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Best lake hikes in Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial Park

The 8 best lake hikes in Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial Park, out of 8 that we map, ranked by trail score.

How we rank trails Ranked by trail score, highest first.

The list

Sorted by rank
  1. 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
  2. 2The Wedge RouteNear Mount Kidd RV Park · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 7.6 km · 1,114 m gain · 7 hLake · Summit · Views · Alpine · Passes Wedge Pond and The Wedge79score
  3. 3Rae Glacier RouteNear Fortress Junction · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkModerate · 5.0 km · 263 m gain · 2 hLake · Views · Glacier · Alpine · Passes Elbow Lake77score
  4. 4Big 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
  5. 5Tombstone LakesNear Fortress Junction · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkModerate · 7.7 km · 372 m gain · 3 hLake · Views · Alpine · Passes Tombstone Lakes65score
  6. 6Rae LakeNear Fortress Junction · Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkModerate · 4.8 km · 256 m gain · 2 hLake · Views · Alpine · Passes Rae Lake61score
  7. 7Picklejar Lakes TrElbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkHard · 10.3 km · 551 m gain · 4 h 15 minLake · Alpine54score
  8. 8Running Rain Lake TrailElbow Sheep Wildland Provincial ParkModerate · 6.0 km · 231 m gain · 2 hLake40score

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