Trail Races & Routes in Alberta
Explore 95 trail running and hiking routes across Alberta. 0 organized races and 95 training routes covering distances from 3.0 mi to 179.8 mi. Elevation gains range from 170 ft to 21,912 ft. Preview every trail in 3D flyover with segment breakdowns.
Key Takeaways
Total Routes
95
Races / Routes
0 / 95
Distance Range
3.0 mi - 179.8 mi
Elevation Range
170 ft - 21,912 ft
Most Popular Distance
Other (68)
Surface Type
100% Trail
| Route Name | Location | Distance | Elevation Gain | Type | Race Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Baldy West (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 3.0 mi | 2,500 ft | route | — |
| EEOR - East End of Rundle (Alberta, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 3.1 mi | 2,792 ft | route | — |
| Anderson Peak Route | Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta | 3.7 mi | 3,561 ft | route | — |
| Big Sister | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 3.8 mi | 4,249 ft | route | — |
| Crandell Lake Trail | Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta | 3.8 mi | 822 ft | route | — |
| Ha Ling Peak (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 4.0 mi | 2,618 ft | route | — |
| The Fold | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 4.0 mi | 2,992 ft | route | — |
| Prairie Mountain Climb, Kananaskis | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 4.1 mi | 2,203 ft | route | — |
| Glory Hills | Parkland County, Alberta | 4.1 mi | 324 ft | route | — |
| Loaf Mountain Route | Castle Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta | 4.4 mi | 3,294 ft | route | — |
| Sulphur Skyline Trail | Jasper National Park, Alberta | 4.6 mi | 2,915 ft | route | — |
| Whistlers Summit Trail (AB, Canada) | Alberta | 4.7 mi | 3,915 ft | route | — |
| GDT esw | Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta | 5.5 mi | 276 ft | route | — |
| Mt Yamnuska (AB, Canada) | Municipal District of Bighorn, Alberta | 5.5 mi | 2,783 ft | route | — |
| Mt Fairview (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 5.6 mi | 3,248 ft | route | — |
| Storelk Mountain (BC, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 5.8 mi | 3,656 ft | route | — |
| Sulphur Mountain (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 6.1 mi | 2,028 ft | route | — |
| Heart Mountain Loop (AB, Canada) | Municipal District of Bighorn, Alberta | 6.7 mi | 3,202 ft | route | — |
| Coire Dubh Integtrale (AB, Canada) | Municipal District of Bighorn, Alberta | 7.2 mi | 2,629 ft | route | — |
| Sunwapta Peak (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 12, Alberta | 7.4 mi | 5,741 ft | route | — |
| Baseline Fire Towers Loop (AB, Canada) | Clearwater County, Alberta | 7.4 mi | 1,914 ft | route | — |
| Moss Lake Trail | Elk Island National Park, Alberta | 7.5 mi | 388 ft | route | — |
| Pipestone Loop Trails | Banff National Park, Alberta | 7.5 mi | 929 ft | route | — |
| Johnson's Trail | County of Grande Prairie, Alberta | 7.5 mi | 1,144 ft | route | — |
| Mt Temple (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 7.6 mi | 5,356 ft | route | — |
| Bald Hills Trail | Jasper National Park, Alberta | 7.9 mi | 3,399 ft | route | — |
| Ha Ling Peak to Mt Lawrence Grassi (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 8.0 mi | 4,618 ft | route | — |
| Prairie Mtn (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 8.2 mi | 4,616 ft | route | — |
| Shirley Lake Trail | Elk Island National Park, Alberta | 8.5 mi | 248 ft | route | — |
| Hayburger Trail | Elk Island National Park, Alberta | 8.9 mi | 321 ft | route | — |
| Mount Athabaska (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 12, Alberta | 8.9 mi | 5,054 ft | route | — |
| Mount Allan (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 9.8 mi | 4,484 ft | route | — |
| Overlander Trail | Jasper National Park, Alberta | 9.9 mi | 942 ft | route | — |
| Tawayik Lake Trail | Elk Island National Park, Alberta | 10.0 mi | 390 ft | route | — |
| Wood Bison Trail (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 13, Alberta | 10.0 mi | 170 ft | route | — |
| GDT eso | Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66, Alberta | 10.5 mi | 2,559 ft | route | — |
| Moose Mountain Road - MoMoRo (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 10.6 mi | 1,884 ft | route | — |
| Mount Louis (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 11.0 mi | 4,799 ft | route | — |
| Healy Pass | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 11.1 mi | 2,164 ft | route | — |
| Carthew Anderson to Cameron Falls | Improvement District No. 04, Alberta | 11.2 mi | 2,484 ft | route | — |
| GDT enq | Banff National Park, Alberta | 11.8 mi | 1,064 ft | route | — |
| Cascade Mtn (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 11.8 mi | 5,158 ft | route | — |
| Calgary Plus 15 | Calgary, Alberta | 11.9 mi | 643 ft | route | — |
| GDT ewj | Castle Provincial Park, Alberta | 11.9 mi | 1,439 ft | route | — |
| Mt Birdwood NW Ridge (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 12.0 mi | 3,857 ft | route | — |
| Centennial Ridge Trail | Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta | 12.3 mi | 4,737 ft | route | — |
| Mt Lougheed Traverse (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 12.3 mi | 5,968 ft | route | — |
| Spread Eagle Mountain Route | Castle Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta | 12.9 mi | 4,021 ft | route | — |
| GDT ewc | Crowsnest Pass, Alberta | 12.9 mi | 1,865 ft | route | — |
| GDT ewg | Castle Provincial Park, Alberta | 13.3 mi | 2,013 ft | route | — |
| Mt Smuts (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 13.5 mi | 5,617 ft | route | — |
| GDT ewv | Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta | 13.8 mi | 3,422 ft | route | — |
| Victoria Ridge Route | Castle Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta | 14.1 mi | 3,237 ft | route | — |
| North York Creek Plane Crash Trail | Crowsnest Pass, Alberta | 14.3 mi | 2,580 ft | route | — |
| Mt Bourgeau (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 14.7 mi | 5,052 ft | route | — |
| GDT eiq | White Goat Wilderness Area, Alberta | 15.0 mi | 2,804 ft | route | — |
| Mt Rundle Traverse (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 15.1 mi | 8,169 ft | route | — |
| The Big Traverse: Wasootch Pk to Mt McDougall (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 15.2 mi | 6,341 ft | route | — |
| Mt Cline (AB, Canada) | Clearwater County, Alberta | 15.5 mi | 6,457 ft | route | — |
| Saturday Night Lake Loop | Alberta | 15.7 mi | 2,171 ft | route | — |
| GDT enw | Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta | 16.2 mi | 3,715 ft | route | — |
| GDT ect | Jasper National Park, Alberta | 16.4 mi | 1,583 ft | route | — |
| Egypt Lake Trail via Healy Pass Trail (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 16.5 mi | 3,686 ft | route | — |
| GDT esi | Cataract Creek Snow Vehicle Public Land Use Zone, Alberta | 17.2 mi | 4,200 ft | route | — |
| GDT ent | Banff National Park, Alberta | 17.2 mi | 1,691 ft | route | — |
| Whitehorse Creek Trails | Yellowhead County, Alberta | 17.6 mi | 2,783 ft | route | — |
| GDT ewr | Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta | 17.8 mi | 4,429 ft | route | — |
| GDT eiv | Banff National Park, Alberta | 17.9 mi | 4,324 ft | route | — |
| GDT esl | Beehive Natural Area, Alberta | 18.2 mi | 3,629 ft | route | — |
| GDT enj | Banff National Park, Alberta | 19.3 mi | 6,285 ft | route | — |
| Mt Northover (BC, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 20.1 mi | 4,932 ft | route | — |
| Glasgow to Banded Peak Traverse (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 20.4 mi | 7,417 ft | route | — |
| GDT esf | Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta | 21.0 mi | 4,192 ft | route | — |
| GDT ewm | Castle Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta | 22.7 mi | 7,867 ft | route | — |
| GDT eil | Jasper National Park, Alberta | 23.1 mi | 4,337 ft | route | — |
| GDT eig | Jasper National Park, Alberta | 23.7 mi | 3,479 ft | route | — |
| GDT ekc | Banff National Park, Alberta | 24.4 mi | 1,907 ft | route | — |
| Livingstone Range Traverse (AB, Canada) | Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66, Alberta | 25.5 mi | 9,888 ft | route | — |
| Mount Rundle Circumnavigation - 'Round Rundle (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 25.6 mi | 2,160 ft | route | — |
| Whitehorse Creek Trails | Yellowhead County, Alberta | 25.9 mi | 3,186 ft | route | — |
| Big Elbow-Little Elbow Loop | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 26.2 mi | 2,779 ft | route | — |
| Edmonton River Valley, aka Jacob Alan Trail (AB, Canada) | Edmonton, Alberta | 27.5 mi | 1,010 ft | route | — |
| Skyline Trail (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 12, Alberta | 28.2 mi | 4,285 ft | route | — |
| Nihahi Ridge Loop (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 32.7 mi | 9,613 ft | route | — |
| Canmore Quad (AB, Canada) | Town of Canmore, Alberta | 34.7 mi | 15,294 ft | route | — |
| 4 Pass Lake Louise Loop | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 35.4 mi | 8,299 ft | route | — |
| Waterton Triple Crown (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 04, Alberta | 36.1 mi | 8,916 ft | route | — |
| O.B.W.A.T. Ultra | Athabasca County, Alberta | 37.2 mi | 806 ft | route | — |
| Banff 3 Peaks Challenge (AB, Canada) | Alberta | 37.5 mi | 15,059 ft | route | — |
| Sawback Trail (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 9, Alberta | 44.5 mi | 7,562 ft | route | — |
| Brazeau Loop (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 12, Alberta | 47.3 mi | 5,949 ft | route | — |
| Brazeau Loop (AB, Canada) | Improvement District No. 12, Alberta | 50.6 mi | 6,844 ft | route | — |
| Crowsnest High Five Route (AB, Canada) | Alberta | 64.3 mi | 21,912 ft | route | — |
| Powderface Ridge, Prairie Mountain, Moose Mountain 100km (AB, Canada) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 78.8 mi | 14,127 ft | route | — |
| Bow Valley Kananaskis (BVK) | Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta | 179.8 mi | 17,785 ft | route | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many trail races are in Alberta?
There are 0 organized races and 95 self-supported routes available in Alberta.
What is the average elevation gain in Alberta?
The average elevation gain is 4,275 feet, with routes ranging from 170 to 21,912 feet.
What distances are available in Alberta?
Available distances include: 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, 50K, 50 Mile, 100K, 100 Mile, Ultra.
Can these trail routes in Alberta be used for hiking?
Yes. 100% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.
What's the best time of year to run trails in Alberta?
Trail running conditions in Alberta vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.
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