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What’s in store for 2026?
Jumbo: Will the 2026 route be tougher than the 2025 route? Yes. Will the 2026 route be tamer than the 2025 route? Yes. Toughness and tameness are in the eye of brake lever holder. The route is starting off with a cruise through the singletrack network of Cranbrook's Community Forest. Then up to the Southstar trail network before tackling Cranbrook Mountain, bring some comfy shoes and bullet proof wheels, this one will test both. Meander across the trench and up one of the most beautiful climbs you will ever encounter, if you were one of the few Jumbo finishers from 2025, get ready for some reverse, because you did all this at the end of your adventure. Then back into the Little Sand and Big Sand drainages, everyone seemed to like them so much we figured we would run it backwards like a late 70s metal album, there is always something hidden and new if you run something backwards.
The next punch in the crotch comes in the form of Mount Connell a crowd favourite in every sense of the term, or a mortal enemy, depending on how full your glass is. Then the Route-developer-who-shall-not-be-named decided that we needed a little out and back to a summit, for no other reason than the fact that we will be in nature on bikes, so why wouldn't we go up there? Speaking of that route developer, they went and hacked and slashed a new section through the woods and since they are so proud of it we decided to make you walk through it, you're welcome.
The feedback has been heard, you all seemed to love lil' rocky McLean Lake from 2024 so it is back on course, but we will be descending the rock garden, so keep those tough tires inflated. Then up and over the infamous Notch, yes, we said up the Notch, you might be happy with those comfy shoes again at this point. Now you have earned yourself a beautiful downhill almost to the bottom of the Perry Creek drainage, just to turn around and knock out another 1,000 m climb all the way up to Cranbrook's only spaceship (you'll understand once you see it). For all of you alder lovers out there, we haven't forgotten about you, put on your safety glasses and sword fighting gloves. As long as the City of Kimberley doesn't revive their role as the Wet Blanket of The Lost Elephant, we will savour a beautiful single-track section of their Nature Park before the long exhale that is the paved Northstar Rail-to-Trail back to the place it all began.
Jumbo Resupply Options:
Fort Steele 89 km Elko 212 km (just off route) Baynes Lake 230 km Koocanusa Marina 240 km Moyie 333 km Marysville 495 km
Definitely look up their opening hours, none are 24 hours.
Dumbo: Exactly like the Jumbo, but with 6 less punches in the face. But don't worry there is still a lot of fun and adventure to be had. this will be the second climbiest Dumbo ever. There will be plenty of times that the Dumbo and Jumbo share the same route, which is so lovely for forging everlasting friendships with mortal enemies. Out of the gates, the Dumbo and Jumbo will split off from each other. The Dumbo bypasses the first section of singletrack and the big push over Cranbrook Mountain, and heads straight for the big climb up Boulder Creek. Once you have dug your way out of the Bull River valley you will work your way through the lovely south country. Some grindy gravel will lull you into a nice sense of security at this point, as you watch your Jumbo friends turn off to do battle with Mount Connell, you will get to make haste to the Route-developer-who-shall-not-be-named's little brush work section above Moyie, and then down across the highway to the quadruple punch that is up and around McLean Lake and The Notch. Comfy shoes, yep, tough tires, yep, you are good to go.
Now y'all Dumbos will get to cruise down down down Perry Creek, and then say goodbye once again to those stinky Jumboists as they go on a side quest to find Cranbrook's space ship and sample some Kimberley singletrack. You however just get to hop on a few kms of pavement all while dreaming of seeing your throngs of fans at the finish line in Cranbrook.
Dumbo Resupply Options:
Fort Steele 18 km Elko 118 km (just off route) Baynes Lake 136 km Koocanusa Marina 146 km Moyie 215 km
Definitely look up their opening hours, none are 24 hours.
"This year, no one will be on the correct bike."
~Route-developer-who-shall-not-be-named
Jumbo: Will the 2026 route be tougher than the 2025 route? Yes. Will the 2026 route be tamer than the 2025 route? Yes. Toughness and tameness are in the eye of brake lever holder. The route is starting off with a cruise through the singletrack network of Cranbrook's Community Forest. Then up to the Southstar trail network before tackling Cranbrook Mountain, bring some comfy shoes and bullet proof wheels, this one will test both. Meander across the trench and up one of the most beautiful climbs you will ever encounter, if you were one of the few Jumbo finishers from 2025, get ready for some reverse, because you did all this at the end of your adventure. Then back into the Little Sand and Big Sand drainages, everyone seemed to like them so much we figured we would run it backwards like a late 70s metal album, there is always something hidden and new if you run something backwards.
The next punch in the crotch comes in the form of Mount Connell a crowd favourite in every sense of the term, or a mortal enemy, depending on how full your glass is. Then the Route-developer-who-shall-not-be-named decided that we needed a little out and back to a summit, for no other reason than the fact that we will be in nature on bikes, so why wouldn't we go up there? Speaking of that route developer, they went and hacked and slashed a new section through the woods and since they are so proud of it we decided to make you walk through it, you're welcome.
The feedback has been heard, you all seemed to love lil' rocky McLean Lake from 2024 so it is back on course, but we will be descending the rock garden, so keep those tough tires inflated. Then up and over the infamous Notch, yes, we said up the Notch, you might be happy with those comfy shoes again at this point. Now you have earned yourself a beautiful downhill almost to the bottom of the Perry Creek drainage, just to turn around and knock out another 1,000 m climb all the way up to Cranbrook's only spaceship (you'll understand once you see it). For all of you alder lovers out there, we haven't forgotten about you, put on your safety glasses and sword fighting gloves. As long as the City of Kimberley doesn't revive their role as the Wet Blanket of The Lost Elephant, we will savour a beautiful single-track section of their Nature Park before the long exhale that is the paved Northstar Rail-to-Trail back to the place it all began.
Jumbo Resupply Options:
Fort Steele 89 km Elko 212 km (just off route) Baynes Lake 230 km Koocanusa Marina 240 km Moyie 333 km Marysville 495 km
Definitely look up their opening hours, none are 24 hours.
Dumbo: Exactly like the Jumbo, but with 6 less punches in the face. But don't worry there is still a lot of fun and adventure to be had. this will be the second climbiest Dumbo ever. There will be plenty of times that the Dumbo and Jumbo share the same route, which is so lovely for forging everlasting friendships with mortal enemies. Out of the gates, the Dumbo and Jumbo will split off from each other. The Dumbo bypasses the first section of singletrack and the big push over Cranbrook Mountain, and heads straight for the big climb up Boulder Creek. Once you have dug your way out of the Bull River valley you will work your way through the lovely south country. Some grindy gravel will lull you into a nice sense of security at this point, as you watch your Jumbo friends turn off to do battle with Mount Connell, you will get to make haste to the Route-developer-who-shall-not-be-named's little brush work section above Moyie, and then down across the highway to the quadruple punch that is up and around McLean Lake and The Notch. Comfy shoes, yep, tough tires, yep, you are good to go.
Now y'all Dumbos will get to cruise down down down Perry Creek, and then say goodbye once again to those stinky Jumboists as they go on a side quest to find Cranbrook's space ship and sample some Kimberley singletrack. You however just get to hop on a few kms of pavement all while dreaming of seeing your throngs of fans at the finish line in Cranbrook.
Dumbo Resupply Options:
Fort Steele 18 km Elko 118 km (just off route) Baynes Lake 136 km Koocanusa Marina 146 km Moyie 215 km
Definitely look up their opening hours, none are 24 hours.
"This year, no one will be on the correct bike."
~Route-developer-who-shall-not-be-named
Routes of yesteryear.
Please note that these routes may be out of date, so make sure you double check that they don't go anywhere that you are currently not allowed to ride your bike. Don't be a jerk, ride only where you are allowed.
20252024 2023 2021/2022 2020 2019 2018 2017
20252024 2023 2021/2022 2020 2019 2018 2017
- Jumbo You are not allowed to ride a bike over Brewer Pass, so don't ride this.
- No Dumbos back in the olden days
- Jumbo
- No Dumbos back in the olden days
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