Cycling from Jasper National Park to Banff National Park

Jim Simms talks about his trip when we cycled from Jasper to Banff. The trip took about 4 days and he and his group stayed in hostels along the way and even had a support car following them that the cyclist could get into if they got tired. You're on the bike about 8 hours a day and you can work on those butt muscles by practicing cycling at your local gym. You ascend between 2000-3000 meters but there are descents in this trip, but Jim found the descents to be more challenging than the ascents. You could reach up to 50 mph when going downhill! Disc brakes are recommended to help control your speed. Most of these trips happen in August and you don't have to go alone!

Check out Elbow Valley Cycling Club to find out when they are doing their next trip!