Little Elbow Trail
An out-and-back mountain bike trail in Alberta, Canada.
- 20.9 mi
- round trip
- 3,993 ft
- climb
- Easy
- difficulty
- Gravel
- surface
Little Elbow Trail is an out-and-back mountain bike trail in Alberta, Canada, inside Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park. It is 10 miles each way, 21 miles there and back. It runs between about 5,540 ft and 7,340 ft above sea level, with roughly 1,490 ft of climbing one way. It is rated easy for riding (mtb:scale 0): a smooth surface with no particular obstacles. Most of the way is gravel. The nearest town is Fortress Junction, about 11 miles southeast of the start. Peaks within about 3 miles include Mount Rae N 3.8, Tombstone Mountain South and Mount Rae N 2.7. Edworthy Falls is within about 3 miles. For camping, Tombstone Backcountry and Elbow Lake Backcountry Campground are within about 6 miles. Distances, elevations and the trail shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trail access for bikes, closures and conditions change, so check locally before you ride.
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Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Little Elbow Trail for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
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