Nose Hill

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Located in northwest Calgary, Nose Hill Park covers 11.27 square kilometers and is surrounded by 12 residential communities. The mountain bike trails range from beginner to intermediate. This is a great area for those learning to mountain bike wanting to get a taste of some real smooth and rolling singletrack without much technical to throw you off your game. Nose Hill is a great early season ride as the trails do get overgrown during the summer months. Please stay on established trails.

There are a number of singletrack trails that zigzag and cross the main gravel/paved paths to explore. One can easily spend a few hours trying to link them all. A suggested beginner to intermediate loop is shown on the map. 13.8 km in total, this loop will take anywhere from 1 – 2 hrs to complete.

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Trail Stats

Distance: 13.8 km
Time: 1 - 2 hrs
Elevation Gain: 240 m
Elevation Loss: 239 m
Min Elevation: 1,139
Max Elevation: 1,237 m
Technical Rating: Beginner - Intermediate
Physical Rating: Easy
Season: May - October
Permit Required: No

Trail Location

Trailhead: Nose Hill is located in the north west of Calgary. There are six carparks located around Nose Hill Park providing access to the trails. To ride the suggested Nose Hill Loop (JP) start at the Edgemont Blvd. carpark – located at the intersection of Shaganappi Trail NW. and Edgemont Blvd..

GPS: N51 07.582 W114 07.972 (Edgemont)

Downloads

Park Map: click here
Map (JP Loop): click here
GPS Map (GPX): click here
Google Earth: click here
CMBA: click here
Trail Report: click here

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  • RichieRich

    So I went for a MTB ride around Nosehill Saturday April 27th 2013 … and noted a LOT of
    new flagged stakes that had clearly been surveyed for their position
    and routing. Most of them had writing on them which included the word
    “path”. Also spoke w/ several walkers up there about it… and they were NOT happy at all. It appears that
    the 2005 Nosehill project to revert Nosehill from a Nature reserve to an
    “area with lots of large paved paths” is kicking off. These 3 paths
    were all in the SE quadrant and were on predominantly low-use and
    low-access trails (ie who access’s the park from the corner of
    Shaganappi Trail and John Laurie?). WFT???!! Not to mention the
    stakes were often on very narrow trails and planted smack-dab in the
    middle presenting a real hazard to users… especially since a number
    had been broken near the ground leaving dangerous spikes ready to rip
    into wildlife, dogs, walkers, and cyclists.

    So other than b*tching about this what have I done?

    1. Called 311 and reported the hazard of these spikes. I have a file # now and Parks is supposed to call back pronto.

    2.
    Logged a complaint w/ 311 about this park “upgrade”, based on 2005 data
    (ie obsolete) and total lake of any park signage indicating the intent
    of the stakes or development plan.

    What can YOU do? …. please call 311 and do the same!!

    • http://www.bikepirate.com Peter Oprsal

      Thanks for sharing. It’s too bad to hear that the area will be made up of paved pathways.

    • samuelhowlett

      Hi Rich(ie),

      Thank you for the update! We will be riding this area on the weekend and will also file with 311 once we have been.

      Hopefully we can keep these trails as the are (minus the stakes!)



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