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Nov 8, 2026 @ 4:01pm (America/Edmonton)
Nov 8, 2026
hike Heads up that the trail had some high water flow damage over the summer of 2026. The lower section that travels through the river valley (the lower west side of loop) had a lot of damage - you now pick your way though the boulders as most of the trail that bordered the river has washed away. Most fallen trees have been trimmed so it's not too hard to pick your way. This will fill with snow in in the winter and should be fine.

However, the short steep switchback that took you from the river valley into the trees has completely washed away and it will be difficult to climb out of the river valley once the washed out bank is icy and snow covered (it's a 15-20 foot high steep crumbly bank now). Doing the complete loop will be difficult until a new path through that short troublesome section is established.

The trail still has excellent views and is a great snowshoe or fat bike. Instead of doing a loop, the next time I will travel up the eastern part of the loop to the intersection where you start to descend (i.e. the first half of the loop counterclockwise), but instead of descending the loop, I will continue straight along the Snowdrift trail and continue to the bridge that crosses Headwall Creek, and then return the way I came. The bridge is very beautiful in the winter and the Snowdrift trail to the bridge needs more traffic to keep it packed for snowshoeing and fatbiking. There are super views from the meadow about half-way to the bridge from the intersection.

Note that the trail signage and website explicitly allows snowshoeing and fat biking. I don’t know why trailforks calls this a hiking only trail and half of the trails shown on the Alberta parks website aren’t shown on trailforks. 		Unknownview

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