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Copton Fire Tower

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Trail stats

Distance
80 mi
Elevation gain
12,129 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
12,129 ft
Max elevation
6,066 ft
TrailRank 
34
Min elevation
3,017 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
5 hours 50 minutes
Time
8 hours 40 minutes
Coordinates
13360
Uploaded
August 27, 2023
Recorded
August 2023
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near Grande Cache, Alberta (Canada)

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Itinerary description

Fantastic ride. Big day though - 13 hour return trip to GP / 130 km’s on bike.

Road riding 55 ish km’s to get to tower trail - bottom portion of the trail very grown in with Alders. But over all pretty average skill set will make this trip

Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,989 ft
Photo ofSheep Creek Gravel Pit

Sheep Creek Gravel Pit

Paving crew at pit

PictographRiver Altitude 3,681 ft
Photo ofCopton River??

Copton River??

Not sure what creek / river this is. Mo signs. Doing some checking

PictographWaypoint Altitude 3,789 ft
Photo ofSheep Creek / Beaverdam Rd intetsection

Sheep Creek / Beaverdam Rd intetsection

PictographWaypoint Altitude 3,802 ft
Photo ofSheep Creek / Beaverdam Rd - 40 km to here

Sheep Creek / Beaverdam Rd - 40 km to here

PictographWaypoint Altitude 5,023 ft
Photo ofLuge Road - 51 km to here

Luge Road - 51 km to here

Good trail down ti Kakwa River. Can cross river and access Porcupine Flats when water levels allow

PictographLake Altitude 5,725 ft
Photo ofCopton Tower Lake

Copton Tower Lake

Beautiful little lake.

PictographLake Altitude 5,712 ft
Photo ofCopton Lake

Copton Lake

PictographWaypoint Altitude 5,696 ft
Photo ofCopton Tower Rd

Copton Tower Rd

PictographWaypoint Altitude 5,696 ft
Photo ofFire tower road

Fire tower road

Rock gardens all along trail

PictographWaypoint Altitude 5,676 ft
Photo ofFire tower road

Fire tower road

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,076 ft
Photo ofCopton Fire Tower

Copton Fire Tower

62 km’s from Sheep Creek pit right to tower

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,066 ft
Photo ofFire tower

Fire tower

Unbelievable views from here.

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,076 ft
Photo ofLarge cairn at fire tower

Large cairn at fire tower

PictographSummit Altitude 6,079 ft
Photo ofSummit

Summit

PictographLake Altitude 5,705 ft
Photo ofFire tower lake

Fire tower lake

Little Kettle Lake just below the fire tower

PictographRiver Altitude 3,481 ft
Photo ofKakwa River at Porcupine Flats

Kakwa River at Porcupine Flats

Too much water to cross today. Really wanted to but center channel pretty swift

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