

Crew leader
Clare McCann

Clare is known as the Director of STOKE. Biking is her job, her lifestyle, and a bit of an obsession. She is one seriously passionate mountain bike rider; instructor; guide; business owner; trail builder; snow dogger; bike festival volunteer; MTB enduro teamer and world traveler (bike trips, of course!)She owns and operates Bikescape Mountain Bike and Winter Adventures in Banff, AB - the first and ONLY MTB operator, licensed in Banff National Park. Clare hosts the MTB Social Club - a weekly, ladies social ride, set at a pace where we have a blast and catch up on the news, current events with all the fun of riding bikes!
She is the President of the Bow Valley Mountain Bike Alliance (BVMBA), Member and volunteer for the Canmore and Area Mountain Bike Association (CAMBA), on the Board of Directors for Association for Mountain Parks, Protection and Enjoyment (AMPPE) and much more….
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