie Ridge Hiking Trail
RIDGEMONT RD
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.
MICROWAVE TOWERS
Trans Canada Trail- Fernie to Hosmer
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.
Trails with Water for Dogs Year-Round!
Recommended Trails / Areas:
• Mt Fernie Provincial Park
• Great Northern Trail & Fernie Valley Pathway( in town)
• Fairy Creek Falls Trail
Trails with No Water:
• Castle Mountain
• Fernie Ridge( aka Ridgemont)
• Mount Fernie
Most alpine areas have limited to no water, plan ahead.
See Reverse
New Suspension Bridge! Visit Matheson Falls.
Coal Creek Heritage Trail is a nonmotorized trail that has undergone expansion and development to include a new pedestrian suspension bridge to access the south side and Matheson Falls. Ride your mountain bike or Class 1 E-Bike to check it out!
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 Ammonite Hiking Trail
Fernie Ridge
Downward Dog Up Dog 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 Trail Dogs
Mount Proctor
Suspension Fairy Creek Falls
Bridge( hiking only)
Bacon Bits Cow Far Side
Mount Fernie Trail Network
( Coming
Soon)
Coal Creek Heritage Trail South
MATHESON CREEK ROAD
Matheson Falls Trail
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
Morrissey Ridge
Blue Matador
Al Matador Dirt Diggler

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
Carpal Tunnel Hyper Extension Resurrection Hyper Ventilation Castle Rocks South Castle Southern Comfort Today’ s Special 6 More Days Off Shift
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 Fernie Ridge Hiking Trail Big Money Bear Chutes
More Cowbell Y’ Eddy Swine Mt Proctor( hiking only)
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 Heiko’ s Trail( hiking only)
Three Kings 48 Hrs Dopamine