Yukon trails · Mary Lake-Cowley Lakes Trail
Mary Lake-Cowley Lakes Trail
A 3.8-mile out-and-back in Yukon, with 187 ft of climbing. Reaches Swamp Lake.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 85% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 1.3. It gives back about 147 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Swamp Lake (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:54 a.m., the sun rises at 8:37 a.m. and sets at 6:52 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:35 p.m. (MST) — 10 h 15 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 7.6-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 00 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:37 a.m. — 7 h 15 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Cantlie Lake Trail — 4.6 mi
- Trans Canada Trail — 5.1 mi
- Log Trail — 5.3 mi
- Grey Mountain Summit Trail — 5.7 mi