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New Trails in BC: A 2025 Roundup

Everyone loves a new trail, especially at the time of year when more people are heading outside. In this 2025 roundup of new trails in BC, we bring you everything from hiking trails to bike parks, all places you can explore in or around your community.

Our province’s vast trail network is managed by hundreds of different organizations, many of which are in small communities that may not get as much attention as the big cities. While this list shouldn’t be considered comprehensive, it’s the very best we could put together from sources around the web.

While it’s tempting to talk about what’s being built next, most new trails can’t be promoted until they’re fully built and opened, due to insurance and liability concerns. For that reason, this roundup focuses on trails you can hike today.

Mountain Biking Trails

Mountain biking trails often include technical features to make them more challenging. While most of them are also hiking trails, be alert for fast-moving bikes and always step out of the way for anything bigger or speedier than you.

Hope—First Blood Trail. This trail was named after the Rambo movie of the same name that was filmed in Hope in the early 1980s. Located in the Hope Community Forest, this 5-kilometre-long downhill mountain bike trail is rated black diamond.

Whistler—South Coaster Adaptive Trail. Located in Alice Lake Provincial Park, this adaptive mountain bike trail was built with differently-abled folks in mind. Wide, smooth, and fun, it can accommodate specialized biking equipment.

North Vancouver—East Cypress Climb. Connecting the switchback of Cypress Bowl Road, this uphill mountain biking trail is not only a new construction, but also a reconstruction of parts of the Old Forks Trail.

Langford—Flipside Trail. The newest addition to the Gravity Zone and Nature Trails Park is an intermediate-level trail that incorporates jumps and other features.

Bike Parks

Bike parks are all the rage in communities around the province, providing outdoor recreation for kids, skills training, and all-around fun. For the province’s newest fee-based bike parks, see the Fee-Based Activities below.

Lake Country—Lake Country Bike Park. Built for beginners and seasoned pros alike, this new bike park features flowy loops, jumps, and pump tracks.

Hiking and Walking Trails

Squamish—Watersprite Lake to Dreadnaught Col. New connections and improvements have enhanced access between Dreadnaught Col and the popular Watersprite Lake area. These updates help disperse traffic while opening up additional alpine hiking options above Squamish.

Mission—Roli Poli Oli. Stave West Forest & Recreation Area’s newest trail links Rolley Lake to Devil’s Lake. At 2.7 kilometres long, Roli Poli Oli makes it possible to piece together a roughly 10-kilometre hike around both lakes.

Bamfield—Bamfield Majestic Old Growth Trail. This new trail begins along South Bamfield Road and extends approximately 1.85 kilometres, linking into an existing logging road network. The first kilometre is wide and gravelled, transitioning into a narrower walking trail that winds through old-growth forest.

Fee-Based Activities

Some of BC’s newest trail experiences require paid access, often supporting ongoing maintenance and operations.

North Vancouver—Grouse Mountain Bike Park. Accessible by chairlift, Grouse’s bike park offers downhill trails with sweeping views over Vancouver and Burrard Inlet.

Rossland—Red Mountain Bike Park. Lift-accessed riding at Red Mountain brings alpine terrain and professionally built trails to the Rossland area.

Squamish—Squamish Canyon. A pay-to-access hiking experience featuring ladders, viewpoints, and canyon terrain just outside Squamish.

Not New, But Improved (And Highly Anticipated)

While not brand new, several major trail projects were completed or reopened in 2025 after years of closures, repairs, or upgrades:

  • Berg Lake Trail reopens after extensive flood damage repairs.
  • Othello Tunnels in Hope fully reopens to the public after flood damage in 2021.
  • Hayward Lake Loop is reconnected by a new floating bridge.
  • Shoreline Trail in Port Moody gains new boardwalk sections.
  • Wedge Creek Bridge is replaced on the Numb Trail in Whistler.
  • Inland Lake Trail in Powell River gets a long-awaited bridge replacement, reconnecting the loop.
  • Holt Creek Trestle Rail is restored on the Cowichan Valley Trail.
  • Holland Creek Trail opens a new section in the Cowichan Valley.

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