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As someone who may be described as a "tour de france wannabe" I ride through fish creek everyday on my commute but stay away from the congested parts of path (Carburn Park). I ride the Angels section from time to time but often I'll just ride memorial instead, way to busy and too much hassle to ride through there.
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Cyclists riding on Memorial is definitely not a solution anyone wants here (also, as a side note, can we drop the MAMIL and pathlete bull#### -- we don't put down runners as "boston marathon wannabes" -- people like to be active in different ways and that's OK.
This is a popular and congested area with infrastructure that hasn't been updated in decades. The use has changed, the city needs to update the infrastructure but they won't because it only costs $2M and needs to be approved by every stakeholder compared to $20M for a highway overpass that sails through committee.
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That's on my list. Did you do it as a day trip? Any advice?
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BTW more details on Going to the Sun -- it was still closed to cars (opens June 15, similar to Highwood)... would be a tight squeeze with cars, would not recommend lol.
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- we stayed in Whitefish which was a little far but livelier for post-ride, I'd probably aim to stay closer next time.
- we parked just before the avalanche trailhead. there was construction and the road was super potholed before that, otherwise you could easily park further away for a longer ride.
- they introduced a parking permit system this year... you need a visitor pass ($35, good for a week), and also a parking permit ($2, limited quantities, purchased seperately). parking permits were sold out by the time we looked and you can't buy them at the gate. workaround was to "rent" a kayak and not pick it up though haha.
- regional bikeways around whitefish looked great -- will have to explore those another time!