The Gravel Experience

Alberta

Explore. Ride. Inspire.

The Gravel Experience is a guide, inspiration, and a community. It’s a shared resource of gravel cycling adventures and experiences. These are Rides that elevate the rider simply from the experience, the adventure, the scenery, and connection with community and environment.

NOTE: These routes are challenging cycling adventures.  They can be split into portions to rider preference. 

The Range

This route has it all: beautiful scenery, multiple creeks, varied eco-systems, serious challenges, stunning views through the Porcupine Hills and Grasslands of SW Alberta. This route is a full adventure and an epic experience. 

Explore The Range

Plateau Mtn Rd

Do you like climbing? This may be the longest gravel climb in Alberta. A amazing road that just keeps going up as it climbs from the Prairie and into the Alpine.

Explore Plateau Mtn

Gorge Creek Trail

An amazing high adventure road that has long ago been abandoned. This route wraps through the valleys around Kananaskis. This route is high on adventure, wildlife, scenery.

Explore Gorge Creek

Badlands

85 km of Gravel Cycling in the Badlands of Alberta is an amazing experience. The terrain is stunning as you loop through the coulees and hoodoos around the Red Deer River. This route is perfect for a gravel bike.

Explore Badlands

Edges of Waterton

An amazing 95 km loop in the historic and beautiful SW Alberta. This is gravel riding heaven.  Adventure, terrain, beautiful scenery, low traffic, fair weather roads. This is a amazing ride. 

Explore Edges of Waterton

L - B - L

Lundbreck - Beaver Mines - Lundbreck (L-B-L) is fun and scenic parcours. This is a nice rolling 81 km route that takes the 'back roads' between 2 historic towns in SW Alberta. 

Explore L-B-L

Ride to the Falls

Jasper National Park, a premier gravel route and an epic waterfall. What more could you ask for?

Explore Ride to the Falls

Cardinal Divide

An epic 100 km loop over the second highest gravel road in Alberta. High on adventure as you tour through the boundaries of Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park.

Explore Cardinal Divide

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We are always looking for Routes worth of a premier rating on this site. Have a route? Contact us!