Biking and Blading
Mountain biking is big in the park, with plenty of rental places around town . One of the cheapest outlets is Bactrax Bike Rentals, 225 Bear St (daily 8am-8pm; tel 762-8177), where rentals work out at $6-12 an hour or $22-42 a day for mountain bikes, $8 an hour or $30 a day for road bikes: rates include helmet, lock and water bottle. The company also has easy bike tours from one to four hours ($15 per hour, including bike) on paved routes around Sundance Canyon and Vermilion Lakes. More ambitious rides on the Icefields and Bow Valley parkways or around Moraine Lake can be arranged in Lake Louise at the Chateau Lake Louise hotel through Cycling the Rockies (tel 522-2211; groups of six or more, $69 per person half-day, $109 full day). If you're exploring on a bike under your own steam, pick up the Trail Bicycling Guide from the infocentre, which outlines some of the dedicated cycling trails: the best known are Sundance (3.7km one-way); Rundle Riverside (8km one-way); Cascade Trail (9km one-way); and the Spray River Loop (4.3km). Bactrax is also one of four places in town who rent out rollerblades (the paved Sundance Canyon Trail near the Cave and Basin centre is a popular run); prices start at $3 an hour. The other outlets are Ski Stop branches at the Banff Springs Hotel (tel 762-5333) and 203a Bear St (tel 760-1650; $6 an hour) and Performance Sports, 220 Bear St (tel 762-8222; $20 a day).
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