Alberta trails · Roche De Smet Route
Roche De Smet Route
A 8.4-mile out-and-back in Alberta, with 4,757 ft of climbing. Reaches Roche De Smet.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 2,707 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Roche De Smet (summit)
Getting there
Roche De Smet Route access. 53.07986, -118.08409 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:41 a.m., the sun rises at 8:16 a.m. and sets at 6:58 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:33 p.m. (MDT) — 10 h 42 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 16.9-mile round trip works out to roughly 11 h 01 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- Mount Edith Cavell Route — 27.5 mi