Peter Lougheed Provincial Park

Alberta Parks

Trails

A Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required to park your vehicle in Kananaskis and the Bow Valley.
    • Hiking opportunities range from barrier-free trails to high alpine backcounty adventures. Some trails provide access to Banff National Park and Elk Lakes Provincial Park in B.C. 
    • Bicyclists can enjoy more than 12 kms of paved trails. Mountain bikers will find a number of challenging trails open for their use.
    • Elbow Lake Trail provides access to trails in Elbow and Sheep valleys. It is the only trail in the park that is open to equestrian users.
    • In winter, there are more than 85 kms of groomed cross-country ski trails in the Kananaskis Lakes area, as well as 30 kms in the Smith-Dorrien Trails System.
Trail Length Season Permitted Activities (Legend) Status
1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition Interpretive

June 19th: Snow free. Downed trees have been cleared.

2.1 km Summer Only Hiking Open
Bill Benson

June 18th: Snow free.

0.7 km one-way Summer Only Wheelchair Accessible Hiking Open
Black Prince Cirque Interpretive

Note: The Blackshale Creek Suspension Bridge is NOT accessed from this trail.

 

4.2 km Summer Only Hiking Open
Intermediate Boulton Creek 2.2 km one-way Winter Only Hiking Cross Country Skiing Warning
Braille 2.2 km Winter Only Cross Country Skiing Open
Burstall Pass

June 27th: The lower portion of trail is snow free with snow patches becoming progressively deeper with elevation, with the some completely snow bound sections near border. Creek levels will be very high.

Note: Bikes permitted on first 2.9 km of trail ONLY.

7.4 km one-way Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
Burstall Pass (Backcountry) km Winter Only Cross Country Skiing Open
Chester Lake

Chester Lake: Annual closure in place for Chester Lake until Jun 29 to allow area to dry and prevent damage to trail.

June 19th: Snow free and downed trees removed. Lake is ice free. Sign changeover complete

4.6 km one-way Summer Only Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Closed
Elbow Lake

June 27th: Significant amount of water on the trails around the lake.

1.4 km one-way Summer Only Hiking Horseback Riding - Equestrian OHVing Open
Elk Pass

June 27th: Snow free. Some sections are muddy.

5.6 km Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
Highwood Meadows

Closed for construction

0.6 km one-way Summer Only Wheelchair Accessible Hiking Closed
Kananaskis Canyon Interpretive

Closed: Stream crossings washed away by penstock/dam construction. Trail is impassable and is closed indefinitely.

0.8 km Summer Only Hiking Closed
Lookout

June 24th: Snow covered. Downed trees have been removed.

1.7 km Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
Lower Lake Interpretive 0.5 km one-way Summer Only Hiking Open
Maude-Lawson

June 26th: Snow patches remain at higher elevations. Downed trees have been removed.

Note: This trail has been redirected just west of Forks for access to Turbine Canyon.

7.5 km Summer Only Hiking Open
Intermediate Meadow

Trackset from Elkwood to the Visitor Centre on April 9th. The remainder was trackset on April 2nd.

4.0 km Winter Only Cross Country Skiing Open
Peter Lougheed Paved

 

 

12.1 km one-way Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
Pocaterra

June 24th: Snow covered along two thirds of the trail. Downed trees have been removed.

Note: This is not the undesignated Pocaterra Ridge or Cirque route.

9.9 km one-way Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
Ptarmigan Cirque Interpretive

June 27th: Expect the trail to be wet and slippery.

Parking lot at Highwood Meadows closed for construction.

4.5 km Summer Only Hiking Warning
Rawson Lake 3.9 km one-way Summer Only Hiking Open
Rock Glacier Interpretive 0.15 km one-way Summer Only Hiking Open
Rockwall 0.5 km Summer Only Wheelchair Accessible Hiking Open
Rolly Road Training Grid

Six sets of tracks set.

 

km Winter Only Cross Country Skiing Open
Intermediate Spruce Road 0.8 km Year-Round Wheelchair Accessible Hiking Cross Country Skiing Open
Difficult Three Isle Lake

June 27th: Mostly snow free. One large patch of snow is present at the top of the headwall. Downed trees have been removed.

Note: Bikes only permitted to Invincible Creek, 3.8 km from trailhead

10.2 km Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
Upper Lake 15.7 km Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
Whiskey Jack 3.9 km one-way Summer Only Hiking OHVing Open
William Watson Lodge Access 0.6 km one-way Year-Round Wheelchair Accessible Hiking OHVing Cross Country Skiing Open
Peninsula 0.4 km Summer Only Hiking Open
Tailwater Snowshoe 1.9 km Winter Only Fat Biking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
Frozen Toad Loop Snowshoe 8.1 km Winter Only Fat Biking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
Torpor Loop 6.1 km Winter Only Winter Hiking Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
South Sawmill Loop 2.8 km Winter Only Winter Hiking Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
William Watson Lodge Connector

May 6th: Mainly snow covered. Sign changeover complete.

0.7 km Winter Only Winter Hiking Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
Boulton Creek Interpretive 4.9 km Summer Only Hiking Warning
Marl Lake Interpretive

June 24th: Downed trees have been removed. 

1.5 km for loop Summer Only Wheelchair Accessible Hiking Open
Lower Lake 3.5 km one-way Summer Only Hiking Open
High Rockies (Winter)

Note: Between Nov. 1 and May 1 the trail is closed through the Buller Slide Path due to Highway Avalanche Control.

63.0 km Goat Creek to Peninsula Day Use Winter Only Winter Hiking Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
High Rockies (Summer)

Note: Hiker-cyclist camping allowed at select day use areas only from Jun 1 - Sep 20. See details.

 

63.0 km Goat Creek to Peninsula Day Use; 80.0 km Goat Creek to Elk Pass Summer Only Dog Sledding Hiking OHVing Open