This is a popular trail for backpacking, birding, and camping, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day.

River fords will be necessary.

Webthe bighorn backcountry is immense and beautiful.

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The best times to visit this trail are.

Generally considered a challenging route, it takes an average of 5 h 25 min to.

Alberta's bighorn backcountry covers 5,000 square kilometres (1. 2 million acres) of public lands east of the banff and jasper national parks.

It boasts wide open, gently sloping valleys, clear streams, and thick forests of spruce and pine, interspersed.

Sudden weather changes are common.

And that’s only the beginning of the fun.

Alberta's bighorn backcountry is an area of public lands east of banff and jasper national parks.

Sudden weather changes are common.

And that’s only the beginning of the fun.

Alberta's bighorn backcountry is an area of public lands east of banff and jasper national parks.

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