to to Western Economic Diversification de l’economie 19 Kananaskis Country O Longview ldm Diversification Canada de l’Ouest Canada k Highway 40 a Black Diamond Racehorse e n e Longview Ri r Okotoks Pass ve C r Calgary Maple Leaf e s Window r o Mountain h Window e Lake c Mountain a Lake R Bellevue h FRANK SLIDE t u INTERPRETIVE CENTRE 17 o S venue TO TRAILHEAD 27th A 1 Leitch 18 27th Avenue Collieries Bellevue Underground East Mount Access Ward Mine Tour ilway ific Ra n Pac adia 3 Can er 23rd Avenue iv ALBERTA Ta e a Hi e Crowsnest R t to e B.C. e West r A in the t S t Access h l t a 3 s 1 2 R oad 40 Crowsnest Pass Deadman Crowsnest Pass Pass Centre Riverbottom TO TRAILHEAD NORTH Access Hastings 4 Ridge 15 16 Seven to Sisters oad FRANK k R Bellevue- 0 1 2 3 4 5 km Chapel Roc Hillcrest Path Crowsnest Mountain Hillcrest 2 14 to Chinook Chinook Lake Sparwood Lake Circuit Fernie Cranbrook 9th Ave Vancouver 8th Ave Wedge Hillcrest Mine Disaster Trout Cemetery All Hatchery Mountain Mount iso k n e Tecumseh C e r r e C e 22 k m u r R k D o 13 e e a r d Saskatoon C e N Phillipps r Lille Provincial Mountain o o A r TO TRAILHEAD Phillipps Pass Historic Site t l m h Lake l r Livingstone Range i i LEGEND B s 12 20 a 5 l Raptor Migration Viewpoint o 3 Livingstone Range u B n r Chert Quarries m Crowsnest C Miner’s Livingstone Range i HIKING TRAILS 6 r 7 s Chert Quarries e 21 Lake Path R e 10 6 o k Crowsnest Crowsnest a Easy d Summit Pass Ridge Coleman Lake 5 7 Frank Slide k Interpretive Centre Frank e Moderate C e T row Blairmore r Livingstone Range sn iver C est R Raptor Migration Viewpoint Slide Emerald 11 Riverside Path d 9 l Challenging Lille Lake o Star Creek G Provincial Historic Site 3 Island k d Lake e Frank Slide R Falls Blairmore e Interpretive Centre l Frank to r Very Challenging a Sentry C k Frank Slide o k Frank Slide BELLEVUE/ Mountain e Lundbreck C e Cre y rk e 8 a Trail HILLCREST o r Trail w k P Municipality of 3 igh Y H o to C st 3 T Trailhead o le ne n my s ws i n Bellevue ro G Ch Crowsnest Pass o Leitch C old y to Cr L Municipality of ee C Bellevue- 2 Collieries k t 25 r North York Lundbreck Pincher Creek Crowsnest Pass s e Hillcrest Path e e 1 1 n k Creek Turtle Falls Fort Macleod 5 s 24 3 w 23 Provincial Boundary r 3 o Waterton Park d r Andy Good Mountain Hillcrest S C t Peak (North Peak) Lethbridge re Tent Mountain Paved Road Frank et Pass Burmis Calgary Plane Crash k Ironstone e Lake Gravel Road Site e The Lookout d r Tent a C Lee Lake 1 Mount 50 Promised Mount o A Mountain n Ptolemy Ptolemy R e t Coulthard s d o Lake n6u h Land r e Pass i a River or Creek v r A S n y th t o 0 r a B 2 e 22 t c e L r 507 Mountain or Ridge t a R y o n S a Lynx x d C Pass Creek re e k Special Feature B.C. Hastings to Ridge 4 Beaver Mines Campground ALBERTA Castle Mountain Resort to Frank Sulphur Spring Pincher Creek Urban Area BLAIRMORE Crowsnest River TO TRAILHEAD TO TRAILHEAD to 13 Wedge 12 Saskatoon Mountain Rainbow Mountain COLEMAN Falls Livingstone Range N Highway 40 e Blairmore z (Kananaskis Highway) P West e r Access c e k C e Centre Coleman r re e Pineview e C Access k re o 3 129th Street irm McGillivray la mine site B Crowsn es t Miners Ri k ve e 10 9 r e 20th Avenue r Path East C y Access a r Blairmore 20th Ave r v i C l l i rk Riverside Path G Flumerfelt T Yo c Park M 3 Canadian Pacific Railway to West Access FRANK West Coleman Crowsnest 17th Ave 20th Ave k 18th Ave Museum e e r C Canadian Pacific Railway s 17th Ave to n o 16th Ave y 77th St Willow Drive BLAIRMORE L Pass Powderkeg T TO TRAILHEAD Ski Hill Bushtown S 11 Star Creek a r Falls t o 8 r i Turtle Crowsnest s River Mountain R o a TO TRAILHEAD d 23 Ironstone Lookout TO TRAILHEAD 24 North York 22 Lynx Creek Creek 1 Leitch Collieries 7 Lille 11 Star Creek Falls 16 Crowsnest Mountain 22 Lynx Creek (0.8 km loop) (6.3 km one way) (1.2 km to falls viewpoint) (5.8 km to summit - 1040 m elevation gain) (5.6 km to the end of the road) Trailhead: Leitch Collieries Provincial Historic Site - Trailhead: Follow Sartoris Road south from Blairmore Ta e a Hi e Trailhead: North of Frank Slide Centre access road Trailhead: Take Willow Drive west from West Coleman Trailhead: Drive north on the Allison Creek/Atlas Road Highway 3, 5 km east of Bellevue for 10 km, where a rough road leads northwest up in the (another option is to park at the Frank Slide Centre for 1.7 km to the bridge over Star Creek. 100 m past for 9.7 km, keeping right at the junction for Chinook Self-guided interpretive trails lead visitors through and walk back down the paved access road to the Lake. From the parking area, the trail leads back Lynx Creek. Park at the junction and hike the road. the remains of Leitch Collieries, a coal mine that the bridge turn left and drive 700 m (rough road) to The road leads up through the forests burned out CrowsnestCrowsnest PassPass cattleguard at the hairpin turn). Cross the cattleguard the trailhead sign. south. operated from 1906-1915. The trails are gravelled at the hairpin turn on the Frank Slide Interpretive Crowsnest Mountain is the crown jewel of hikes in in the Lost Creek Fire of 2003. Mt. Coulthard and and are wheelchair accessible. Interpretive sta is This route leads through a small canyon to 15 m the Flathead Range dominate the views to the Centre access road. Take the second road to your left high Star Creek Falls. In the spring of the year, the the area. The massive form of the mountain can on site each summer from May 15 to Labour Day. (approximately 250 m from the cattleguard). Park in actually be summited by hikers without having to west. It is possible to hike beyond the end of the creek has much more ow and you will have to road to the meadowed slopes above. the meadow. stick to the main trail. In autumn, when water do any technical climbing. However, it is a long and 2 Hike on the rough road that leads into the forest. levels are much lower, it is possible to make your dicult hike, with many hazards including danger HIKING TRAILS Bellevue-Hillcrest Path from falling rock and some very exposed sections. (2.2 km one way) Once the rough road rejoins the main Lille access way up the canyon oor to the falls. 23 Ironstone Lookout road (approximately 1.5 km from the start), turn left The trail leads through the forest and begins to (3.0 km from gate on York Creek road) Easy Trailhead: 9th Avenue in Hillcrest; 23rd Ave in Bellevue and follow the road up the Gold Creek Valley. There climb at a very steady pace, eventually reaching This paved path connects the communities of Trailhead: Take the York Creek Road south from Generally on well-maintained trails with little is one small crossing of Green Creek, followed by 12 Saskatoon Mountain treeline just before the 3 km mark. From here the Bellevue and Hillcrest. The path parallels the West two more substantial crossings of the Gold Creek. (1.8 km to summit) route leads up open scree slopes to the base of the Coleman. Depending on your vehicle, you may not change in elevation and no major hazards. Hillcrest Access for most of its length, crossing the want to drive much of this road. The gated road to For both Gold Creek crossings, there are snow- Trailhead: There are several informal routes that lead massive clis above. Once at the base of the clis, Crowsnest River on the vehicular bridge at mobile bridges upstream from the vehicle ford. the route works its way to the left, eventually Ironstone is approximately 6.5 km from Coleman. Hiking boots are not necessary. Riverbottom. A tunnel takes hikers under busy from the Pineview subdivision in Coleman to Add whatever distance you don’t drive to the 3.0 km One nal crossing at Morin Creek brings you out Saskatoon Mountain. This route leads from the reaching ‘the Chimney’, the crux of this route. In Highway 3. into the open at what once was the coal mining dry conditions, the 50m long chute is generally not from the gate to the lookout. Kananaskis Highway (Highway 40). Drive north from From the gate, the road climbs steadily and steeply community of Lille. A bit of searching will nd Coleman on Highway 40. Stop just beyond the a major problem.