BACKCOUNTRY CAMPGROUNDS JASPER CAMPGR OUND TOPO MAP NO . GRID REF . CAMPGR OUND TOPO MAP NO . GRID REF . WHITE GOAT NATIONAL Nigel Ba15 Wildflower Creek 82 N/8 686-003 * Lm20 Mount Costigan 82 0/3 187-783 Pass Bo1c Bow River/canoe 82 0/4 802-771 * Lm22 The Narrows 82 0/6 200-790 PARK * Br9 Big Springs 82 J/14 072-367 Lm31 Ghost Lakes 82 0/6 210-789 Sunwapta WILDERNESS AREA ◊ Br13 Marvel Lake 82 J/13 043-387 ◊ Ml22 Mystic Valley 82 0/5 886-824 Mount Pass Abraham Snowdome Lake Br14 McBride’s Camp 82 J/13 041-396 Mo5 Mosquito Creek 82 N/9 483-240 Mount Br17 Allenby Junction 82 J/13 016-414 * Mo16 Molar Creek 82 N/9 555-154 BIA Athabasca * Bw10 Brewster Creek 82 0/4 944-600 ◊ Mo18 Fish Lakes 82 N/9 556-217 NORTH * Cr6 Cascade Bridge 82 0/5 022-827 * No5 Norman Lake 83 C/2 071-706 * Cr15 Stony Creek 82 0/5 978-896 ◊ Pa8 Paradise Valley 82 N/8 528-898 * Cr31 Flints Park 82 0/5 862-958 * Re6 Lost Horse Creek 82 0/4 784-714 COLUM Glacier 93 Saskatchewan * Cr37 Block Lakes Junction 82 0/5 815-935 Re14 Shadow Lake 82 0/4 743-691 Cs Castleguard 82 C/3 857-703 * Re16 Pharaoh Creek 82 0/4 768-654 ICE FIELD Pinto Lake Mount E5 Healy Creek 82 0/4 825-608 Re21 Ball Pass Junction 82 0/4 723-652 Mount Sunset Coleman ◊ ◊ Sk5 Hidden Lake 82 N/8 626-029 Saskatchewan Pass E13 Egypt Lake 82 0/4 772-619 Ek13 Elk Lake Summit 82 0/5 951-826 ◊ Sk11 Baker Lake 82 N/8 672-049 Cs Fm10 Mount Cockscomb 82 0/4 923-766 ◊ Sk18 Merlin Meadows 82 N/9 635-093 No 5 ◊ SASKATCHEWAN 11 * Fm19 Mystic Junction 82 0/5 897-834 Sk19 Red Deer Lakes 82 N/9 667-098 River * Fm29 Sawback Lake 82 0/5 868-904 Sf Siffleur 82 N/16 441-356 Mount Gl 9 Glacier Lake 82 N/15 114-528 ◊ Sp6 Mount Rundle 82 0/4 030-647 Amery Alexandra He5 Hector Lake 82 N/9 463-144 Sp16 Rink’s Camp 82 0/4 040-555 Mount Jo9 Larry’s Camp 82 0/5 820-830 * Sp23 Eau Claire 82 J/14 067-505 Wilson * Jo18 Johnston Creek 82 0/5 771-882 * Sp35 Mount Fortune 82 J/14 123-425 ◊ Jo19 Luellen Lake 82 0/5 764-882 Su8 Howard Douglas Lake 82 0/4 880-546 Ta6 Taylor Lake 82 N/8 636-832 SASKATCHEWAN RIVER Jo29 Badger Pass Junction 82 0/5 737-932 N. ◊ Lm8 Aylmer Pass Junction 82 0/6 098-815 Tw7 Twin Lakes 82 0/4 713-737 RIVER Lm9 Aylmer Canyon 82 0/6 107-819 * Us15 Birdwood 82 J/14 108-276 Mount Lml1 Mount lnglismaldie 82 0/6 125-815 Us18 Burstall 82 J/14 118-247 Lyell Saskatchewan Lyell Mount Crossing ◊ HEAVIL Y USED CAMPGR OUNDS * LIGHTL Y USED CAMPGR OUNDS Icefield Erasmus ALBERTA Gl 9 COLUMBIABRITISH SIFFLEUR Indian M A P L E G E N D Glacier LakeHowse Mount Mistaya Sarbach WILDERNESS head TRAILS Siffleur Creek River Hiking Only Mount Mount AREA Icefall Forbes Chephren Mt. * Horse use not Hiking, Horse Use Chephren Mount permitted in Creek Noyes Mount Hiking, Commercial Horse Use Lake Malloch River Alberta Wilderness Forbes Hiking, Horse, Mountain Biking Coronation Howse Pass Isabella River Martin Condor areas Mt. Mistaya Lake Lake Peak Limited Access Road Lake Clearwater River Dolomite Tomahawk Clearwater Mt. CAMPGROUNDS Mt. Mount Sf Fires Permitted LOOKING FOR Delta Ya Ha Tinda Freshfield Glacier BANFF Creek Trailhead Fires Not Permitted Freshfield Peyto Devon TRIP IDEAS? Icefield Lake (Note: Campground designation number indicates Lakes approximate distance from nearest TRAILHEAD. River NATIONAL e.g. Lm9 is 9 km from trailhead) Banff National Park offers many more Helen Katherine Lake Lake Trail Shelters backcountry opportunities than those Mo5 PARK berry River Bow La described here. It is always possible to add to Mo Red Deer Backcountry Lodges Blae ui C Mount q k 18 ke s McConnell more days to your trip in any given area too – Wapta o S Cre iffleur River ek Hiking Only Mount Mount AREA Icefall Forbes Chephren Mt. * Horse use not Hiking, Horse Use Chephren Mount permitted in Creek Noyes Mount Hiking, Commercial Horse Use Lake Malloch River Alberta Wilderness Forbes Hiking, Horse, Mountain Biking Coronation Howse Pass Isabella River Martin Condor areas Mt. Mistaya Lake Lake Peak Limited Access Road Lake Clearwater River Dolomite Tomahawk Clearwater Mt. CAMPGROUNDS Mt. Mount Sf Fires Permitted LOOKING FOR Delta Ya Ha Tinda Freshfield Glacier BANFF Creek Trailhead Fires Not Permitted Freshfield Peyto Devon TRIP IDEAS? Icefield Lake (Note: Campground designation number indicates Lakes approximate distance from nearest TRAILHEAD. River NATIONAL e.g. Lm9 is 9 km from trailhead) Banff National Park offers many more Helen Katherine Lake Lake Trail Shelters backcountry opportunities than those Mo5 PARK berry River Bow Lake described here. It is always possible to add to Mo Red Deer Backcountry Lodges Blae ui C Mount q k 18 s McConnell more days to your trip in any given area too – Wapta o M Random Camping Areas the number of nights indicated is really a Fish I Lakes Icefield C Glacier minimum. There are several excellent E Dormer F Molar Drummond I Mt. E River guidebooks available, including The Canadian Mo16 Glacier Mountain Peak He 5 L D Mount Rockies Trail Guide by Brian Patton and Bart River Snow Creek Pass Hector S Drummond Snow Creek Lake Robinson, and Graeme Pole’s Classic Hikes in Waputik Cyclone 93 Mt. Panther the Canadian Rockies. Visitor Centre staff PARKW Creek Icefield would also be pleased to advise you on your Sk18 Douglas Three Day Trips Sk19 Lake Mount trip selection. Interested in day hikes? Some AY Daley of the 2-day hikes can be done in a single day, Bryant Creek area 45 km +; Merlin Mount Lake Douglas or pick up a copy of Parks Canada’s Drives elevation gain: 455 m Pipestone Skoki Sk11 and Walks brochure at a Park Visitor Centre. Beginning at the Mt. Shark trailhead in Lakes Kananaskis Country, Alberta, this trail Lake Sk 5 Louise Ck brings hikers to a meadow campsite (or Ski Area Ba15 Flints Two Day Trips Bonnet Peak trail shelter). Day trips can then be Corral Peak made to Wonder, Allenby or Lake Cr31 Lake Minnewanka 8 km one way; elevation Assiniboine Passes. Be prepared for YOHO Lake Louise Pulsatilla Louise Pass Badger Cr37 gain: nil intermittent noise from helicopters. Jo29 Pass GHOST Field Creek A good early or late season hike along the Campsite: 2 nights at Br14 McBride’s Ck TRANS Mount e Cascade RIVER s Victoria Victoria i lakeshore. The trail departs from the trailhead Camp, Br13 Marvel Lake or Bryant d WILDERNESS Glacier ra Mount Fm 29 at the Minnewanka day use area and returns Creek trail shelter. Topographic maps: Pa Baker AREA 1 Lake Temple Jo19 Jo18 Sawback Cr15 82 J/14, 82 J/13 O'Hara CANADA Lake by the same route. Stay an extra night and Pa8 Luellen Mount explore Aylmer Pass or Aylmer Lookout. NATIONAL Lake Aylmer Ghost River Castle Rockbound Johnston Elk Summit-Cascade Mountain Moraine Mt. Campsite: Lm8 Aylmer Pass Junction. Lake 1 Lake River Loop 35.8 km; elevation gain: 610 m Ta 6 Fm19 Lm9 Topographic map: 82 O/6 Taylor HIGHWAY BOW Jo9 Elk Cr 6 The Upper Bankhead picnic area on Lake Creek Lake the Lake Minnewanka road serves as Forty Ek13 Lm8 Lm22 Boom L. Lm11 Paradise Valley 9.7 km one way; elevation the trailhead for this trip, which begins VALLEY Ml 22 Lm20 Lake Lm31 gain: 291 m with a hike up the old Cascade fire PARK KOOTENAY 93 Mile Minnewanka Bo1c Cascade Fm10 Mt. The trailhead is located on the Moraine Lake road. At Stony Creek, the trail heads Creek access road. A more strenuous option for the over Elk Summit to Elk Lake and PARKWAY return route is to arrange a vehicle or pick-up exits at the Mt. Norquay Ski area. Ck Mt. NATIONAL Storm Tw 7 Norquay Mt. Ski at Moraine Lake and return via dramatic Campsites: Cr15 Stony Creek (Night Twin Re 6 Earth 1a Pilot Area 1) Ek13 Elk Lake Summit (Night 2), . Lakes Red Sentinel Pass and Larch Valley. Campsite: Pharaoh Mt. Topographic maps: 82 O/4, 82 O/5 Banff Pa8 Paradise Valley. Topographic map: 1 Shadow 82 N/8 PARK Mount L. Re14 Mount Palliser Pass 54.4 km; elevation gain: Ball Rundle Re16 Re 21 Mount Sp6 400 m Ck Bourgeau Bow Egypt Lake 12.4 km one way; elevation Departing from the Mt. Shark trailhead E13 Creek Brewster gain: 655 m E5 Healy in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, this Egypt L. A 2-day trip can be made from the Sunshine Sunshine trip follows the upper reaches of the Ski Area Canmore Bw10 Village ski area gondola base to the Egypt Spray River, through subalpine Four Day Trips River Fatigue Lake campsite or trail shelter and back. Stay Creek meadows to Palliser Pass (at the Sp16 TRANS Su8 2 nights if possible, to further explore the extreme southern tip of Banff National Assiniboine Loop 55 km Spray wonders of the area. Park). Enjoy Palliser Pass as a day The trail begins and ends at the Mt. Shark 1 Ck HIGHWAY Campsite: E13 Egypt Lake or Egypt Lake trail hike, and return via the same route to trailhead in Kananaskis Country, Alberta.