Manitoba trails · Escarpment
Escarpment
A 5.1-mile out-and-back in Manitoba, with 103 ft of climbing. Reaches East Deep Lake.
Length
5.1 mi
Elevation gain
103 ft
Difficulty
Easy
Max grade
12%
Steepest mile
+97 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
0.1 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Unpaved
Bikes
yes
Horses
yes
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 5.1 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- East Deep Lake (lake)
Heads up
Terrain graded T2 (SAC scale).
Getting there
Escarpment access — parking nearby. 50.67451, -99.65149 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:26 a.m., the sun rises at 7:59 a.m. and sets at 6:48 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:21 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 10.3-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 54 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:53 a.m. — 6 h 55 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Gorge Creek — 1.3 mi
- J.E.T. — 3.0 mi
- Bald Hill — 5.5 mi
- Cowan Lake — 7.2 mi