Mountain Biking in the Okanagan
Bike parks, skills areas, dirt jumps and singletrack networks — where to ride, from first jumps to lift-served downhill.
1 verified sports & recreation spot across the Okanagan Valley.
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Sovereign Lake Mountain Bike Trails (Silver Star Provincial Park)
In summer the Nordic ski trails and the singletrack around Sovereign Lake in Silver Star Provincial Park become a cool, high-elevation escape from the valley heat for cross-country riders. The North Okanagan Cycling Society maintains the singletrack, which is mostly blue and black, rooty, old-school technical trails. You start from the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre parking lot. Snow often lingers until early summer, so expect wet spots early in the season.
Free to Visit
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Parks with skate parks, courts and bike trails, and more, listed with their own categories.
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Becker Bike Park
Becker Bike Park is the City of Vernon’s in-town bike skills park at 3404 39th Avenue, re-opened in August 2024 after a rebuild funded by more than $70,000 in grants and donations to the City and the North Okanagan Cycling Society. The park packs three pump tracks — including a paved track that Tourism Vernon calls a new local favourite — a gradually climbing trail, a flow trail for beginner to intermediate riders, a dirt-jump zone with progression lines and a drop zone into a compact site, which makes it a good place to bring young riders to build skills or to bang out fast laps. The park also includes an on-leash dog area and walking paths. Parking arrangements and costs are not published on the City’s page.
Play: Paved pump track, dirt jumps, drop zone and skills trails
Dog-Friendly Kid-Friendly Free to Visit
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Crawford Trails – Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park
Crawford is what Kelowna riders call the trail network in the western part of Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park, above the Upper Mission, reached from the Stewart Road East trailhead. Mountain Bikers of the Central Okanagan describes more than 150 km of multi-use trails here, from flowy singletrack to technical rock gardens and challenging descents, with difficulty ranging from beginner to expert but most routes falling in intermediate or advanced terrain — it is where many local riders learned to mountain bike. BC Parks permits cycling in the park, with e-bikes allowed on signed and designated trails, and warns of natural hazards including steep drop-offs at Crawford Falls and Devil’s Elbow and falling rock; the Little White Trail between Pooley Creek and Upper Crawford is closed. Dogs must be kept under control. The Myra Canyon trestles lie in the same park but are reached from their own trailheads on the Myra and June Springs roads. A pit toilet is provided at the Stewart Road East trailhead; parking costs are not published.
Play: MTB network: 107 trails, 150+ km singletrack, all levels
Free to Visit
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Ellison Provincial Park
Ellison Provincial Park rewards the drive south of Vernon with a different kind of Okanagan Lake day: multiple beaches with buoyed swim areas, a playground for the kids, and around 50 picnic tables plus a picnic shelter to spread out at. Otter Bay is Western Canada’s only freshwater dive park, so divers share the park with swimmers, and there is canoeing, hiking and fishing on top of that. Flush toilets and showers are on site, but there is no boat launch and no lifeguards. Sandy Beach is the park’s pet beach; dogs are not allowed on the other beaches. The season runs roughly April 1 to October 12, and the beaches are about a half-kilometre walk from the parking lot. Ellison is also a campground and a viewpoint park: 71 sites (61 reservable, 10 first-come) with a hot-shower building, spring-water taps and fire rings, and more than six kilometres of trail along the rocky headlands with panoramic vistas of Okanagan Lake north to Spallumcheen and south to Fintry.
Play: Beginner-friendly forest MTB trails right from the parking lot
♥ Local Favourite 🐾 Dog Friendly Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Gillard Trails
Gillard is the Okanagan’s original freeride mountain-bike area, on the hillside south of Kelowna’s Kettle Valley neighbourhood, and is now an official Recreation Sites and Trails BC trail network maintained by Mountain Bikers of the Central Okanagan. The trails took shape in the late 1990s and remain built for intermediate to expert riders — fast singletrack, jumps of every size, rock gardens and slabs, wooden features and steep technical lines — with enduro, freeride or downhill bikes recommended. It is best ridden as a shuttle network, though MTBCO’s multi-year climbing-trail project now gives riders a way up under their own power. Tourism Kelowna’s route: Lakeshore Road to Chute Lake Road, then Gillard Forest Service Road to the Recreation Sites and Trails BC parking lot about 3.8 km up. Provincial recreation-trail rules ask that pets be kept quiet and under control; parking costs are not published.
Play: Freeride MTB network: 65 trails, 68+ km, intermediate to expert
Free to Visit
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Jack Seaton Park
Jack Seaton Park is a District of Lake Country destination park that pairs softball diamonds, a padel court and a playground with a small network of natural trails suitable for all skill levels. The trail length is 3.14 km round trip, with an accessible viewpoint that overlooks Okanagan Lake, and the trails cross rocky bluffs burned in the 2017 wildfire and pass an old reservoir and heritage flume. A designated parking area, picnic area and washroom are provided, and the park is open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Dogs must be on leash.
Play: MTB trails: up-track, flow trail, jump line and technical trail
Dog-Friendly Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park Trails & Rattlesnake Point
Beyond its famous beaches, Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park has a network of short grassland and forest trails above the lake. The Crest and Juniper trails lead from the Jade and Juniper parking area to the viewing platform at Rattlesnake Point, while the Coldstream, Cosens Bay and Bear Valley trails wind down through pine, fir and open grassland to Cosens Bay. Watch for rattlesnakes, and note that bikes aren't allowed on the beach and Rattlesnake Point trails.
Play: Vernon's biggest MTB network: Big Ed loop, Lookout, Flovid flow trail
Dog-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Knox Mountain Park
Knox Mountain is Kelowna's largest natural area park, 385 hectares rising roughly 300 metres above Okanagan Lake just north of downtown, and its lookouts are the classic view of the city. The park moves from lakeshore to mountain top through riparian, wetland, ponderosa pine bunchgrass and Douglas-fir ecosystems that the City describes as fragile and easily eroded, so stay on the trails. Walking, running, hiking, road and mountain biking, birding and winter recreation are all part of life here. The park is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; vehicles may drive Knox Mountain Drive to the first lookout from noon to 8 p.m. in the frost-free season, and the road closes in winter, for events and in extreme wildfire risk. Motorized vehicles are not permitted elsewhere in the park. Additional parking is at the western base off Poplar Point Drive. Signature routes include the Apex Trail to the upper lookout — about 5 km round trip on dirt trails with stairs, a moderate 45 minutes to an hour and a half — the 3 km lakeshore walk to Paul's Tomb and Kathleen Lake, the 3.2 km road climb from the base to the top, and the Lochview Trail that connects the park's north side. Dogs must be on leash except in the designated off-leash dog park at 450 Knox Mountain Drive, and smoking, vaping and cannabis are banned in all City parks.
Play: MTB network: 47 trails and 31+ km of singletrack
♥ Local Favourite Dog-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Lake Country Bike Park
Lake Country’s Bike Park is a six-hectare, purpose-built mountain-bike park at 8865 Okanagan Centre Road West with views over Okanagan Lake. The District built it with progression in mind: a kid- and beginner-friendly pump track and a green flow trail, an intermediate pump track and technical skills loop, two blue gravity trails, a drop zone, advanced and expert dirt jumps, multi-use trails and an adaptive mountain-bike trail. It is open daily from dawn to dusk, March to November (weather dependent), and is unsupervised — features can be hazardous, so ride within your ability. Helmets are mandatory and full-face helmets and padding are strongly recommended; the park is non-motorized; stay off the trails when they are wet; and obey closures through the winter months and during extreme weather. Dogs must be leashed at all times and are not permitted on the bike trails or in the Jump, Skills, Drop or Pump Track zones. Parking arrangements and costs are not published on the District’s page.
Open until Nov 30
Play: Bike park on the south side of Beacon Hill
Dog-Friendly Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Mission Creek Mountain Bike Skills Park
The Mission Creek Mountain Bike Skills Park is a City of Kelowna bike park on a 3.4-hectare site at 1960 Hollywood Road South, next to the Mission Creek Greenway. Whether you are new to mountain or BMX biking or riding at a high level, it has something to work on: a pump track and four dirt-jump lanes that progress from beginner to expert, with some of the sport’s top riders having contributed to the design. It is also a good spot to catch your breath on a bench and watch the airtime the advanced riders get. Riders can roll in directly from the Greenway, and the City keeps the park open through its seasonal winter closures of other facilities. Parking arrangements and costs are not published on the City’s page.
Play: Pump track and four dirt jump lanes, beginner to expert
Dog-Friendly Free to Visit
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Predator Ridge Trails
Predator Ridge has built one of the North Okanagan’s signature riding networks on the Commonage between Vernon and Kelowna: 13.5 km of dedicated bike trails plus a connector into Ellison Provincial Park, all open to the public and operated seasonally. Tourism Vernon’s advice is to take the climb for the Okanagan Lake views and then link Mantle, Granite, Rock Garden Playground and The Arches for one long rocky, granite-slab descent; the North Okanagan Cycling Society credits the resort with building trails such as Granite, Mantle and the Ellison Connector for the wider Vernon riding community. The resort’s Bike Hub at 1-799 Predator Ridge Drive is the base, and several parking areas serve the trailheads; parking costs are not published, and no dog or e-bike rules are published for the trails.
Play: Rocky granite MTB trails (Mantle, Granite) linking to Ellison
Lake View Free to Visit
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Rose Swanson Mountain Trails
Rose Swanson is a forested Crown-land trail network just outside Armstrong, with roughly 30 km of trails maintained by the Armstrong Spallumcheen Trails Society and volunteers. The main Aspen and Centennial trails form an easy-to-moderate loop of about 5 km, with side loops to the local summits of Mount Rose and Mount Swanson. The viewpoint on Mount Rose is the highlight, looking out over Otter Lake and the north end of Okanagan Lake. Maps are posted at the trailhead and junctions, and it was voted the second-best hiking trail in the 2026 Best of North Okanagan.
Play: Mellow singletrack loops suited to newer mountain bikers
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Rose Valley Regional Park
Rose Valley Regional Park is 250 ha of natural parkland in the Rose Valley neighbourhood of West Kelowna, with a network of multi-use trails, spectacular views over the valley, a conservation area and a natural pond where birds and other wildlife can be spotted. The park was badly burned in the 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire and is recovering through a phased, large-scale restoration effort, including volunteer tree planting. As of May 2026 the Regional District reports it partially re-opened with some areas still closed to visitors — observe the barricades and signage and check the RDCO wildfire-recovery page before you go. Washrooms are provided and dogs are welcome on leash. Visit Westside describes the main circuit as about 6 km round trip with roughly 80 metres of elevation gain, moderate to difficult, taking two to four hours.
Play: Rugged MTB singletrack: 81+ trails, 53 km, mostly intermediate
Dog-Friendly Free to Visit
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Smith Creek Trails
Smith Creek is a sanctioned mountain-bike trail network on the forested hills northwest of West Kelowna, managed as a Recreation Sites and Trails BC trail in partnership with the West Kelowna Trails Club and supported by Mountain Bikers of the Central Okanagan. About 15 km of routes offer anywhere from one to four hours of riding, with 400 to 700 metres of climbing depending on the loop; the lower elevations hold beginner trails and the fitness and technical difficulty rise as you climb, into flowy descents, natural-feature jumps and drops and smooth singletrack. Access is from Highway 97 via Elliott Road onto Smith Creek Road, which turns to gravel; parking is in a clearing on the right just after the overhead power line. Provincial recreation-trail rules ask that pets be kept quiet and under control at all times; parking costs are not published.
Play: Flowy MTB network: 36+ trails, 26 km singletrack
Free to Visit
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Three Blind Mice Trail Network
The Three Blind Mice trail network spreads across the benchland above Penticton toward Naramata, overlooking Okanagan Lake, and is the South Okanagan’s best-known mountain-bike area: Visit Penticton counts more than 80 trails, and trail-mapping sites chart over 100 of them, winding through ponderosa pine, rock bluffs and grassland from intermediate singletrack to expert technical lines. The core of the network is a City of Penticton natural park at 1400 Riddle Road, and the Penticton and Area Cycling Association looks after the trails. Riders commonly start from the Poplar Grove parking area off Naramata Road; parking costs are not published. Close by, beside the KVR Trail at 1194 Poplar Grove Road, the City’s asphalt pump track gives riders of all ages a loop of rollers and berms to practise on. Trail signage is limited, so carry a trail app, and note that no official e-bike or dog rules are published for the network. Beside the bike trails, the Penticton Disc Golf Club's 18-hole disc golf course is another way to explore the benchland.
Play: 18-hole disc golf course (Penticton Disc Golf Club) beside the MTB trails
Lake View Free to Visit
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Big White Ski Resort
Big White is the Okanagan's big mountain resort, up the road from Kelowna and open year-round. It is the second-largest family ski resort in British Columbia — 2,834 acres of patrolled terrain, one of Canada's largest modern lift systems and more than seven metres of the champagne powder behind its motto, 'it's the snow' — and from December 18 it also runs the largest night-skiing operation in Western Canada, lighting the Bullet Express and Plaza Chair for 38 acres and the longest night vertical in North America, with TELUS Park lit on Friday and Saturday nights. Free Snow Host mountain tours leave the Village Centre every morning at 10:15, and for the 2026/27 season Happy Valley's beginner area gains Polar Passage, a new covered conveyor lift with expanded teaching terrain. Happy Valley is also where the rest of Big White's winter lives: the Tube Park, Canada's highest outdoor skating rink, 25 kilometres of Nordic and Wilderness trails, the illuminated Twinkling Trail, Candle Creek Kennels' dog-sled tours, Outback's snowmobile tours and the horse-drawn sleigh rides — each with its own page on Okanagan Roam. The 2026/27 season runs November 26, 2026 to April 4, 2027. In summer the mountain turns into a bike park — downhill trails, the Big White Slopestyle Centre and a beginner skills area — with scenic rides on the Bullet Chair, e-bike tours and a real alpine hiking network: the 4.5 km Rhonda Lake Trail drops from the top of the chair through spruce and pine to a lake hidden under the Cliff bowl (about an hour one way, 456 metres of elevation), the 1 km Peak Trail loops along the Cliff Bowl rim to the summit cairn in 45 minutes, the 4 km Falcon Ridge Trail climbs the face of the mountain past wildflower streams to a scramble at the saddle, and the short, steep Jamieson Loop finds the last of the winter snow. The resort suggests three hours for the classic loop up Falcon Ridge and down to Rhonda Lake, backed by its wildflower and bird field guides. Hikers ride the chair until 4 p.m. (6 p.m. on Fridays), and dogs are welcome on the lift and must be leashed on the trails. The resort lists driving, parking and EV charging among its free amenities, offers overnight RV parking in summer, and runs shuttles from Kelowna and the airport.
Closed for the season. Reopens November 26.
Play: Lift-served bike park (25 trails), slopestyle and skills areas, bike school
Dog-Friendly Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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SilverStar Mountain Resort
SilverStar is the North Okanagan's four-season mountain resort above Vernon, and in winter it is a whole village of things to do rather than a single ski hill. The alpine terrain runs to 3,304 acres and 133 runs over 760 metres of vertical, served by ten lifts including the Des Schumann Summit Express gondola, with long green and blue cruisers off the front side, steep powder-filled chutes on the Putnam Creek backside and three terrain parks; on Friday and Saturday nights the lights come on for four kilometres of groomed night skiing and the Bannister Night Park at Silver Queen. The resort's My1Pass idea is what sets it apart: one day ticket or season pass unlocks seven activities — downhill, cross-country skiing on the resort's 55-kilometre half of Canada's largest daily-groomed Nordic network, 16 kilometres of snowshoe trail, 15 kilometres of fat-bike trail, skating on Brewer's Pond, tubing at Tube Town and (with a season pass) night skiing — each of which has its own page on Okanagan Roam. Volunteer Mountain Hosts lead free guided tours of the alpine and Nordic trails every morning from Town Hall, snow-cat dinners run to Paradise Camp on the backside, and the new Ravenwood cabin hosts snowshoe dinner tours. The Nordic trails open on November 20, 2026 and the alpine season runs November 27, 2026 to April 4, 2027. Summer turns the same slopes into the SilverStar Bike Park — the resort describes it as one of Canada's best downhill mountain-bike experiences, with downhill, enduro and cross-country riding, skills areas and a pump track — while walkers and trail runners have 16 km of forest and mountain trails: the easy Paradise, Mountain View, Tin Tin and Sidewinder loops out of the village, the hiking-only Silver Queen Trail, and, from the top of the Des Schumann Summit Express gondola at 1,915 metres — some 300 metres above the village — the Ridge Walk (no bikes), the Attridge Scenic Loop and the Alpine Meadows. Hikers pick up a complimentary trail day ticket at the Ticket Office; Monday to Thursday the summit is reached by the Comet Express after a gentle 20-minute walk down to the lift. The resort publishes no dog rule for its trails, and the surrounding regional district requires dogs on leash unless in a designated off-leash area. Lessons, rentals, restaurants, cafés and lodging are in the resort village.
Closed for the season. Reopens November 27.
Play: Lift-served bike park (DH, enduro, XC), pump track, slopestyle; hosts Crankworx
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