Banff Area parkscanada.gc.ca 1 Johnson Lake 0 1 2 DAY HIKES IN Kilometres 3 km loop; no elevation gain; 1 hour round trip BANFF NATIONAL PARK Two Trailhead: Johnson Lake picnic area. Jack BANFF, Lake LAKE MINNEWANKA AND BOW VALLEY AREAS 4.2 km 6 Cascade 2 Fenland Trail 2.1 km loop; no elevation gain; 1 hour round trip Trailhead: Fenland Trail parking lot. 1 1.6 km Johnson Lake 1.4 km 3 Bow River / Hoodoos River Road 4.2 km one way; 60 m elevation gain; 3 hour round trip Canmore Calgary Trailhead: Surprise Corner parking lot on Buffalo Street. Lake Minnewanka River 4 Spray River Loop E Cascade 11.4 km round trip; 65 m elevation gain; 3 - 4 hour round trip Cover photo: Healy Pass area Trailhead: Spray River loop parking lot behind the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Cascade Mountain BANFF 2998 m 9836’ AREA RIVER Plan Ahead and Be Prepared G Remember, you are responsible for your 5 Sundance Canyon own safety 4.3 km to end of pavement, plus 1.2 km loop through canyon; 145 m elevation gain; 3 hour round trip Trailhead: Cave and Basin parking lot. 6 C-Level Cirque 4.2 km one way; 455 m elevation gain; 3 hour round trip Trailhead: The Upper Bankhead day-use area is 3.5 km from the 3 Mount Rundle Trans-Canada Highway on the Lake Minnewanka road. BOW Stoney Squaw 2949 m Mountain 4.2 km 9675’ 1868 m Forty Mile Creek 6129’ Tunnel Mountain 7 Tunnel Mountain 1650 m 5410’ Stay on maintained trails 2.1 km 2.4 km one way; 260 m elevation gain; 2 hour round trip 11 Trailhead: Located on St. Julien Road near The Banff Centre. 7.1 km 7 10 2.0 km 0.6 km Leave what you find, and take what you bring 1.1 km H 4.3 km 8 Upper Hot Springs A 2 1.1 km one way; 170 m elevation gain; 1 hour one way 0.7 km 4 4.9 km Trailhead: Spray River Loop parking lot behind the Banff Springs. 8 First 0.6 km 1.1 km Vermilion Lake F Cave Ave Backcountry Mountain Ave C 9 Sulphur Mountain Second Vermilion B 5.5 km to top of gondola, plus 0.5 km to Sanson Peak; Lake 5.5 km 655 m elevation gain; 3 - 4 hour round trip 1.5 km 1.5 Trailhead: Banff Upper Hot Springs parking lot at the end of 1.3 km Random camping Mountain Avenue. Drive Sanson Peak 9 2256 m 0.5 km 7402’ Lakes Sulphur Mountain Cycling 2451 m RIVER 8042’ Vermilion 10 Stoney Squaw Mountain Third 2.1 km one way; 190 m elevation gain; 2 hour round trip Vermilion 3.1 km Lake 5 Legend Hot Springs Fishing Trailhead: Mount Norquay ski area parking lot. Hiking Trail Horse Stables BOW 3.0 km 1.2 km Highway Train and Bus Station 8.1 km 19 Road Hospital 1.1 km Park Boundary Gondola 11 Cascade Amphitheatre Park Information Centre A Banff Park Museum 7.7 km one way; 640 m elevation gain; 6 hour round trip Backcountry Campground B Cave and Basin Trailhead: Mt. Norquay ski area parking lot. Campground C Sulphur Mountain Gondola D Lake Minnewanka Warden Office RCMP E Cascade Ponds Viewpoint F Vermilion Lakes Parking G Hoodoos Viewpoint Pay Parking H Bow Falls Lake Louise Easy Moderate Difficult Interpretation on Johnson Lake trail Mount Ishbel Bow Valley Area 2908 m 9541’ Johnston Creek Rockbound Mount Norquay 12 Silverton Falls Lake 0 1 2 Cockscomb 2522 m 1.0 km one way; 60 m elevation gain; 1 hour round trip 8275’ Kilometres Mountain Trailhead: Rockbound Lake parking lot, 0.2 km east of Castle 14 2777 m 0.7 km Junction on the Bow Valley Parkway (Highway 1A). 9111’ Castle Mountain 2766 m 7.7 km 3.0 km 19 9076’ 19 3.1 km 17 8.1 km 13b Mount Cory 13a Johnston Canyon Lower Falls 1.2 km 2800 m Banff Lower Falls - 1.2 km one way; 30 m elevation gain; 1.2 km 9186’ 1 hour round trip 12 13a Johnston Castle 1A Trailhead: 22 km west of Banff on the Bow Valley Parkway Canyon 1.1 km Mountain Bow 1 (1A Highway). 0.5 km Valley BOW RIVER Parkway 1 1 1A Lake 13b Johnston Canyon Upper Falls Louise Upper Falls - 2.4 km one way (from parking lot); BOW VALLEY 120 m elevation gain; 2 hour round trip Trailhead: 22 km west of Banff on the Bow Valley Parkway (Highway 1A). AREA 93 Copper Mountain Pilot Mountain 14 Ink Pots 2795 m 2935 m 9170’ 9630’ 7.2 km 5.4 km one way (from parking lot), 215 m elevation gain; 4 hour round trip 15 Healy Pass 18 Harvey Pass 19 Cory Pass Loop Trailhead: 22km west of Banff on the Bow Valley Parkway 9.0 km one way; 655 m elevation gain, 6 - 7 hour round trip 9.5 km one way; 1035 m elevation gain; 7 - 8 hour round trip 12.3 km loop; 915 m elevation gain; 6 hour round (Highway 1A). Trailhead: Sunshine Village parking lot, 9 km from the Trans- Trailhead: South side of the Trans-Canada Highway, 13 km trip 16 Canada highway. west of the Mt. Norquay Interchange. Trailhead: The Fireside Picnic Area at the eastern end of the Bow Valley Parkway. Mount Bourgeau 2930 m 16 Bourgeau Lake Storm 2.3 km 9613’ ALBERTA 7.2 km one way; 725Mountain m elevation gain; 6 hour round trip 18 Trailhead: South side3100 of the m Trans-Canada Highway, 13 km BRITISH COLUMBIA west of the Mt. Norquay1071’ Interchange. 2.8 km 15 17 Rockbound Lake 21b 1.6 km 7.7 km to Tower Lake, 8.4 km to Rockbound Lake; 9.0 km 760 m elevation gain; 6 - 7 hour round trip 21a Trailhead: Rockbound Lake parking lot, 0.2 km east of Castle Bear Warnings, Closures and other Junction on the Bow Valley Parkway (Highway 1A). hiker restrictions commonly occur in 2.3 km the Lake MountMinnewanka area. Obtain up-to-date informationAstley by contacting a Parks 2869 m Canada visitor centre. 9413’ LAKE MINNEWANKA Easy Moderate Difficult A 6.4 km K N Photo: Lake Minnewanka trail Bighorn sheep on Sulphur Mountain AREA A W Safety E Lake Minnewanka Area The front ranges of the Canadian Rockies are Emergency sandwiched between foothills and the continental 20 Stewart Canyon divide. Here, mountains have thrust themselves MINN 1.5 km to junction east of bridge; no elevation gain, 1 hour round trip Call 911 sideways leaving overhanging precipices on one Cell phone reception is unreliable. side and gentle slopes on the other; some peaks Trailhead: The Lake Minnewanka parking lot is located 5.5 km off the Trans-Canada Highway on the Lake Minnewanka road. Keep wildlife wild, and yourself safer are so folded and compressed it’s as though 20 LAKE 1.5 km they’ve been squeezed like an accordion into an overstuffed closet. The valleys here are home to D an assortment of wildlife – elk, deer, sheep, 21a Aylmer Lookout black bears and grizzly bears. Areas around the 0 1 2 11.8 km one way; 560 m elevation gain; 7 - 8 hour round trip town of Banff offer a variety of shorter hikes as Kilometres well as challenging trails that will reward the Trailhead: The Lake Minnewanka parking lot is located 5.5 km off the Trans-Canada Highway on the Lake Minnewanka road. seasoned hiker. 4.2 km Two Avalanches 6 Jack Lake 21b Aylmer Pass 13.0 km one way; 810 m elevation gain; 8 - 9 hour round trip Trailhead: The Lake Minnewanka parking lot is located 5.5 km off the Trans-Canada Highway More Information on the Lake Minnewanka road. Road Cascade Mountain Lake 2998 m 1.6 km 1 9836’ Minnewanka E 1.4 km Johnson Lake 1 Calgary Done with this brochure? Canmore Please return for re-use to a park facility or share it with others. ade Casc How was your trip? Rive © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada Please send us your comments at [email protected] and report trails problems to park staff. Catalogue No: R64-408/2011E r ISBN: 978-1-10018371-8 Également offert en français Banff.