Trail Conditions

Barrier Lake-Prairie View

dirkca — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:17:06 -0800

The trail was in great shape today. Some icy spots but overall great conditions. Hardly any snow all the way to the top. Great view of some recent clear cutting across the valley :(

Powderface Creek Trail & Coxhill Ridge Conditions

Kerouac — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:23:38 -0800

Anyone know what the conditions of these 2 trails are right now. I'd like to head out and do a hike but not if theres 4 feet of snow covering the trail.

Prairie Mountain

Chris — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:06:53 -0800

After the wind storms from a few weeks ago I was surprised to see that the trail has been cleared. The bottom sections have icy patches and the trail is hard packed. For this time of year, excellent conditions. Even at the top there is minimal snow.

O'Brien Lake Banff

Chris — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:29:51 -0700

I tried to hike in to O'Brian Lake on the July long weekend. It was very wet in the meadow around Taylor Lake and unless you feel like trudging through foot deep snow and really testing your route finding skills the trail is impassable. I would think that even with the hot weather predicted it will take at least 3 weeks before this trail can be accessed.

Mount Indefatigable Trail

Chris — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:25:13 -0700

The trail is in excellent shape to the top of the ridge where it separates to head to the peak but from this point on there are lots of patches of snow probably a foot deep that you will have to hike through. You may want to wait for another couple of weeks if you want to do the entire hike.

Heart Mountain

Charles — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:15:30 -0700

This trail is in good condition. With the recent snow, at the top there are sections where the snow is up to the top of your calves but I made it around and then back on the Quaite Creek Trail without to much difficulty.

Cox Hill

Sarah — Sun, 27 May 2007 07:47:49 -0700

With last weeks snow, conditions are not good. After about a 200 meter elevation gain there is 6-8 cm of snow on the trail and is sections the water is being trapped in the trail and is fairly deep. If you try this trail before the melt you will want both gators and waterproof footwear.

Moose Mountain

Chris — Sun, 20 May 2007 20:37:21 -0700

This trail is in great shape. Any fallen trees have been cleared. There are only a couple of wet spots and minimal snow in the last 200 meters of elevation. Great hike for this time of year.

Black Prince

dirkca — Sun, 13 May 2007 21:41:16 -0700

We left Calgary today to hike the Black Prince trail today. To my surprise, winter has not ended above 1800 feet. We should have known I guess but the amount of snow still present was amazing. I am guessing that at least 5 feet of snow are still on the ground making hiking a bit difficult. Breaking through the snow was a common experience today.

Deer Ridge

Chris — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:03:37 -0700

This trail is fairly wet, especially in the Marsh areas. With the cattle traffic and trail erosion it is pretty muddy. If you want to hike in this area, I would suggest you hike to Eagle Hill Viewpoint instead.