Elk Valley & Beyond.
7 DAYS · SELF-GUIDED OR FULLY GUIDED · COMMITTED
From the edge of Frank Slide across to Cranbrook the long way. Up the Elk Valley past the big trucks' bigger cousins, through Elkford, and over the Whiteswan Lake connection where the Rockies stop being scenery and start being terrain.
Fernie, Sparwood, and up the Elkford valley to the Whiteswan connection.
From the edge of Frank Slide across to Cranbrook the long way. Up the Elk Valley past the big trucks' bigger cousins, through Elkford, and over the Whiteswan Lake connection where the Rockies stop being scenery and start being terrain. Ends in hot water at Lussier because we're not animals.
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Day by day
Every day is a card: where you wake up, what the road does, where you sleep.
DAY 01Fernie, then up
Out of Fernie and north up the valley while the peaks close in. The line only gets bigger from here.
DAY 02Coal country
Through Sparwood past the big trucks, then off the pavement where the Elk runs clear. Camp on the river with cutthroat rising at dusk.
DAY 03Elkford and beyond
Past the end of the towns and into the headwaters. The wild half of the valley starts here.
DAY 04The pass
Up over the high divide, walked first where it is rough. The Committed day, and the view that pays for it.
DAY 05The white country
High limestone, larches, and basins that see more goats than people. Camp at treeline if the weather allows, and it usually does.
DAY 06The long way round
Down a drainage the map barely admits to, one crossing, one grin, and a camp you will not find named anywhere.
DAY 07The slow goodbye
Back down the valley with the dust of a real one on the truck. Walkthrough in Fernie, and the patio earned.
The route geek sheet
The planning detail behind the line. For the spec-curious, and for knowing exactly what you're saying yes to.
TERRAIN & DRIVING
FUEL, RESUPPLY & COMMS
CAMPS & WATER
PERMITS, SEASONS & ADD-ONS
The hot water is waiting. So are we.
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