Trail Locations

Follow the Three Isle Lake trail (Daffern V1 – 71) to the Palliser Slide, at the junction of trail 71 and 66 (Upper Kananaskis Lakes circuit)

Parks, with help from Friends of K Country, have significantly improved the trail to the pass.

Parks, with help from Friends of K Country, have significantly improved the trail to the pass.

Good viewpoint for lunch would be 6km, 200m roundtrip

Daffern V3 – 47, 47A

Daffern V3 – 47, 47A

Great view of Robertson Glacier Valley

Daffern V1 – 49

Daffern V1-46 South to North starts at the Grizzly Col trail (Highwood Pass parking lot) and ends at Litlle Highwood Pass day-use area

Daffern Vol 1 #15

Daffern vol. 1 (4th edition), hike#13 Off-trail hike with some creek crossings and easy scrambling. Distance shown is from Wasootch Day Use – approx. 1km forest trail to creek. Alternate trailhead is 10km south on hwy 40 from the K-Country boundary sign. No official parking lot. People park on either east or west shoulders of the highway. It is possible … Read More

Daffern V2 – 21

Daffern V2 – 31 Powderface Ridge Trail from Hwy 66 and Powderface Trail Road intersection up to Powderface Ridge. Follow trail along the ridge, down and up to do sidetrip to West Outlier. Return to Elbow Falls parking.

Daffern V2 – 31, 31B Take Powderface Ridge trail from junction of hwy 66 and Powderface Trail (road) to 2nd col, then go up (right) about 30m to west outlier which usually has a flag on it. Return to Elbow Falls parking

Daffern V2 – 31 Powderface Ridge from junction of hwy 66 and Powderface Trail (road), return to Elbow Falls parking

Powderface creek trail to Prairie Link then Prairie Creek Trail. This hike took B2’s just under 5 hours (including lunch) with good trail conditions May 12/22. Daffern V2 – 21 to 22, and return on #20 to Elbow Falls parking lot

Daffern v2 – #20 to viewpoint (approx. 2km) and return, then walk around Elbow Falls area or east along Elbow Valley trail (Daffern v2 – #12) as far as time permits.