Piper Pass meadow
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.24 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,287 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,287 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,849 ft
- TrailRank
- 62
- Min elevation
- 6,404 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 4 hours 45 minutes
- Time
- 8 hours 14 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3220
- Uploaded
- July 29, 2018
- Recorded
- July 2018
near Kovach, Alberta (Canada)
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Itinerary description
Beautiful and varied hike up tot Piper Pass meadow.
We took a shortcut (turning left off Elbow Pass Trail about a kilometre early) and bushwhacked for about two kilometres. I would recommend staying on the actual trail. It's a little bit longer in distance but not in time, the views are equally good and the trail is a lot easier to navigate. This is the way we came back.
Staying on the actual trail would make the hike about one to two kilometres longer and not a circular as Wikiloc says it is. I haven't found a way to change this in the description.
After reaching Piper Pass meadow some people continue up to Piper Pass which adds another hour or so. We decided that looking at it from our lunch spot in the meadow was good enough.
The elevation chart does something strange up to 4.5km. The right hand side of the elevation chart is more accurate.
We took a shortcut (turning left off Elbow Pass Trail about a kilometre early) and bushwhacked for about two kilometres. I would recommend staying on the actual trail. It's a little bit longer in distance but not in time, the views are equally good and the trail is a lot easier to navigate. This is the way we came back.
Staying on the actual trail would make the hike about one to two kilometres longer and not a circular as Wikiloc says it is. I haven't found a way to change this in the description.
After reaching Piper Pass meadow some people continue up to Piper Pass which adds another hour or so. We decided that looking at it from our lunch spot in the meadow was good enough.
The elevation chart does something strange up to 4.5km. The right hand side of the elevation chart is more accurate.
Waypoints
Photo
7,714 ft
Leaving the trail
Turn left off the path, into the meadow for the shortcut, creek crossings (wet feet), bush whacking (scratched up skin) and potentially not finding the trail back (in short, not recommended). Keep right and on the trail for a slightly longer but easier to follow route
Photo
6,728 ft
No bush whacking but following the actual trail trough the forest on the way back. In the rain
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