It's been called 'The best legal single track in Banff National Park', and this trail really doesn't disappoint. It starts off so innocuously that you'd be forgiven for thinking it would be flat and boring all the way around the lake. A couple of rock steps after a km or so set the scene though, and soon you are busting lungs and legs on the first (thankfully the only) real hill, crossing an unusual channel (man made?) in the bedrock, and then climbing again. After that there is a scary section of narrow roller-coaster riding, on big lumps of scree, which a substantial (read 'killer') drop on
your right. This soon eases though, and after the initial hard riding, the trail is lovely single-track, often on packed dirt, with superlative views. Due to time constraints we only managed 25 km of the full 52 km out-and-back ride, but the remainder is a definite addition to my 'must ride' list.More photos here
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