Manitoba trails · Bluestem Trail
Bluestem Trail
A 7.8-mile out-and-back in Manitoba, with 69 ft of climbing. Reaches Griffiths Hill.
Length
7.8 mi
Elevation gain
69 ft
Difficulty
Easy
Max grade
7%
Steepest mile
+66 ft
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Dirt
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 7.8 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Griffiths Hill (summit)
Getting there
Aspen Trail access. 50.02174, -96.88141 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:15 a.m., the sun rises at 7:47 a.m. and sets at 6:38 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:11 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 51 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 15.6-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 52 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:39 p.m. — 4 h 59 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Bluestem Trail + Aspen Trail — 11.3 mi loop, 236 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Lakeview Trail — 1.2 mi
- Bunn's Creek Trail — 9.4 mi
- FortWhyte Greenway — 20.7 mi