Columbia and Western Rail Trail

Trestles and tunnels! Castlegar to Christina lake!

Recently got to ride the old rail bed from castlegar to Christina lake with my wife and her uncle and aunt! The first day was from the gate to Farron station and was full of stories and history from t...

Columbia & Western Rail trail

Just finished the trail from Castlegar to Midway, breaking it up into sections at a time. If you've done the KVR and enjoyed that you'll want to check this out. Scenery is spectacular, particularly b...

Scenic Biking

The Columbia & Western between Christina Lake and Castlegar is some of the most scenic, and unused, rail trail you're ever going to find. It does require some tire width although most of the really ...

Rails to trails

August 11,2017. Well!! W started a rly left the KOOTNEY River campsite at am. And once we found our way, Up to the first tresses the ride was fine. Not to steep and hard packed gravel. But as we w...

Absolutely the most awesome rail trail

I've explored two sections of this amazing trail. The Castlegar trail up to a trestle is currently being upgraded and they are working very hard to get this section fixed up. Everyone here are very ...