West Bragg Creek Trail Etiquette, Trail Types, User Recommendations and Safety

Welcome to West Bragg Creek Trails. This is a multi-use, non-motorized recreation area.

Since this is non-motorized trails system that welcomes a wide variety of users we ask that you extend a few common courtesies to your fellow trail users and respect the facilities that have been provided for your enjoyment.

Trailhead Parking and Perimeter Trail

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About Horseback Riding in the Winter in West Bragg Creek

• Equestrians are welcome on the All Season trails system, shown on maps in brown colour, EXCEPT those that are designated as ski trails from Dec 1 to March 31 annually
• Where the access to these trails shares sections with ski trails, such as accessing Ranger Summit or Boundary Ridge from the Parking area, please stay […]
  

Dec 19 2018

In early 2018, the GBCTA raised $ 500,000 from Rocky View County ($331,000) and TransCanada Trail Foundation ($169,000) to complete the construction of a pedestrian bridge, just east of Wild Rose, and 472 meters of strong post guardrail that is required as per the Rocky View County approved design for the subject trail.

The strong post guard rail was installed for the GBCTA in […]

Fat Bike Fat Wallet Update – Jan 1st 2019

The GBCTA would like to thank all those who donated to our successful Fat Bike Grooming Fundraising Campaign.  We would especially like to thank Alison and Darrell Jones, who donated $12,000 and enabled us to significantly exceed our goal of $12,000.  We raised $18,911 for fat bike grooming equipment purchases and operations expenses.

Fat Bike Grooming 2018/2019

GBCTA has […]

This was a busy and productive summer for the GBCTA on WBC ski trails. Here are some of the projects that were completed:

• In partnership with Bragg Creek Excavating the GBCTA completed installation of 2 new bridges to cross creeks that previously had culverts which chronically froze creating dangerous ice flows. These were among the biggest projects GBCTA volunteers have ever undertaken involving the transport […]
  

Emily Batty Project featuring XC Bragg Creek Mountain Bike Program

The XC Bragg Creek Performance Program grooms young mountain bikers for competition

By Tara Nolan

Anyone who has mountain biked at Bragg Creek over the last few years has witnessed the evolution of the trail network—the parking lot itself has room for about 600 cars. That evolution also extends to the youth who live in the area […]

Blues skies and sunshine welcomed celebrants at the official opening of 3 new recreational projects involving the GBCTA in West Bragg Creek.  They are the linking of the “Great Trail” formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail from the Hamlet of Bragg Creek into Kananaskis Country. Also celebrated was the new Watershed Heritage Interpretive Trail combined with the major facelift to the trailhead infrastructure which […]

West Bragg Creek trail network connects to the Great Trail

Visitor use of recreation area has quadrupled over past eight years.

There’s no fibre optics involved with this national network.

Saturday afternoon, in Bragg Creek, representatives from the province and the Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association are hosting a ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the West Bragg Creek Provincial Recreation Area.

That celebration includes marking the connection of the Bragg […]