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Black Rock Mountain
Kananaskis, Alberta
January 18, 2003
Distance: 10.8 km
Cumulative Elevation Gain: 920 m

The hike up Black Rock Mountain was more interesting than I expected, enjoyable with changing scenery throughout. After crossing a frozen creek at the start, Wayne, Dinah and I followed a good trail all the way to the summit. On the way down, we left the trail to explore some cliffs below the plateau. The only difficulty for this trip was getting to the trailhead. A 4WD vehicle is a must!

KML and GPX Tracks


Black Rock Mountain seen from the trailhead


Crossing the creek at the start


Heading to the base of the mountain


The trail turns left above us


The trail then swings right


Devils Head (mouse over for a close-up)


Going up a short canyon


Near the top of the canyon


I waited for Dinah and Wayne on the plateau


Dinah is on her way to the plateau


The summit is still some distant away from the plateau


Looking southwest as we approached the summit. Phantom Craig appears in the middle.


The lookout was built in 1928 and is no longer in use


Wayne stands on the edge of a precipice


We left the trail and went to the end of the rock wall behind us to explore


At the end of the rock wall


Looking east at the southeast ridge


Lesueur Ridge lies in the background


Taking a break


82 O/6 Lake Minnewanka

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