(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

By Nathaniel Leigh

Community

AB4960 fundraising bike ride passes through Grande Prairie

Aug 29, 2025 | 2:25 PM

A group of bicyclists travelling across Alberta and raising funds for Alberta Search and Rescue stopped in Grande Prairie Thursday, Aug. 28.

The five riders participating in the AB4960 ride stopped at the Montrose Cultural Centre for a photo op and to meet with members of Grande Prairie Technical Search and Rescue.

(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

Organizer Keith Pushor says the trip originally started as just an adventure for friends, but they decided to make it a fundraising event to give it extra meaning.

(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

The riders have been traveling from the forty-ninth parallel to the sixtieth while raising funds, traveling 1,800 km in one week by riding 10-14 hours per day.

Pushor says it has been ana amazing experience, even with the physical challenges the group has faced.

(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

He says they have a mix of skill levels, from two heavy cyclists, to two that hadn’t ridden a bike much at all before 2025.

(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

(Photo Credit: Everything GP Staff/Nathaniel Leigh)

Click Here to track the riders as they approach the conclusion of their journey, and Here to assist with their fundraising initiatives.