Burn Your Battery: E-Bike Lap Pass at Toby Creek Adventures, Panorama BC

Toby Creek Adventures’ E-Bike Burn Your Battery Pass at Panorama, British Columbia, flips the mountain-bike day into a physics problem: how many laps can you squeeze out before the battery quits? Located at Toby Creek Adventures • 2213 Toby Creek Rd, Panorama, BC V0A 1T0, Canadatttt, the pass pairs hourly shuttles with a network of freeride trails that drop through dense lodgepole forests into open, wind-scoured benches. The ride up is a twenty-minute shuttle along a service road shared with the resort’s ATV and SxS program, conducted by a staff sweep on radio; the ride down is a sustained, flowy descent of berms, rollers, and intermediate tabletop jumps designed to reward repetition. On weekends and select Fridays and holiday Mondays the E-laps run hourly between 10 am and 4 pm; when you book, you pick the hour you’ll start your first lap. Riders accompany the trail sweep to the trailhead and are free to descend on subsequent laps until the e-bike battery expires. That structure makes this pass perfect for riders who want to focus on skill progression—cornering, pump-line timing, and clean jump technique—without hauling gear uphill or waiting for long lift cycles. Trail soils are typical of the Kootenay Rockies: fir- and pine-lined singletrack over compacted loam with occasional exposed roots and bedrock. Above treeline, short alpine benches open toward the Columbia Valley, offering clear sightlines that make lining up features and photographing runs easy. The e-bike format lowers the barrier to repeated practice while retaining the physical feedback riders need to refine technique; that blend makes Toby Creek a standout in a region better known for winter resorts. Safety and logistics are straightforward: all riders must sign a liability waiver, wear helmets, and follow the mountain bike responsibility code; knee and elbow protection is recommended. Because the shuttle road is shared with motorized programs, only staff-accompanied groups may ride to the trailhead. Bookings and questions go through the reservations team at 1-888-357-4449 or [email protected]. For visiting riders, the Burn Your Battery pass converts a single day into a focused skills clinic and a high-energy playground. It’s raw, efficient fun—equal parts endurance and technique practice—set against clear Kootenay light and a trail crew that keeps the laps coming. Because laps are easy to repeat, riders build confidence on features they’d normally hit once from a lift. The program is ideal for intermediate riders moving toward advanced lines and for e-bike-curious riders who want lift-style mileage without a chairlift. Expect changing trail character through the day as sun dries exposed sections and dust settles in shaded corners. Parking, check-in, and shuttle departures are run from the Toby Creek base area; bring a battery, tools, and a first-aid kit for safety.