Crowsnest AB to Fernie BC

An enjoyable early morning spin to the top of the continental divide, which also marks the provincial border between Alberta and British Columbia. Our journey could conceivably stop right here, given that we’ve found ‘The Best Place on Earth’.

From the top of the pass, it’s a downhill ride thru coal mining country (the best Coal on Earth?) to the town of Sparwood, which claims to have the world’s largest truck.

There are plenty of trucks rumbling down Canada’s Crowsnest highway, but thankfully I’ve not encountered one this size. Experiencing a sudden fear of large motorized vehicles, I left the highway in Sparwood and traversed down the picturesque Elk Valley Trail.

While I unfortunately didn’t see Pixie the missing cat, I did see plenty of Elk… confirming that this single-track trail is well named. Oh, and I also found Sasquatch.

Fernie, our destination town this day, is a bustling ski village in winter and a mountain biking mecca in the summer. Good to see more bikes than cars in the quaint downtown streets.

We’ve got a well-deserved rest day in Fernie, then we head for the US border into Montana.