Trails near Banff

🔄 Updated Fri, Oct 16, 5:18 PM

Trails (Banff National Park)

✅ open

⚠️ use caution

⛔ closed

Fire danger: Very High

Fenland Loop ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Marsh Trail ↗
✅ Fair
Easy
2026-10-16: Heavy horse use; Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet and muddy sections
Silverton Falls Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Johnson Lake Loop ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Cascade Ponds-Bankhead Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Vermilion Lakes Drive ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed
Tunnel Campground Loop ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Sundance Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Heavy horse use
Golf Course Road ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Respect all posted notices and signs; Check the important bulletins for more information; Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed
Johnston Canyon Trail ↗
⛔ Closed
Easy
2026-10-16: Check the important bulletins for more information
Boom Lake Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Wet and muddy sections
Water Tower Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Spray River East Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Spray River West Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Healy Creek Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Sunshine Meadows / Rock Isle Lake Trail ↗
⚠️ Variable winter conditions
Easy
2026-10-16: Gondola closed; Stay on trail; Adhere to all posted warnings and closures along trails; Check the important bulletins for more information; Mainly dry
Banff Legacy Trail: Banff–Banff East Gate ↗
⚠️ Caution
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Construction work in progress; Respect all posted notices and signs
Banff Legacy Trail: Vermilion Lakes–Bow Valley Parkway ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed
Cascade Valley Trail ↗
✅ Good
Easy
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Upper Stoney Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Tunnel Mountain Summit Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Stay on designated trails and viewpoints; Mainly dry
Banff Avenue Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Surprise Corner to Hoodoos Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Access across CP railway tracks only via Lake Louise Drive sidewalk underpass.
Sundance Canyon Loop ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
C-Level Cirque Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Tunnel Bench Loop ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Lake Minnewanka Road ↗
⚠️ Caution
Moderate
2026-10-16: Construction work in progress; Narrow paved road shoulder; Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed
Sulphur Mountain Trail ↗
⚠️ Variable conditions
Moderate
2026-10-16: Stay on trail; Wet and muddy sections
Ink Pots Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Stay on trail; Mainly dry; Access through Moose Meadows parking lot / Johnston Creek trailhead only
Brewster Creek Trail ↗
✅ Fair
Moderate
2026-10-16: Heavy horse use; Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet and muddy sections
Bourgeau Lake Trail ↗
⚠️ Variable conditions
Moderate
2026-10-16: Wet with muddy sections; Snow at high elevation
Healy Pass Trail ↗
⚠️ Variable conditions
Moderate
2026-10-16: Stay on designated trails and viewpoints; Check the important bulletins for more information; Wet and muddy sections; Snow at high elevation
Redearth Creek Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Cascade Amphitheatre Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Rockbound Lake Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Arnica Lake Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Harvey Pass Trail ↗
⚠️ Variable conditions
Moderate
2026-10-15: Wet with muddy sections; Snow at high elevation
Goat Creek Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Bow Valley Parkway ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed
Lake Minnewanka Trail: Trailhead–Stewart Canyon ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Lake Minnewanka Trail: Stewart Canyon–Aylmer Pass Junction ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Lake Minnewanka Trail: Aylmer Pass Junction–Devil's Gap ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Tunnel Technical Trails: Return of the Jedi Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Tunnel Technical Trails: Star Wars Trail ↗
✅ Good
Moderate
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Tunnel Technical Trails: Topp Notch Trail ↗
✅ Good
Difficult
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Rundle Riverside Trail ↗
✅ Good
Difficult
2026-10-16: Biking excluding e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
The Toe ↗
✅ Good
Difficult
2026-10-16: Biking including pedal-assist e-bikes is allowed; Wet with muddy sections
Cory Pass Loop ↗
✅ Good
Difficult
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Aylmer Lookout Trail ↗
✅ Good
Difficult
2026-10-16: Mainly dry
Aylmer Pass Trail ↗
✅ Good
Difficult
2026-10-16: Wet and muddy sections; Snow at high elevation

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