Bighorn Ridge Community Engagement

It was a productive evening at Ranchers Sports Bar and Grill last evening! HMBA hosted a community engagement session to hear members thoughts on the Bighorn Ridge Project. Matt Hadley from McElhanney is a trail technologist chosen by HMBA to oversee the master plan of this project. Matt and his wife Catherine drove all the way from Canmore to hear HMBA members hopes for the trails on Bighorn Ridge. We’re really excited about this partnership! Thanks to Ranchers for hosting this event. You can learn more about Matt here.

Announcing the Bighorn Ridge Trails Project

We are very excited to announce the Bighorn Ridge Trails Project!!!

This project is a collaboration between HMBA and many partners: West Fraser (Hinton), Yellowhead County, Town of Hinton, and the Foothills Recreation Management Association - with Hoots Inc. as the builder! The project was realized last summer and work already started in the Fall of 2018 with a planned completion in the Fall of 2019.

HMBA and its Partners have secured over $300,000 for 1) a new trail to the Bighorn viewpoint and 2) upgrades and improvements to the original Bighorn Trail (descent) to make it sustainable (and fun!). Further plans are already being discussed, so this could be just the beginning.

The Bighorn Trail was originally 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. Learn more about it's history here. 

Caution on some Trails

You may see some CAUTION notices on our trails.

The Rock Band trail is awesome, but the bottom section is still very wet. Best to avoid this trail until the wet area is re-mediated later this summer.

The Lower Bighorn, between the Beaver Boardwalk and the powerline right-of-way is eroded, so please ride with care, especially when going in the downhill direction.

Thanks!