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View of Bow Valley – Cory Pass loop from Cory Pass Trail Parking

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View of Bow Valley – Cory Pass loop from Cory Pass Trail Parking

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(23)

229

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View of Bow Valley – Cory Pass loop from Cory Pass Trail Parking

05:09

13.1km

960m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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Banff National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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123 m

Fireside Picnic Area

Highlight • Rest Area

This picnic area is 50 meters from the parking lot (Fireside). Hiking trails start directly from there.

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1.77 km

View of Bow Valley

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From here you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Bow Valley and the Vermillion Lakes. After 600 meters steep ascent offers a breather on a beautiful grassy field.

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2.59 km

Forested Ridge in Banff National Park

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The slope lets off a lot here. From here you can already admire the destination on the left, the cut of the Cory Pass. However, this is still 3.4 km away.

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3.54 km

Rocky Cliffs in Banff National Park

Highlight • Climb

This section is not dangerous. Here you should take your hands to help and between the rocks, keeping left, descend. It's easier than it looks at first glance.

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4.00 km

Open Slope Trail, Banff National Park

Highlight • Trail

This path leads directly out of the forest and over an open slope to the pass. This passage requires some concentration, because sometimes the trail is very narrow covered with …

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5.56 km

Cory Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The view is terrific. Round tour to do well in one day. Easy climbing in a short place

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5.70 km

Edith Pass Trailhead

Highlight • Trail

The return path leads downhill in a northerly direction at first steeply, but then steadily along a scree slope below Mount Edith. On the left is Mount Louis. You reach …

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7.29 km

View of Forty Mile Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

13.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.9 km

163 m

Surfaces

13.1 km

Elevation

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Highest point (2,320 m)

Lowest point (1,420 m)

Weather

Today

Wednesday 15 July

27°C

11°C

69 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

November 18, 2023,I'm deep divin'

Horror hike experience report 😱

Doing a 1000m hike in the Rockies in advance of a hike in the Canadian winter is stupid. Starting a slightly longer hike at midday is even stupider. Both combined are absolute madness. So the end result is due to my complete stupidity.
It started again a little further away due to a closed road, …

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View of Bow Valley – Cory Pass loop from Cory Pass Trail Parking

Fireside Picnic Area

View of Bow Valley

Forested Ridge in Banff National Park

Rocky Cliffs in Banff National Park

Open Slope Trail, Banff National Park

Cory Pass

Edith Pass Trailhead

View of Forty Mile Valley

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