The Best Alpine Climbing Trails in Canada

Mount Loki

Alpine Climbing

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christian_r

Distance

10.02mi

Elevation +

4760f

TrailRank

39| 4.0

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2007-8-25 Turn up the well signed Portman Creek Road (waypoint provided), and make your way to the PARKING waypoint - this is a decent 2wd logging road. I camped right at the trailhead. The trail starts out steep gainin...

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Mount Tecumseh

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

9.60mi

Elevation +

3517f

TrailRank

36

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The approach along the road is boring and one quickly wishes it was open to public. The views aren't terribly exciting, but there were some interesting formations, fossils and wild flowers on this scramble. Also saw some...

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Mt. SAINT PIRAN (BANFF NP)

Alpine Climbing

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jchicar

Distance

13.96mi

Elevation +

4429f

TrailRank

35

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Route starting on Lake Louise (Banff). Well marked path to first summit ( little Beehave). From there a path on your left (not well marked) will take you to Mt. St. Piran (2700 m). Only the last part is not clearly marke...

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Mount Murray

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

10.65mi

Elevation +

3763f

TrailRank

34

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This is not a very popular scramble and once off the hiking trail, route finding can be a bit tricky up to Cegnfs. From Cegnfs to Mount Murray, the route is pretty obvious. This GPS track involves some difficult scrambli...

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Mount Arrowsmith

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

4.49mi

Elevation +

3350f

TrailRank

33

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Pretty straight forward. There was a bit of snow near the top and keeping on the route was a bit challenging.

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Sentinel pass - Larch Valley Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Alpine Climbing

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janko12

Distance

3.72mi

Elevation +

2411f

TrailRank

33

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Sentinel Pass via Larch Valley Trail is a 10.5 kilometer heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada that features a lake and is rated as difficult. The trail is primarily used for hik...

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Mount Andromache

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

7.16mi

Elevation +

3862f

TrailRank

32

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This GPS track requires a car shuttle. This track also starts opposite to what most people recommend when doing this route.

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Storm Mountain

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

7.88mi

Elevation +

4944f

TrailRank

32

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The approach involves going over lots of fallen trees and a ton of scree. It's a slog, but the views are fantastic.

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Bogart Tower

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

11.25mi

Elevation +

2306f

TrailRank

32

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Most people have done this trail on the way to the Memorial Lakes. The only difference with that one and this is the added scramble to the summit of Bogart Tower. So a good percentage of this route is a hike and a beauti...

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Mount Sir Donald

Alpine Climbing

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christian_r

Distance

11.82mi

Elevation +

7877f

TrailRank

31

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2007-8-15 A beautiful approach to a classic climb. The trail starts with a gentle slope and gets steeper as you hike along. The toilet marked on the trail is an outhouse minus the house part! At the spot marked SADDLE t...

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Mount Cautley and Wonder Peak

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

9.55mi

Elevation +

3304f

TrailRank

30

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Mount Cautley is a steep hike, but we tried to combine it with Wonder Peak which would be moderate scrambling with some tricky route finding. We got very close to the summit of Wonder Peak but were forced to turn around ...

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Probity

Alpine Climbing

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Rich Priebe

Distance

17.08mi

Elevation +

7385f

TrailRank

29

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Wow, great country. 3 hours of stupid ugly bushwacking, then some incredible glacial territory. no trails, lots of open land, easy or tough walking everywhere.

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Mount Carnarvon

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

3.80mi

Elevation +

3002f

TrailRank

29

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This track is not complete, but it shows the scrambling route. There is a lot of elevation gain via switch backs. Hamilton Lake is a nice stop on the way up.

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Mount Niles

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

15.65mi

Elevation +

4557f

TrailRank

29

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A popular scramble. The scrambling itself is not that difficult if you stay on the route. The views are absolutely fantastic. There were a ton of mountain goats on this trail too. Definitely one of my favorites.

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A day on Elkhorn!!!

Alpine Climbing

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Erin Crossley

Distance

10.43mi

Elevation +

5948f

TrailRank

27

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A grind up to the Ridge to walk along a rolling ridge line over to Elkhorn. The second chute in the basin to include the "Chimney" and fun repelling all of the wat down!

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Cats ears

Alpine Climbing

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Rich Priebe

Distance

22.39mi

Elevation +

23894f

TrailRank

27

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an 18 hours day with ugly bush, steep scrambling and fun exploring, sorry about the gps bounce which wanted to paint the whole mountain, it does that in steep terain

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Narao Peak

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

10.58mi

Elevation +

4327f

TrailRank

27

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A really fun scramble with a really interesting ascent via the headwall overlooking Ross Lake. The ascent line we took was quite fun, but the descent had a lot of loose rock and was a bit slower going.

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North Buttress on Triple Peak

Alpine Climbing

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Rich Priebe

Distance

17.70mi

Elevation +

37736f

TrailRank

27

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great climbing, bushy, 8 pitches up to 5.7 but with some mistakes a few really tricky moves. 60m raps down the gully but wrong area and was too bushy

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Rugged

Alpine Climbing

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Rich Priebe

Distance

8.25mi

Elevation +

7507f

TrailRank

27

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drove high with 4 wheel drive and high clearance, 40 minutes to gain the ridge and trail and great snow over good snow bridges up the East Ridge

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Mount Field

Alpine Climbing

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markostavric

Distance

11.86mi

Elevation +

4544f

TrailRank

27

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Pretty straight forward scrambling, mostly hiking, up until the rock band. There are a couple of ways through and they're marked with cairns. Lots of wildflowers and great views.

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Colonel Foster traverse 5peaks

Alpine Climbing

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Rich Priebe

Distance

32.16mi

Elevation +

29633f

TrailRank

26

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What an amazing experience, lots of tricky route finding, tons of rappels off great stations and the views!!

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Baldy Mountain (North ► South ► West ► Baldy Pass)

Alpine Climbing

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artico_monk

Distance

7.66mi

Elevation +

3150f

TrailRank

24

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ATTENTION: Route drawn manually and not from a GPS. Do NOT load this route in your devide. Some moderate (easy but exposed and potentially dangerous) scrambling required, especially going south down from the North sum...

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5040 Mt Nahmint

Alpine Climbing

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islandhikes

Distance

11.73mi

Elevation +

7359f

TrailRank

24

Cross over to Nahmint via 5040 Peak. Great views a great three day trip or one long day if ya into that :) Some steep scramble getting over false peak before Nahmint plus some route finding to reach summit

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Behinde, Golden Hinde and Burman

Alpine Climbing

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Rich Priebe

Distance

18.37mi

Elevation +

8471f

TrailRank

20

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long day, 15.5 hrs. great weather. the Behinde has some intense exposure, the WR of Golden Hinde is amazing, going down the SE Gullies in the snow takes keeping your head in the game and Burman, well its there so needs t...

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