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Backcountry Skiing Areas

All routes involve significant avalanche hazard and are located in a remote wilderness area. Users must have advanced avalanche training, be familiar with map and compass navigation and be able to provide self rescue in the event of an incident. Kananaskis has a shallow snowpack, high winds and extreme temperature changes. As a result the snowpack is weak and often poses a very high avalanche risk. If in doubt, always hire a guide (click to open).

Kananaskis Avalanche Forecast (click to open)

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Click on highlighted names for complete trail descriptions. More trails coming soon...

Name

1.  Miner's Gully

2.  Mount Sparrowhawk

3.  Tent Ridge

4.  Tryst Lake Chutes

4.  Super Slope

5.  Pigs Tail / Spray Range Trav

6.  Mount James Walker

7.  Burstall Pass

8.  French / Haig / Robertson

9.  Hero Knob

10.  Purple Knob

11.  Black Prince

11.  Knobs Traverse

12.  Rae Glacier

13.  Mount Joffre 
Distance

4 km

7 km

4 km

6.1 km

6.3 km

13.5 km

12 km

16 km

20km

7.7 km

7.5km

6.5km

10.2 km

7.2 km

28.5 km
Elev Gain

775 m

1475 m

625 m

440 m

450 m

1700 m

1100 m

530 m

1100 m

600 m

630 m

450m

1169 m

610 m

1750 m
Phys/Tech

3 / 5

4 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 4

2 / 4

4 / 3

4 / 3

2 / 1

4 / 3

3 / 3

3 / 4

2 / 2

4 / 4

2 / 2

5 / 5
Avi Rating

Complex

Complex

Complex

Challenging 

Challenging

Complex

Complex

Challenging

Complex

Complex

Complex

Challenging

Complex

Complex

Complex

Distance - based on car to car distance with the traverses ending in a different location.
Elevation Gain - based on total elevation gain
Physical/Technical - difficulty based on a scale of 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 the hardest
Avalanche Rating - Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) on a scale of three: Simple, Challenging & Complex

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