Trail Additions over the years:
Sensei
Year Built: 2025
Winter Groomed: No
Distance: 0.92 Km
Elevation: +144 m -0m
ETA’s first hiking only trail. The trail was built using volunteer power and a big day with the Elkford Secondary School completing ground work. The hike starts by branching off of the bottom of the Lost Lake trail 250m from the yellow gate at the bottom of the TMNT network and is the most direct path to the Vantage Point (the best view of Elkford and surrounding valley and mountains!).
Boivin Cabin Loop – North
Boivin Cabin Loop – North on Trailforks
Year Built: 2025
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 4.0 Km
Elevation: +194 m -114m
Four-season multi-use non-motorized trail constructed of existing trails, unused resource roads and old skid trials with some new sections of trail. The trail connects the Wapiti recreation area to the Boivin hut.
Shredder
Year Built: 2024
Winter Groomed: No
Distance: 1.9 Km
Elevation: +0 m -149m
Blue Flow Mountain bike trail of just over 1.9Km. The trail will be ridden in a downhill direction only. The trail consists of over 50 features including dirt-built tabletops, berms, rollers and gaps that allow riders of the intermediate to advanced level, progress, as they grow with the line they choose. Each feature is rollable and in many cases the features have a range of difficulty.
Heroes
Year Built: 2024
Winter Groomed: No
Distance: 1 Km
Elevation: +0 m -108m
Technical downhill with features and a touch of flow with a black difficulty rating. The trail will be ridden in a downhill direction only. The trail was built by a keen group of ETA volunteers and you will find special touches along the way including a elevated bridge, berms and drops. Heroes flows perfectly into the mid-point of Half Shell and creates 1.5km of technical downhill. A huge thank you to our volunteers for all of your contributions to this trail!
SPONSORED BY VOLUNTEER POWER!
Half Shell
Year Built: 2023
Winter Groomed: No
Distance: 0.8 Km
Elevation: 60 m
The ETA’s first volunteer hand-build trail opening up the Turtle power ridge for future downhill trail construction. This trail also offers a more technical downhill track from the bottom of Turtle Power to the trail head. Special thank you to all our volunteers including Elkford Secondary School grade 8&9 students.
Funding provided by:
Bebop
Year Built: 2022
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 1.9 Km
Elevation: 124m
The easiest up option into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle network. The trail winds through new growth forests of larch and pine. Flowy for fun in the summer and winter.
Rocksteady
Year Built: 2022
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 1.1 Km
Elevation: 79 m
The easiest up option to Lost Lake. The trail winds through recently planted forests and clearings. Flowy for fun in the summer and winter.
The Foot
Year Built: 2022
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 0.03 Km
Elevation: 0 m
A short connection trail from Bebop and Rocksteady to the original Lost Lake trail and Splinter to create several loop options in the TMNT network.
Splinter
Year Built: 2022
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 1.0 Km
Elevation: 55 m
Connection trail from Bebop and Rocksteady to Turtle Power and Cowabunga! This trail creates several options for loops and figure 8 in the network. Very mild grade that is fun in both directions for both summer and winter.
Turtle Power
Year Built: 2021
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 2.1 Km
Elevation: 128m
First trail built by the ETA. Featuring a moderate climb or easy decent and a breath taking view of Elkford at the Vantage Point. Corners are bermed and the trail is flowy for fun in the summer and winter.
Cowabunga!
Year Built: 2021
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 2 Km
Elevation: 75m
Second section of the first trail built by the ETA. Cowabunga! features a boardwalk through a unique dense wet area of forest that some know as the “Turtle Layer”. The trail runs on the ridge beside Lost Lake and provides an excellent view of the area. The trail is flowy for fun in the summer and winter.
Pizza Pizza!
Year Built: Re-purposed decommissioned logging road
Winter Groomed: Yes
Distance: 1.0 Km
Elevation: 64 m
Double track access to/from Turtle Power. Features a beautiful view spot with a picnic table and open concept double track trail.
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