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DISPOSE OF WASTE PROPERLY. BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHER VISITORS.

1 Castle Junction Area - Map B 0.7 km one way, elevation gain 60 m, 1 hour round trip
All garbage must be packed out, including diapers, Special use restrictions and/or
Respect for others can go a long way toward
DAY HIKES IN closures may apply to trails in Trailhead: Parking lot on the north side of the Bow
sanitary napkins, tampons, food waste and foil. reducing conflicts. Move off the trail to allow horse the Aylmer Pass area from 14 Healy Pass Valley Parkway, 0.2 km east of Castle Junction
2 9.3 km one way, elevation gain 655 m, 6 - 7 hours round trip
BANFF NATIONAL PARK
parties to pass, and avoid sudden movements. mid-July to late October (Rockbound Lake Trailhead)
If you need to relieve yourself, select a spot well Trailhead: Follow the Trans-Canada Highway 7.4 km
Cyclists should dismount and walk their bicycles (dates dependent on berry Aylmer
away from trails and at least 100 m from water Pass
west of Mt. Norquay Interchange and turn off to the
when they encounter hikers or horse parties. season). Contact Parks
sources. To dispose of human waste, dig a hole 12 to 21 Rockbound Lake
Canada staff or our website right to get on the Sunshine Road. Follow this road for
8.4 km one way, elevation gain 760 m,
2007/08 16 cm deep with a stick, the heel of your boot or a
Mountain Biking for details. 9 km to the Sunshine Parking Lot.
6 - 7 hours round trip
small trowel. Make sure you reach the dark-coloured,

Cascade
Cycling is only permitted on designated bicycle Trailhead: Drive to the parking area on the north side
biologically active soil layer. Fill the hole with soil The trail begins at the far end of the parking area
trails. All other park trails are closed to bicycles. of the Bow Valley Parkway 0.2 km east of Castle
afterward and do not pack it down. Use as little toilet immediately behind the Sunshine gondola terminal.
Ask for the Banff and Lake Louise mountain biking Junction.
paper as possible. Pack out used toilet paper or burn After following the wide Sunshine ski-out trail for
brochures at an Information Centre.

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it if the fire hazard is not extreme. 3 800 m, it branches right, crosses Sunshine Creek and

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begins its ascent of Healy Creek.
LEAVE WHAT YOU FIND. 3.7 km one way, elevation gain 520 m,

Stewart
Canyon
Rocks, fossils, horns, antlers, wildflowers, nests and 3 - 4 hours round trip
D Half day hike (1 to 4 hours) 15 Bourgeau Lake
all other natural or historical objects are protected by Trailhead: Drive to parking lot on north side of Bow
7.4 km one way, elevation gain 725 m, 6 hours round trip
law. Leave them as you found them for others to Full day hike (4+ hours) Valley Parkway 5 km west of Castle Junction.
Trailhead: On the Trans-Canada Highway 13 km west
discover and enjoy. LAKE
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Castle Junction at the Vista Lake Viewpoint. Caution:
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Trailhead: From the Norquay Interchange drive west
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PLAN AHEAD AND BE PREPARED. Mil
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Mount Creek 7.4 km one way, elevation gain 715 m, 6 hours round trip
Check detailed trail descriptions in trail guide Edith Edith road 18 km to Johnston Canyon parking lot.
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Cory Mount No Stoney 26 Taylor Lake
Banff National Park. Norquay rq 11 Squaw 2.7 km one way, elevation gain 120 m, 2 hours round trip
ua 5 6.3 km, elevation gain 585 m, 4 - 5 hours round trip
*The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, 2007 y Mt. Johnson Trailhead: Same as Johnston Canyon Lower Falls.
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ad Lake Trailhead: On the Trans-Canada Highway 8 km west
(Brian Patton and Bart Robinson)
of Castle Junction at Taylor Creek Picnic area.
Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, 2003 19 Ink Pots Caution: There are no signs on the highway for this
(Graeme Pole) A NA
D A BANFF Hoodoos
5.8 km one way, elevation gain 215 m, 4 hours round trip
S-C trailhead. Use extreme caution when entering and
Backcountry Banff, 2001 and Hiking Lake Louise, 2005 AN Trailhead: Same as Johnston Canyon Lower Falls.
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Walks and Easy Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, 2004 ? 6 Tunnel 19a Ink Pots via Moose Meadows 27 O'Brien Lake
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5.9 km one way, elevation gain 215 m, 4 hours round trip
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Safety is your responsibility 13.3 km one way, elevation gain 810 m, 3 km loop, no elevation gain, one hour round trip right at the first intersection. Drive 4 km on Mountain Red Mt.
8 - 9 hours round trip Trailhead: Johnson Lake picnic area. Trail follows the Avenue to the Upper Hot Springs parking lot. If Radium

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be out all day. Surface water can be contaminated Trailhead: Same as Aylmer Pass. Surprise Corner (parking for the Bow Falls

with Giardia, an intestinal parasite.
TRAVEL ON DURABLE SURFACES.
Please take the extra steps and stay on the trail.
Shortcutting between trail switchbacks damages the
soil and plant life, and causes erosion and trail
maintenance problems.
*Trail details and trailhead descriptions for this brochure
are courtesy of Brian Patton.
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13 km loop, elevation gain 915 m,
Viewpoint), a distance of about 1.2 km. 11 Stoney Squaw Mountain 6 hours round trip
3 Stewart Canyon 2.1 km one way, elevation gain 190 m, 2 hours round trip
Trailhead: The Fireside Picnic Area
1.4 km one way, no elevation gain, 1 hour round trip 8 Spray River Loop Trailhead: Just inside the main parking lot for Mount
at the eastern end of the Bow Valley
Trailhead: Same as Aylmer Pass. The Canyon trail 14.9 km round trip, elevation gain 65 m, Norquay ski area.
Parkway. Follow a 1 km access road
becomes faint after several km. 3 - 4 hours round trip from the parkway to the picnic area.
Trailhead: Follow Spray Avenue from the Bow River 12 Cascade Amphitheatre
4 C-Level Cirque bridge to the Banff Springs Hotel. Go past the hotel 7.7 km one way, elevation gain 640 m, 6 hours round trip This is one of the most difficult hikes in Banff
3.9 km one way, elevation gain 455 m, 3 hours round trip parkade to the trailhead parking lot. Follow the Spray Trailhead: From the Mount Norquay area main parking National Park for strong hikers with good route
Trailhead: From the Minnewanka Interchange on the River fireroad upstream for 7 km to a footbridge, lot, walk past the ski lodge, then continue past the finding skills. Return from Cory Pass by making a C Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
cross the river and return downstream along the east loop around Mount Edith and descending the Edith
Trans-Canada Highway, take the Lake Minnewanka Cascade, Spirit and Mystic chairlifts where there is a Catalogue No: R63-243/2007E
ISBN: 978-0-662-46732-8
Road 3.5 km to the Upper Bankhead picnic area. side of the valley to Banff Springs Golf Course Road. trail sign. Pass trail. Check a trail guide for detailed directions.
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COLUMBIA RESPECT AND KEEP WILDLIFE WILD YOU ARE IN BEAR COUNTRY!
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Ptarmigan 61 Park animals are wild and can be dangerous. Any • Make noise! Let bears know you're there–call out,
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Lake Redoubt
Lake and at least 100 m away from bears. Do not feed • Travel in groups, on established paths and trails,
Whitehorn COLUMBIA Mount 60 wildlife. Feeding, touching, or harassing wildlife and during daylight hours.
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in a national park is illegal, dangerous, harmful to • Keep food smells away from bears by properly
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Sentinel This trail makes a gradual ascent along Mosquito Creek
HORSESHOE Pinnacle Pass Trailhead: Viewpoint near boathouse on shore of
GLACIER Mt. for 7 km to a trail junction. Here, hikers have a choice of 56 Glacier Lake
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Wenkchemna Lakes 12.5 km to Paradise Valley Trailhead, elevation gain 6.0 km one way, elevation gain 455 m, 4 - 5 hours round trip 6 - 7 hours round trip 224 Banff Avenue, Banff, AB
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595 m, elevation loss 576 m, 5 - 6 hours total trip Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the Crowfoot Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the Norman Tel: (403) 762-1556 Fax: (403) 762-1551
KCH Trailhead: Same as for Saddleback.
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Babel junction; trailhead across highway from viewpoint. River Crossing Service Centre. Trailhead parking is on
PARADISE VALLEY TRAILHEAD Parks Canada
Lake Louise Area - Map C Follow the Moraine Lake Road for 2.5 km to a 51 Dolomite Pass
the open flat to the east of the highway just below the
bridge. Lake Louise Information Centre
parking lot on the right hand side. Paradise Valley 9.0 km one way, elevation gain 550 m, 6 - 7 hours round trip Samson Mall, Village of Lake Louise, AB
29 Boulder Pass UPPER LAKE LOUISE TRAILHEAD trail was rerouted in 2006. Trailhead: Same as Helen Lake. From the high ridge 58 Sunset Lookout Tel: (403) 522-3833 Fax: (403) 522-1212
8.6 km to pass, elevation gain 640 m, above Helen Lake, strong hikers can descend to the 4.5 km one way, elevation gain 390 m, Email: LL.Info@pc.gc.ca
33 Lake Agnes
6 - 7 hours round trip 40 Lake Annette shores of Katherine Lake and then make a short climb 3 - 4 hours round trip
3.4 km one way, elevation gain 385 m, 2.5 hours round trip Banff National Park Home Page:
Trailhead: From the village drive towards the ski 5.7 km one way, elevation gain 245 m, l.5 hours one way to the summit of Dolomite Pass, 3.0 km farther. Trailhead: Same as Sunset Pass. At the junction 2.9 km
Trailhead: From Lake Louise shoreline trail, in front of www.pc.gc.ca/banff
area, turn at signs for Fish Creek Parking area, up the Sunset Pass trail, branch left 1.6 km to the old
Chateau Lake Louise continue up to Teahouse.
follow gravel road for 1 km to parking lot on south 41 Paradise Valley & Giant Steps 52 Bow Glacier Falls Sunset Lookout.
Side trip: Big Beehive Banff National Park Trail Report
side. 10 km one way, elevation gain 385 m, 7 hours round trip 4.6 km one way, elevation gain 155 m, 3 hours round trip
1.6 km one way, elevation gain 135 m from Lake Agnes Recorded Message: (403) 760-1305
Side trip: Little Beehive Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the 59 Nigel Pass
Park Radio: 101.1 FM
30 Bow River Loop 1 km one way, elevation gain 105 m from Lake Agnes 42 Paradise Valley / Larch Valley Num-ti-jah Lodge access road, on the west side of the 7.2 km one way, elevation gain 365 m, 5 hours round trip
Web page: www.pc.gc.ca/banff
7.1 km round trip, no elevation gain, 17 km total distance, elevation gain 880 m, 7.5 hours highway 36 km north of the Lake Louise junction. The Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to a parking
2.5 hours round trip 34 trailhead kiosk is 400 m down this access road. area 113.5 km north of the Lake Louise junction and
Lake Louise Lakeshore Environment Canada Weather Forecast
Trailhead: Parking lot opposite the Lake Louise 2.5 km north of the "Big Bend" switchback; parking
train station (restaurant).
2 km one way, no elevation gain, 1 hour round trip MORAINE LAKE TRAILHEAD area on northeast side of highway.
Recorded Phone Message: (403) 762-2088
Trailhead: In front of the Chateau Lake Louise
53 Chephren Lake Park Radio: 101.1 FM
43 Larch Valley 3.5 km one way, elevation gain 80 m, 3 hours round trip Web page: www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca
31 Louise Creek 2.8 km one way, elevation gain 465 m, 3 hours round trip Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the 60 Parker Ridge
35 Plain of Six Glaciers Waterfowl Lakes Campground, 57.5 km north of the
2.8 km, elevation gain 195 m, 1 hour one way Trailhead: 100 m past Moraine Lake Lodge, along 2.7 km one way, elevation gain 250 m, For purchasing topo maps and guidebooks
5.3 km one way, elevation gain 365 m, 4 hours round trip
Trailhead: From the Samson Mall parking lot walk lakeshore. A 2.4 km trail switchbacking steeply Lake Louise junction. Enter the campground and stay 3 hours round trip contact:
Trailhead: Follow the Lake Louise Shoreline trail to
along Lake Louise Drive to a bridge crossing the through the forest to a junction high on the north right, skirting around the northern edge of the facility to Trailhead: Parking area on the west side of the The Friends of Banff National Park
the back of the lake and continue on to Teahouse.
Bow River. Cross the bridge and then look for the slope of the Valley of the Ten Peaks. From the the trail kiosk. From the Chephren-Cirque junction, the Icefields Parkway, 4 km south of the Banff-Jasper 224 Banff Avenue, Banff, AB
Option: Connect the Lake Agnes and Plain of Six
trailhead on the downstream side of the bridge. junction it is another 0.4 km uphill to Larch Valley. trail to Chephren Lake branches right. boundary. Tel: (403) 762-8918
Glaciers trails, via the Highline trail, to form a 14.6 km
loop. 5 hours round trip. Fax: (403) 762-2933
32 Tramline 44 Sentinel Pass 54 Cirque Lake 61 Wilcox Pass Home Page: www.friendsofbanff.com
4.5 km, elevation gain 195 m, 1.5 hours one way 36 Fairview Lookout 5.8 km one way, elevation gain 725 m, 5 hours round trip 4.2 km one way, elevation gain 150 m, 3 hours round trip 4 km one way, elevation gain 335 m, 4 hours round trip
Trailhead: From the Station restaurant a 3% grade 1 km one way, elevation gain 100m, 1 hour round trip Trailhead: Same as Larch Valley. Follow up steep Trailhead: Same as Chephren Lake. From the Trailhead: 3.1 km south of the Icefield Centre on the In case of an EMERGENCY, phone 911.
follows the old narrow gauge railway bed to the Trailhead: Same as for Saddleback. Follow the switchbacks to this 2611 m pass. Sentinel Pass is Chephren-Cirque junction, the trail to Cirque Lake Icefields Parkway at the entrance to the Wilcox Creek
Chateau Lake Louise. Saddleback trail for 0.3 km then branch right. 3 km beyond Larch Valley. branches left. campground in Jasper National Park.