Eagle Hill Viewpoint

Posted May 7th, 2007 by Chris

Distance:

15 km

Difficulty:

Moderate

Elev. gain:

250 meters

Time required:

3 - 6 hours

Bikes permitted:

Yes

Dogs permitted:

Yes

Horses permitted:

Yes

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Directions to trail head

Head west on highway #1 from Calgary. Approximately 16 kilometres west of the intersection of highway #22 and highway #1 head south (left) on Sibbald Creek Trail (Highway #68). Continue on Highway #68 for 22 kilometres then turn right onto the Sibbald Lake Campground access road. You will come to an intersection. Straight ahead goes to the picnic area but turn left head 200 metres to the Sibbald Flat Trail sign in the west parking lot. After parking you will walk a couple of hundred meters back in the direction from which you came. The trailhead is only a few meters off of the access road.

Hike Description

This one is a great hike for wildlife. I have been in this area now on three separate occasions. I have seen deer, skunks, bear tracks, but luckily no bears, and a pile of these fellows.

The hike starts at waypoint #02 on the Sibbald Flat Trail. At waypoint #03 is the first fork. Keep to the right and you will be on the Eagle Hill Trail. This travels for about 2.6 kilometers above Moose Pond until you reach a barb wired fence. At the barb wired fence at waypoint #06 if you turn left you are on the Deer Ridge Trail. Straight through for approximately 4.5 kilometers and you will be at Eagle Hill Viewpoint. You will have to jump the barb wired fence to see the better views of the valley.

This hike is a little deceiving. The elevation gain is 250 meters but in total you will be climbing more than 650 meters. Here is the Elevation Profile.

Click this link to view the full size view of the topographical map for this hike.

The GPS track for this hike can be downloaded via the file attached to this post. Go to the "About" page for directions prior to download or use of this data. Please submit your feedback and let me know your thoughts on the hike. If you have the the GPS data for other hikes in Alberta please send it along with a couple pictures to chris[at]hikealberta[dot]com.