Bighorn Ridge

A 12km climb trail and a growing network with multiple descent options. Bighorn Ridge offers the most elevation and technical riding on club managed trails in the Hinton area.

The Bighorn Trail was built in the early 1900s by the Dominion of Canada Forestry Service as a pack trail to patrol the forested areas along the eastern slopes. It had a telegraph line along it to link the forestry cabins along the route. Old telegraph line insulators can still be seen along the trail. On some old maps this ridge is called the High Divide Ridge but it has now come to be known as the Bighorn Ridge. - source

Prior to HMBA achieving trail manager status with the Government of Alberta, The Bighorn Trail was previously maintained by the Foothills Recreation Management Association (FRMA).