Alberta trails · Beatty Lake Trail
Beatty Lake Trail
A 6.9-mile out-and-back in Alberta, with 2,105 ft of climbing. Reaches South Kananaskis Pass and other lake/pass destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 74% of the ascent, between mile 4.6 and mile 6.9. It gives back about 2,353 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- South Kananaskis Pass (pass)
- North Kananaskis Pass (pass)
- Beatty Lake (lake)
- Maude Lake (lake)
Heads up
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:29 a.m., the sun rises at 8:02 a.m. and sets at 6:51 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:24 p.m. (MDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 13.8-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 13 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 3:14 p.m. — 3 h 37 min before sunset.
Across the border
- Continues into BC as S Kananaskis Pass Tr — view on the map
- Continues into BC as Maude Lawson Trail — view on the map
Nearby trails
- Mount Bogart Route — 14.3 mi
- Cougar Burns Traverse Route — 17.4 mi
- Cautley to Wonder Route — 18.4 mi
- Mount Collembola Route — 19.1 mi