Peter Lougheed Provincial Park

Alberta Parks

Trails

A Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required to park your vehicle in Kananaskis and the Bow Valley.
Trail Length Season Permitted Activities (Legend) Status
1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition Interpretive 2.1 km Summer Hiking Open
Bill Benson 0.7 km one-way Summer Hiking Open
Black Prince Cirque Interpretive

August 25th: Please be aware that Warspite Lake is mostly dry at the moment.

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

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

August 26th: Come prepared as water levels in the streams running through the first meadow change daily. Trail otherwise dry.

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

7.4 km one-way Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Burstall Pass (Backcountry) km Winter Cross Country Skiing Open
Chester Lake 4.6 km one-way Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Elbow Lake 1.4 km one-way Summer E-bikes Hiking Horseback Riding - Equestrian OHVing Open
Elk Pass 5.6 km Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Highwood Meadows

Closed: Construction Closure at Highwood Meadows Day Use area

0.6 km one-way Summer 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 Hiking Closed
Lookout 1.7 km Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Lower Lake Interpretive 0.5 km one-way Summer Hiking Open
Maude-Lawson

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

7.5 km Summer Hiking Open
Intermediate Meadow 4.0 km Winter Cross Country Skiing Open
Peter Lougheed Paved 12.1 km one-way Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Pocaterra

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

9.9 km one-way Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Ptarmigan Cirque Interpretive 4.5 km Summer Hiking Open
Rawson Lake

NOTE: Pit toilet at the lake is currently closed

3.9 km one-way Summer Hiking Open
Rock Glacier Interpretive 0.15 km one-way Summer Hiking Open
Rockwall 0.5 km Summer Hiking Open
Rolly Road Training Grid km Winter Cross Country Skiing Open
Intermediate Spruce Road 0.8 km Winter Hiking Cross Country Skiing Open
Difficult Three Isle Lake

September 15th: Trail is wet.

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

 

 

10.2 km Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Upper Lake

October 2nd: Some muddy sections.

Route from Hidden Lake to Aster Lake campground is wet and slippery. Ensure proper attire and adequate experience level when attempting. Conditions make trail more difficult than normal.

15.7 km Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
Whiskey Jack 3.9 km one-way Summer E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open
William Watson Lodge Access 0.6 km one-way Year-round E-bikes Hiking OHVing Cross Country Skiing Open
Peninsula 0.4 km Summer Hiking Open
Tailwater Snowshoe 1.9 km Winter Fat Biking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
Frozen Toad Loop Snowshoe 8.1 km Winter Fat Biking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
Torpor Loop 6.1 km Winter Hiking Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
South Sawmill Loop 2.8 km Winter Hiking Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
William Watson Lodge Connector 0.7 km Winter Hiking Fat Biking Hiking OHVing Snowshoeing Open
Boulton Creek Interpretive 4.9 km Summer Hiking Open
Marl Lake Interpretive 1.5 km for loop Summer Hiking Open
Lower Lake 3.5 km one-way Summer 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 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 Dog Sledding E-bikes Hiking OHVing Open

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