Fall Leaves

[Elkford]

I have a friend from China coming to town. I would like to take a drive in the country to show her the fall colours. Larch valley will be to busy.. Any ideas where I should go within an hours drive from Calgary

[Roast]

Taken from a local xc skiing blog: ... Other wonderful larch destinations in Kananaskis Country include: Mt. Allan-Marmot Creek Basin, Fortress ski area and Fortress Lake, Tent Ridge, Tryst Lake, Commonwealth Creek/Smuts Pass, Burstall Pass, Piggy Plus valley, Rummel Lake, Chester Lake, Mt. Indefatigable, Lake Rae, Tombstone Pass and Tombstone Lakes, Pocaterra Basin & Pocaterra Ridge, Running Rain Lake, Odlum Ridge, Mist Ridge, Picklejar Pass, Loomis Lake, Bishop Pass and Pasque Ridge.

In Banff Park, there are excellent larch forests at Wenkchemna Pass, Consolation Valley, Panorama Ridge, Taylor Lake, Rockbound Lake, Gibbons Pass, Healy Pass, Egypt Lake, Boulder Pass, the Skoki area and of course the Lake O’Hara area in Yoho Park too.

[Elkford]

She is a little older so she may not want to hike to much

[fishpro]

It's been years since I was there, and I was only there once, but about 10 km south of highway 22 on highway 762 had some amazing fall colours!

[ÜberFly]

Great list you forwarded Roast,

 

but many of those trails in K country and in Banff are closed, unfortunately...

Taken from a local xc skiing blog: ... Other wonderful larch destinations in Kananaskis Country include: Mt. Allan-Marmot Creek Basin, Fortress ski area and Fortress Lake, Tent Ridge, Tryst Lake, Commonwealth Creek/Smuts Pass, Burstall Pass, Piggy Plus valley, Rummel Lake, Chester Lake, Mt. Indefatigable, Lake Rae, Tombstone Pass and Tombstone Lakes, Pocaterra Basin & Pocaterra Ridge, Running Rain Lake, Odlum Ridge, Mist Ridge, Picklejar Pass, Loomis Lake, Bishop Pass and Pasque Ridge.
In Banff Park, there are excellent larch forests at Wenkchemna Pass, Consolation Valley, Panorama Ridge, Taylor Lake, Rockbound Lake, Gibbons Pass, Healy Pass, Egypt Lake, Boulder Pass, the Skoki area and of course the Lake O’Hara area in Yoho Park too.

[jimbow]

not sure about fall leaves but Leighton Artist Colony has fantastic views of the foothills and i believe is generally open to the public to wonder around. Not far from Calgary and would be interesting roads to drive on in any case.

[jasonvilly]

I just drove to water valley last weekend, and just off highway 22 the colors were absolutely amazing. I would take her for a drive back in there, stop at the water valley pub for a bite and head back.

 

Not larches, but some beautiful yellows, oranges and the odd red.

[Roast]

Sorry if some of the areas I posted are closed, forgot the check. It was a quick copy paste;)