Alberta Rockies Central (Banff & David Thompson)

Trails and Routes

Name Completion Time Distance Elev. Gain Avg. Grade
Great Divide (Caribou) 8 - 10 days 164.0 km 1400 m 0.7%
Sawback Trail 5 days 73.0 km
Brazeau Loop Trail 4 - 6 days 81.4 km 750 m 1.5%
Brewster Creek Trail 4 days 27.0 km 1020 m 7.6%
Marvel Pass & Lake Trails 4 days 46.0 km 465 m 2.0%
Castleguard Meadows Trail 3 days 35.0 km 535 m 3.1%
Johnston Creek Trail 3 days 50.6 km 915 m 3.6%
Upper Cascade Fire Road 3 days 56.0 km
Whistling Pass Loop 3 days 27.0 km
Alexandra River Trail 2 - 4 days 40.0 km 70 m 0.1%
Brazeau Lake Trail 2 - 3 days 36.0 km 457 m 1.9%
Carrot Creek Trail 2 - 3 days 46.0 km 640 m 2.8%
Great Divide (Glacier) 2 days 92.0 km
Great Divide (Meadow) 2 days 88.0 km
Lake of the Falls 2 - 3 days 16.5 km 800 m 9.7%
Mystic Lake Trail 2 days 20.0 km 315 m 3.2%
Red Deer River Trail 2 days 27.0 km
Rock Isle Lake Trail 2 days 5.0 km 110 m 4.4%
Yoho Valley/Iceline 2 - 3 days 37.3 km 670 m 3.6%
Glacier Lake (Southeast Lyell Glacier) 14 hours 40.0 km 85 m 0.4%
Aylmer Pass (To Aylmer Pass) 12 hours 27.0 km 803 m 5.9%
Dolomite Creek Trail 12 hours 22.3 km 670 m 4.9%
Elk Lake Trail 10 hours 27.0 km 565 m 3.1%
Lake Minnewanka Trail 10 hours 29.5 km 35 m 0.1%
Aylmer Pass (To Aylmer Lookout) 8 hours 23.4 km 570 m 4.9%
Divide Creek Trail 8 hours 26.0 km 625 m 2.4%
Forty Mile Trail 8 - 10 hours 21.5 km 536 m 2.3%
Hawk Creek Trail 8 hours 20.0 km 685 m 6.9%
Littlehorn Meadows 8 hours 22.0 km 1060 m 9.6%
Shadow Lake Trail 8 - 9 hours 28.0 km 440 m 3.1%
Dolomite Pass (Helen Lake) Trail 7 - 10 hours 19.0 km 600 m 6.3%
Caldron Lake 6.5 hours 16.0 km 555 m 4.1%
Cory Pass-Mt. Edith Circuit 6 hours 13.0 km 915 m 14.1%
Glacier Lake (Glacier Lake) 6 hours 18.0 km -15 m 0.2%
Goat Creek Trail 6 hours 19.0 km -300 m 1.6%
Headwater/Indianhead Creek 6 hours 19.0 km 475 m 2.5%
Panther River Trail 6 hours 15.0 km
Plain of Six Glaciers 6 hours 20.0 km 418 m 4.2%
Plain of Six Tea House 6 - 7 hours 10.6 km 340 m 6.4%
Sunset Pass 6 hours 16.0 km 765 m 9.6%
Twin Lakes Trail 6 hours 17.0 km 715 m 7.0%
Wenkchemna Pass 6 hours 20.0 km 712 m 7.1%
Badger Pass Trail (From Flints Park sawback Ck. Jct.) 5.2 hours 12.1 km 707 m 5.8%
Cascade Amphitheatre 5 hours 15.4 km 640 m 6.4%
Dormer Pass - River 5 hours 13.0 km 745 m 11.5%
Healy Pass Trail 5 - 6 hours 18.4 km 655 m 7.1%
Landslide Lake 5 hours 10.0 km 1150 m 11.5%
Lower Cascade Fire Road 5 hours 15.0 km 190 m 1.3%
Michelle Lakes 5 - 8 hours 11.0 km 1060 m 9.6%
Mystic Pass Trail 5 hours 12.0 km 560 m 3.5%
North Fork Pass Trail 5 hours 12.0 km 550 m 4.6%
Panorama Ridge Trail 5 hours 11.5 km 350 m 1.7%
Sulphur Mountain Trail 5 hours 11.0 km 700 m 12.7%
Arnica Lake Trail 4 hours 10.0 km 580 m 4.6%
Bourgeau Lake Trail 4 hours 12.0 km 749 m 12.5%
Edith Pass Trail 4 hours 10.0 km 520 m 10.4%
Egypt Lake Trail 4 hours 13.0 km 655 m 5.0%
Elkhorn Summit Trail 4 - 5 hours 13.5 km 486 m 3.6%
Fatigue Creek Trail 4 hours 11.0 km 775 m 7.0%
Johnston Canyon Trail (to Ink Pots) 4 hours 11.6 km 215 m 3.7%
North Cascade River Trail 4 hours 10.0 km 380 m 3.8%
Sentinel Pass-Mt Temple (Sentinel Pass) 4 hours 12.0 km 723 m 12.1%
Boom Lake Trail 3 hours 5.0 km 175 m 7.0%
Bow Summit Fire Lookout 3 hours 6.0 km 230 m 7.7%
Chephren Lake/Cirque Lake Trail 3 hours 5.0 km 105 m 4.2%
Crowfoot Pass Trail 3 hours 7.0 km 454 m 11.0%
Eisenhower Lookout Trail 3 - 4 hours 8.0 km 550 m 13.8%
Mount Rundle Trail 3 hours 10.0 km 470 m 9.4%
Badger Pass Trail (From Johnston Creek) 2.6 hours 5.1 km 499 m 9.8%
C Level Cirque 2.5 hours 7.8 km 455 m 11.7%
Rundle Riverside Trail 2.5 hours 8.4 km 135 m 1.6%
Wind Point 2.5 hours 11.0 km 427 m 7.5%
Bow Glacier Falls Trail 2 hours 4.7 km 95 m 4.0%
Castle Mountain Lookout 2 hours 4.0 km 550 m 27.5%
Ghost Lakes Trail 2 - 3 hours 7.5 km 144 m 1.9%
Lake Agnes Tea House 2 - 4 hours 7.0 km 408 m 11.7%
Lake Louise Shoreline Trail 2 hours 4.0 km 10 m 0.5%
Sentinel Pass-Mt Temple (Mt Temple) 2 - 3 hours 2.0 km 933 m 46.7%
Johnston Canyon Trail (to Upper Falls) 1.5 hours 5.4 km 135 m 5.0%
Sundance Canyon Trail 1.5 hours 2.0 km 145 m 14.5%
Boundary Lake Trail 1 hour 2.0 km 78 m 7.8%
Johnson Lake Trails 1 hour 3.0 km 20 m 1.3%
Redearth Pass Trail 1 hour 3.5 km 90 m 2.6%
Saddleback - Fairview Mountain (Saddleback Pass) 1 - 2 hours 3.7 km 600 m 16.2%
Tunnel Mountain Lookout 1 hour 5.0 km
Johnston Canyon Trail (to Lower Falls) 45 minutes 2.2 km 40 m 3.6%
Lower Bankhead 30 minutes 1.0 km 0 m 0.0%
Saddleback - Fairview Mountain (Fairview Lookout) 30 - 60 minutes 1.3 km 415 m 31.9%
Anthozoan Mountain
Brachiopod Mountain
Cascade Mountain
Castle Mountain
Cave Mountain
Cirque Peak
Cockscomb Mountain
Copper Mountain
Dolomite Peak
Mount Rundle
Ptarmigan Peak
Ptarmigan Peak
Smith Lake Trail 5.0 km
Spray River Loop 12.0 km
Stewart Canyon 2.8 km
Stoney Squaw Trail 5.0 km
Thompson Pass Trail 4.0 km
Tunnel Mountain - Hoodoo Loop 12.0 km