For Canadian Shield riding at its finest, try out one of the stunning trails winding through the Whiteshell.
1. BLUE HIGHWAY MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL
Near Caddy Lake on PTH 44
With natural drops, open rock faces and a variety of wood features, it’s as fun as it is scenic! This 6.4 km out & back trail was built by South Whiteshell Trail Association.
Blue Highway is an out-and-back along the same trail with a “lollipop” loop at the end to turn you around. Most of the trail is on open rock face with some dirt single track connectors between open rock area. You have to climb a few minutes through single-track dirt trail to get to the rock. Access to the main Blue Highway loop is via Centennial Trail, also open rock face.
Riders comment mostly on how well the trail flows, with lots of options to drop or roll 1 – 3 foot drops. The connector from Caddy Lake is worth the extra 5-10 minutes as you’re treated to a wood wall ride, and lots of flowing open rock face on your way to the McGillivray Falls parking lot, which feeds to the main access point to the Blue Highway trail. The trail is well signed.
2. FIVE OF DIAMONDS MOUNTAIN BIKE ROUTE
At Falcon Ridge Ski Hill
The Five of Diamonds is our flagship summer mountain bike route that links together most of the individual bike trails at our ski hill. It was developed through the incredible support of the 2 Tyred Builders (sub group of the South Whiteshell Trail Association), and its passionate volunteers.
This challenging and technical route winds through the boreal forest and over granite outcrops of the Canadian Shield. There is a strong variation of challenging rock-faces, some easy single track, lots of wood features, a few steep drop-roll downs and machine built switchback climbs. The route is 7 km long and well marked with red signage. It is free to use and open to the public with the purchases of your Whiteshell Provincial Park Pass.
3. BIG WHITESHELL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL
Near Big Whiteshell Lake on HWY 309
TRAILFORKS INFO: The Big Whiteshell Mountain Bike Trail is 9km return distance. It is fairly easy-going, not too hilly or technical and is an in and out the same way type of trail. The trail goes over granite rock ridges and gravel. The trail starts at the parking lot on HWY 309 just before the turn-off to Big Whiteshell Lake South Shore. The trail gradually goes uphill for about 500 meters over the granite rock ridges and through some wet spots. About halfway to Big Whiteshell Lake there is a steep hill. After the steep hill, there is no rock ridges or tall trees, mainly just spruce trees that are around 8 feet tall and gravel trails because of the windstorm in 2007. There is an old broken bridge that used to span the creek but it is laying in the bush. After the creek crossing the bike trail follows the sno-mobile trail on gravel and then turns off the snowmobile trail and goes to the lake. The trail ends in one of the bays on the lake by the castaway cabins. Overall it is a great trail and you can do a loop by turning right at the 4 way just before the lake and head down the gravel cabin roads.
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