If you’re looking for a beautiful, sub-alpine meadow, long run, this is it. It includes all of the Kokanee Glacier Park Trails.
Trail Running Gems in the Kootenays of British Columbia
A selection of favourite trail, ultra and sky running in the Kootenays
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Description
The Southwest Kootenays of British Columbia offer many gems for trail and mountain running. Information on whether routes exist or are even possible can be difficult to find. Trails in this guidebook can be accessed from the towns of Nelson, Kaslo, Duncan, Crawford Bay, Kimberley, and Cranbrook.
The trails include everything from flowing single track to technical rocky and scrambling. Please read the descriptions, as some routes are more for the adventure-minded and require route-finding and bushwhacking. Carrying bear spray and a satellite communication device are recommended, as most remote routes lack cellphone service. High clearance and AWD vehicles are encouraged for accessing some of the trails that require driving up Forest Service Roads. Many of these trails are maintained by non-profits and volunteers, so ensure you donate to them.
Enjoy the views and the adventures.
Adventures
A beautiful alpine meadow trail run that takes you to some picturesque lakes!
A loop with rewarding views and flowing singletrack in Cranbrook area!
Two peaks close together with relatively short trails. Many larches for larch season!
Runnable flowy cycling trails that provide views of Kootenay River, Kokanee Glacier Park and the Valhalla mountain range.
A stellar loop for the adventure minded. Moderate bushwhacking/trail finding and scrambling required.
A surprisingly runnable trail for the vert hungry in the New Denver-Silverton area of the Kootenays.
The most perfect runnable loop in Kimberley.
The long drive and remote access is worth the glacial views!
Perfectly fits the definition of SkyRunning.
A playground of buttery ridgeline trails and sub-alpine meadows to frolick.
A beautiful loop in Nelsons backyard to ascend Toad Mountain!