Overview

Welcome to the Canadian Rockies! Today you will meet at the Moose Hotel & Suites where your guides will familiarize you with your Trek bike for the week, including a bike fit session along with safety talks and expectations for the adventure ahead. You'll set out on your first ride winding you through incredible scenery leading up the Bow Valley Parkway where guides will have lunch prepared, complete with an incredible view. Following lunch, descend your way back towards our starting point in town or continue your ride up Mt. Norquay, a favorite climb among the locals. Settle into your room for the week before gathering for a social hour and dinner in town. Your Trek Travel guides will introduce you to your week ahead, teaching you about the Canadian Rockies and the ways of Canada's wild western provinces.

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Today is a classic Canadian Rockies day as we set out on every cyclist’s dream ride. After the group takes a 45-minute shuttle to the ride start, you’ll begin your first full day pedaling deep into the Banff National Park and onto the awe-inspiring Canada's Icefields Parkway. As you gradually climb, you’ll see the junction of two impressive icefields, the Wapta and the Waputik with Mount Balfour standing at 10,375 feet looking down upon you. Peaks and glaciers surround you on all sides as you cruise the valley floor to Bow Lake for a picnic lunch, in a landscape almost too beautiful to be real. For those interested in more challenging climbing, continue up to the lookout point over the wolf-shaped Peyto Lake. After the return ride back to Lake Louise, you'll shuttle back to Banff. Relax at the hotel before exploring Banff on your own for dinner tonight, armed with great suggestions provided by your guides.

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Wake up and enjoy a relaxing and hearty breakfast to get your day off to a great start. Today's ride begins with a shuttle to Yoho National Park in British Columbia where the spectacular one-hour transfer will cross the west side of the Canadian Continental Divide with unbelievable views the whole time. Pedal your way up the iconic Yoho Valley to the base of Takakkaw Falls, the second tallest waterfall in Canada. This road is nestled deep in a valley carved by glaciers where a short section of switchbacks give a European feel to the journey. Your morning ride will be complete with lunch at a beautiful natural area — either Emerald Lake, the Natural Bridge, or the Monarch Rest area. After lunch, an exciting afternoon of rafting on the Kicking Horse River awaits you before everyone shuttles back to Banff. Tonight you can once again choose from one of the many wonderful restaurants in town. Just be sure to enjoy a delicious "bear claw" from one of the local chocolate shops as you stroll around town.

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Once you have enjoyed your morning coffee and the delicious a la carte breakfast, everyone will shuttle to Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Be ready to take many photos because these two lakes are Banff National Park's most photographed and with good reason. The silt falling from the mountains create an other-wordly color that is not to be believed. Moraine Lake road is closely monitored for vehicle traffic which allows for sublime cycling opportunities on the open road. Upon your return from Moraine Lake, you will have the choice to ride down to the village of Lake Louise and onto the old highway 1A towards Banff. Tonight, the Banff Resort gondola will be your chariot to our final social hour and dinner on the summit of Sulphur Mountain, where you'll share fun stories from the week with friends, both new and old, surrounded by incredible views of the Canadian Rockies laid out in front of you.

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Today's ride will include options in and around Banff. After a leisurely morning spent at the hotel, you'll have ride options including a Tunnel Mountain climb or a loop of Lake Minnewanka. The loop begins by descending from the town of Banff to Bow Falls. You will ride past the many holes on the spectacular Banff Springs Hotel's 18-hole golf course, with a great view of hole number 4, “The Devil’s Cauldron,” its signature hole on the course. Very few cars, new pavement with the views of the golf course, and the Bow River make this short ride a must-do before leaving Banff. Guides will then say goodbye at 11:00 AM from the Moose Hotel, where you can then continue your adventures or board your pre-arranged shuttle to Calgary.