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• Trailhead: Highwood Pass, Highway 40, 17 kilometers (10.6 miles) south of Kananaskis
Lakes Road
The trailhead for this steep interpretive walk is across the road from the parking lot at
Highwood Pass. A booklet, available at the trailhead or at the Visitor Information Centre,
corresponds with numbered posts along the trail. As you climb into the alpine zone, mag-
nificent panoramas unfold. Along the trail you are likely to see numerous small mammals.
Columbian ground squirrels, pikas, least chipmunks, and hoary marmots are all common.
At higher elevations, the meadows are home to bighorn sheep, mountain goats, and grizzly
bears.
Warspite Lake
• Length: 2.1 kilometers/1.3 miles (40 minutes) one-way
• Elevation gain: 100 meters/330 feet
• Rating: easy
• Trailhead: Mount Black Prince day-use area, Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail, 8 kilometers (5
miles) from Kananaskis Lakes Road
BEAT THE CAMPING CROWD
Every weekend throughout summer, thousands of Calgarians flee the city for the
mountains. Kananaskis Country-and Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in particu-
lar-is the most popular destination. With little more than 500 campsites-many
offered on a first-come, first-served basis-campgrounds fill fast. This isn't usually a
problem during the week, but by lunchtime Friday, enthusiastic Calgarians are busy
setting up camp for the weekend, and by midafternoon all sites will be filled. (Some
folks head out on Thursday, stake a spot by paying for three nights' camping, head
back to Calgary, then return after work on Friday). The official checkout time is
11am, but plan on arriving earlier than this to secure a site. When every campground
is full, a sign at the junction of Highway 40 and Kananaskis Lakes Road directs
campers to the Pocaterra day-use area, where overflow camping costs $8. Another
option is to continue up and over Highwood Pass to the more remote campgrounds
detailed under Highwood/Cataract Creek.
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