Best backpacking trails in Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial Park
The 7 best backpacking trails in Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial Park, out of 7 that we map, ranked by trail score.
How we rank trails Ranked by trail score, highest first.
The list
Sorted by rank- 1Elbow Pass/Lake TrailNear Fortress Junction · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkModerate · 10.5 km · 264 m gain · 3 h 15 minLake · Waterfall · Views · River or creek · Passes Elbow Pass and Elbow Lake82score
- 2Big ElbowNear Kananaskis Village · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 43.8 km · 904 m gain · 13 h 15 minLake · Waterfall · River or creek · Camping · Passes Edworthy Falls and Elbow Lake70score
- 3Elbow LoopNear Kananaskis Village · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 25.5 km · 421 m gain · 7 h 30 minRiver or creek59score
- 4Evan Thomas PassNear Fortress Junction · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 14.5 km · 586 m gain · 5 h 15 minViews · Camping · Alpine48score
- 5Cougar Burns Traverse RouteNear Fortress Junction · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 28.0 km · 2,401 m gain · 16 h 15 minSummit · Views · River or creek · Alpine · Passes Mount Burns and Mount Burnugar47score
- 6Mist Ridge TrElbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 23.1 km · 1,525 m gain · 11 hViews · Alpine · Passes Mist Ridge and Rickert's Pass40score
- 7Perdition Purgatory RouteNear Mount Kidd RV Park · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 21.5 km · 2,708 m gain · 17 h 15 minViews · Alpine · Passes Purgatory Peak and Perdition Peak36score