Parking
Elk Pass Trail Head / Day Use Area on Kananaskis Lakes Trail. A Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required to park.
Overview
About Blueberry Hill Trail
Why go
- Views over Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes
- A direct climb to a high viewpoint
Heads up
- Steep ascent and descent
- Trees can screen parts of the lake view
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Peter Lougheed map
Full mapElevation1,725–2,036 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Best time to go
Safety
4 active Peter Lougheed alerts
- ClosureTrail closures and Three Isle detourThree trail sections remain closed; stay out of closed areas and follow the signed Three Isle detour to reach the open backcountry campgrounds.Official details
- CautionBear activity near Elpoca and ValleyviewFrequent bear activity has been noted along Valleyview Road from Elpoca Day Use Area south to Highway 40, near Little Highwood Pass and Valleyview Day Use Areas; use bear precautions.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Peter Lougheed Tour Guide
Your drive to Blueberry Hill Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Peter Lougheed audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Elk Pass: A Meadow on the Provincial Boundary0:00 / 0:25
“Up ahead is Elk Pass Day Use Area, the start of a summer hike to a meadow on the Alberta–British Columbia boundary.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Peter Lougheed Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Upper Lake: Shoreline and Sarrail Falls
- Lower Lake Day Use: A Winter Lakeshore Stop
- Boulton Creek: Trading Post and Creekside Break
- North Interlakes and Panorama: Two Lake Views
- 41 audio storiesacross Peter Lougheed’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Canada Lynx, Black Bear, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 66 trails, 41 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Blueberry Hill Trail
The winter routeThis out-and-back follows the Elk Pass Snowshoe Trail to the Blueberry Hill path and climbs to…
This out-and-back follows the Elk Pass Snowshoe Trail to the Blueberry Hill path and climbs to the viewpoint. The mapped line is about 2.15 miles (3.46 km) one way; retracing it makes roughly 4.3 miles (7 km) round trip. The listed 3.5 km matches the one-way line.
Climb and viewExpect a steep climb to a viewpoint over Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes.
Expect a steep climb to a viewpoint over Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes. The route gains about 1,000 feet (305 m). Trees can screen parts of the lake view.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Peter Lougheed
132 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
17 sightingsCanada LynxMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
30 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
69 sightingsMooseMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
176 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
19 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 8 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Peter Lougheed. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
