ALONG THE ICEFIELDS PARKWAY (93 NORTH) - Map D
Hiking Areas Index Map
Molar Pass
9.8 km one way,
elevation gain 530 m, 3.5 hours one way.
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway (93 North) 24 km
north of the Lake Louise Junction to Mosquito Creek Campground. Trail starts
immediately north of the hightway bridge, on the right hand side of highway.
This trail makes a gadual ascent along Mosquito Creek for 7 km to a trail
split. At this junction, hikers have a choice of continuing south to Molar
Pass, or turning east to North Molar Pass.
North Molar Pass
11.5 km one way, elevation gain 760 m, 4.5 hours one way
Trailhead: Same as Molar Pass.
Helen Lake
6.0 km one way, elevation gain 455 m, 2 hours one way
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the Crowfoot
Glacier Viewpoint, 33 km north of the Lake Louise
junction; traithead across highway from viewpoint.
Dolomite Pass
9.0 km one way, elevation gain 550 m, 3 hours one way
Trailhead: Same as Helen Lake. From the high ridge above
Helen Lake, strong hikers can descend to the shores of Katherine Lake and then
make a short climb to the summit of Dolomite Pass, 3.0 km further.
Bow Glacier Falls
4.6 km one way, elevation gain 155 m, 1.5 hours one way
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the Num-tijah
Lodge access road, on the west side of the highway 36 km north of the Lake
Louise junction. The trailhead kiosk is 400 m down this access road.
Chephren Lake
3.5 km one way, elevation gain 80 m, 1.5 hours one way
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the Waterfowl
Lakes Campground, 57.5 km north of the Lake Louise junction. Enter the
campground and stay right, skirting around the northern edge of the facility to
the trail kiosk. From the Chephren-Cirque junction, the trail to Chephren Lake
branches right.
Cirque Lake
4.2 km one way, elevation gain 150 m, 1.5 hours one way
Trailhead: Same as Chephren Lake. From the ChephrenCirque
junction, the trail to Cirque Lake branches left.
Sarbach Lookout
5.2 km one way, elevation gain 590 m, 2-3 hours one way
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the Mistaya
Canyon parking lot, 31 km north of Bow Summit, on
the west side of the highway.
Glacier Lake
8.9 km one way, elevation gain 210 m, elevation loss
220 m, 3 hours one way
Trailhead; Follow the Icefields Parkway to the parking area
on the west side of the highway, 1 km north of the Saskatchewan River Crossing
Service Centre.
Sunset Pass
8.2 km one way, elevation gain 725 m, 3.5 hours one way
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the
Norman Creek Bridge, 16.5 km north of the
Saskatchewan River Crossing Service Centre.
Trailhead parking is on the open flat to the east of
the highway just below the bridge.
Sunset Lookout
4.5 km one way, elevation gain 390 m, 1.5 hours one way.
Trailhead: Same as Sunset Pass. At the junction
2.9 km up the Sunset Pass trail, one can branch left
1.6 km to the old Sunset Lookout.
Saskatchewan Glacier
7.3 km one way, elevation gain 160 m, 2-2.5 hours one way.
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway 35 km north of the
Saskatchewan River Crossing Service Centre, to a point just 0.7 km south of the
1Big Bend" switchback. Just below the road is an old concrete bridge, park
on the left-hand side adjacent to the bridge.
Nigel Pass
7.2 km one way, elevation gain 365 m, 2.5 hours one way.
Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to a parking area 113.5 km north of the
Lake Louise junction and 2.5 km north of the "Big Bend switchback; parking
area on northeast side of highway.
Parker Ridge
2.7 km one way, elevation gain 250 m, 2 hours round trip.
Trailhead: Parking area on of the west side of the Icefields
Parkway, 4 km south of the Banff-Jasper boundary.
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