Local Sports

The best local road riders will face off against the best Alberta has to offer as part of the first Rundle Mountain Cycling Club stage race in Canmore, this weekend (July 14-15).

Score quickly. Score often. Hold on. The formula is hardly foolproof, however, at the dawn of another Bow Valley Soccer League season, it’s usually enough.

Where else in this nation does a Canada Day Fun Run attract dozens of prospective Olympians bent on crushing a meandering 8 km course in less than 27 minutes? Only in Canmore, you say? Budding ski star Graeme Killick’s 26:31 8 km run was fast enough

With Canada Day out of the way, sports fans can once again focus on what’s truly important to the nation: hockey. The Canmore Eagles unveiled their 2012-2013 schedule, which will include 19 weekend home games.

Of the 500 hikers who ascended Ha Ling Peak Saturday morning, none was more determined than Richard Guy. Reaching the trailhead at 4:15 a.m.

The Canmore Indoor Climbing Society has cancelled its plan to operate the former Vsion climbing gym after it failed to reach a suitable agreement with the building’s landlord.

Alpine Canada continues to retool its coaching staff as it named Kurt Mayr as the new ladies alpine speed coach.

The Bow Valley bursts with racing bibs and timing chips at this time of year. A glut of challenges with catchy names offers up severe physical tests for all sorts.

In the grand canon of Rocky Mountain adventures, few rival the scope of the Great Divide trek from Jasper to Lake Louise.

Nicole Forshner and several of the world’s most promising young golfers are coming to Canmore to participate in the second annual women’s invitational Pro-Am at Stewart Creek on July 26 to 28.