Alberta trails · Skyline Trail
Skyline Trail
A 22.9-mile point-to-point in Alberta, with 2,746 ft of climbing. Reaches Little Shovel Pass and other lake/pass/summit/viewpoint destinations. Managed by Parks Canada.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 46% of the ascent falls between mile 7.6 and mile 15.3. It gives back about 3,510 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Little Shovel Pass (pass)
- Shovel Pass (pass)
- Amber Mountain (summit)
- Curator Lake (lake)
- Lorraine Lake (lake)
- Mona Lake (lake)
- Notch (viewpoint)
- Mona Lake (viewpoint)
Getting there
Skyline Trail access — parking nearby. 52.72577, -117.64537 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:39 a.m., the sun rises at 8:14 a.m. and sets at 6:57 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:32 p.m. (MDT) — 10 h 43 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 22.9-mile route takes roughly 9 h 51 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 6:05 p.m. — 52 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Mount Edith Cavell Route — 17.0 mi
- Mount Brazeau Route — 19.2 mi