Why this ride
Open upland riding with long sight lines and varied gradients. It also links naturally to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 105 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 19
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check provincial road reports, wildfire closures, ferries and fuel range. Specific flag: gravel; weather.
Seasonal context
May-Sep
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Medicine Hat
Rudyard Kipling passed through Medicine Hat in 1907 and described it as having all hell for a basement, a reference to the huge reserves of natural gas beneath the town. The gas was so plentiful that the city kept its street lamps burning day and night for years because it was cheaper than paying someone to turn them off, and it still calls itself the Gas City. Today Medicine Hat is a busy prairie city of more than sixty thousand people in the valley of the South Saskatchewan River, surrounded by dry grassland and deep coulees.
Read the complete Medicine Hat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Medicine Hat sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Maple Creek.
2. Maple Creek
They call Maple Creek the Old Cow Town, and the nickname fits. This small Saskatchewan town of about two thousand people grew up in the 1880s as a ranching centre when the Canadian Pacific Railway came through, and cattle are still the backbone of the local economy. The main street has old brick buildings, a western-wear store and a museum full of ranching history, and on a quiet afternoon it feels like the place has not changed much in a century.
Read the complete Maple Creek write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Maple Creek comes up 105 km in.