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Elkwater Lake

Spruce Coulee

Soggy Bottom

East End Day Use 1.0 km

West Central Day Use

[Elev: 1230m]

West End Day Use

Shoreline

Sunset

2.4 km

Camping Area

Parking

Elkwater Marina

1.1 km

Firerock

Lakeview

Aspen Ridge Cabins

Visitor Centre

Viewpoint

Aspen Ridge Connector

0.5 km

Easy Trail

Intermediate Trail

Cougar Ridge

Elkwater

Ruttentuke

Paved Road Gravel Road

Dif ficult Trail

Old Baldy 0.5 km

Badger Grind

Beaver Creek

1.3 km

Firerock

Cobble Miner 2.5 km

Elkwater

1.1 km

Old Baldy

Ranger

Sorry

Firerock

2.1 km

2.5 km

Crocus Loop

Beaver Creek Loop 0.7 km

The Last Grizzly

Sky Island

0.6 km

[Elev: 1300m]

Ferguson Hill

Kerfuf fl e

Hidden Valley Ski Area

Upper Mystery

Cobble Miner

2.0 km

Tower

The Tragically Steep

Mitchell Creek Connector Elkwater to Ferguson Hill Campground Ferguson Hill to Beaver Creek Loop

Cobble Miner

[Elev: 1440m]

Hidden Valley Conn.

Tephra

Horseshoe Canyon

Mazama Drop

Lodgepole Connector

Mitt Nibbler

Beaver Creek

Lodgepole

3.6 km

Lower Mystery 0.6 km

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Mitt Nibbler

Upper Mystery

3.4 km

Ferguson Hill Road

Flatten the Curve

Mystery

1.3 km

Mitchell Creek

2.8 km

Nichol Springs

Trails Only hiking and biking

7.0 km

Horseshoe Canyon Viewpoint [Elev: 1450m]

0.7 km

1.0 km

Murray Hill Road

N

Plateau

0.9 km

Medicine Lodge and Tom Trott Backcountry Huts Forestry Museum

To Hwy 41

0 250m

Mystery

Willow Creek Road

HIDDEN VALLEY SKI AREA

Rangers – Soggy Bottom – Shoreline

Rangers, Cobble Miner – Lower Mystery – Mystery – Plateau – Beaver Creek

3.5 km loop Loop Elkwater with this trail. It has everything from lakeshore sites to spruce forests. Follow the fire guard as you move through the forest. Keep an eye out for wildlife as they like to frequent this trail. Horseshoe Canyon – Beaver Creek 9.1 km loop The Cypress Hills classic, hike up to the Horseshoe Canyon Viewpoint and then down through a cool spruce forest on the Beaver Creek trail.

15 km loop One of the longest collection of trails that make a loop in the park, this route will challenge you as a hiker or a mountain biker. See fantastic view points, and travel over difficult terrain.

The trails in the Hidden Valley Ski area are mountain bike specific with a mix of flow trails to technical single track. Hiking is not recommended except on Sorry, Ruttentuke and the Aspen Ridge connector

This hike has everything. Horseshoe Canyon – Plateau – Mystery

14.3 km loop A great hike with a mix of lookouts and forest types. At 14.3 kilometres, this loop is a fantastic challenge as a day hike.

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