Local Sports

If you’re reading the classic print edition of this story, there is a good chance you’re spoiled with opportunity for adventure outside your door.

Canmore has won the right to host the 2017 Canadian Cross Country Ski National Championships, which will bring 650 athletes and 75 clubs to the Bow Valley for 10 days of ski racing.

Canmore Illusions boys gymnastics coach Kelly Mock recently returned from the 2015 PanAm Games in Toronto following a thrilling stint as a judge and apparatus secretary.

Alex Ferrer defeated Ron Barlot of Calgary 7-5, 6-3 to clinch the Canmore Cup Men's Open tennis title, Sunday (July 19) at Veterans Park.

An Olympic downhill skier and a budding mountain biker are the 2015 24 Hours of Adrenalin solo champions, after action last weekend (July 18-19).

As volunteer groups and Alberta Parks employees tackle an endless tangle of illegal trails constructed through local wildlife corridors, the province is encouraging builders to propose new routes through the Kananaskis Country Trails Committee.

Rundle Mountain Cycling Club road races provide more than top level competition for experienced riders; it’s also fertile ground for the next generation of Bow Valley athletes to blossom.

Climbing enthusiasts have flocked to the Canadian Rockies for generations, and now the Canmore Climbing Festival will launch at the Canmore Civic Centre next Friday (July 24) at 6 p.m., featuring talks from three big names in the sport.

Midway through an unrelenting 116-kilometre Rundle Mountain Bike Fest road race, Colin Croston had his dark moment of the soul.

The unstoppable Emiko Osborne led the Bow Valley Riptides with a pair of provincial silver medals from the 2015 Speedo Age Group and Senior Championships in Edmonton last weekend.