Village Zone

Connecting the entirety of Lower Kaslo with the River Trail system is a trail that starts at the boat club on Kaslo Bay and leads around the waterfront to the river, and upstream from there. On the north side of the river just at the edge of town is the family bike skills park and pump track, a short loop of berms and rollers skillfully buffed and perfect for multiple laps with riders of all ages.

River Trails

Between the airport and the river is the River Trail, Lettrari Loop and a number of shorter trails crisscrossing the area. Between the roar of the river and the peaceful quiet of fern-carpeted mossy cedar-hemlock forest, it's easy to forget that these trails are just across a footbridge from Highway 31A, and that they start right from town. Connecting these trails with the airport area is easy, creating countless options for routes of varying lengths.

True Blue Zone

The area on the south side of the Kaslo River rising up to the airport runway and to the gentle slopes to its south is an area that has been crisscrossed by many trails over the years, and is currently home to an extensive network of maintained trails for multiple user groups. This area is one of the largest expanses of gently sloping terrain found in the region, and this has lent itself to the development of trails of moderate grade suitable for a wide range of trail users.  

Many of the trails have been developed out of old skid roads in the forest, or combined those with newly built singletrack to make loops of short to medium length.  Trails range from fairly level and non-technical singletrack through the forest on Look Waay Up and I'll Call Rusty, to the modern fast and flowy machine-built sections of Sourdough to the scenic heights and sustained downhill on Strawberry Ridge.  Between the airport and the river is the River Trail, Lettrari Loop and a number of shorter trails crisscrossing the area.  This area has trails for riders of all ability levels.

Buchanan Zone

This area is home to a network of cross country ski trails in the winter, and the main trailhead for this area is the winter warming hut. This side of Mt Buchanan is less steep than the east and southeast slopes, and has been extensively logged. One of Kaslo’s oldest mountain bike trails (and by far its most difficult), The Monster, descends from the top of Mt Buchanan south all the way to highway 31A. The terrain has a number of mellow benches, and a variety of forest types and ecosystems as it encompasses a wide range of elevations. The west end of the Buchanan Access Trail leads to the warming hut, where the newer machine-built Songbird Loop and Vulture trails also originate.

Branch 7

Branch 7, located just past the brake check north of town on highway 31, is home to a variety of dirt bike trails, along with popular hiking and mountain biking trails. Several trails including the Wardner Street trail and No Brakes trail connect Upper Kaslo with the Branch 7 FSR, while the Buchanan Access trail connects this area to the SW Mt Buchanan area. The terrain in this area is much steeper than around the airport, and trails feature much greater elevation gain to viewpoints overlooking Kaslo and Kootenay Lake. Riders seeking a challenging climb followed by a thrilling downhill can pedal to the top of Carlsbad and descend almost 2,000 vertical feet of singletrack to the bottom of Jimi Crack Corn.