Belmore Brown Hike

Where:

• Belmore Browne

 

When:

• October 21, 2025

 

Who:

• Ed, Craig, Rod, Dally, Kardy

 

Trailhead:

• an hour and a half drive from Calgary (142 km)
• heading west on Highway 1 and take the Sibbald Flats (highway 68) turnoff heading south for 22 km and then take Powderface Trail for 14.5 km
• the trailhead starts on the right (west) side of the road and is marked by a cairn
• we parked just past the trailhead at a bit of a carve out in the road

 

 

Degree of difficulty:

• 800 meters elevation
• 11 km round trip
• the hike took us four and fifteen minutes
• the trail starts out flat up a cutline, then meanders gradually uphill through the forest, and then through a creek bed with some tricky footing and then up a steep scree slope to the first summit and then along a ridge to the second summit

 

 

Interesting notes:

• Belmore Browne was an artist, explorer, mountaineer, and great exponent of northern outdoor living and wilderness travel,

• you can continue north from the second Belmore peak to Boundary Peak or south to Tiara Peak, which we plan to do next time
• the trail offers views of numerous peaks in the front range of the Kananaskis Valley and Bragg Creek area
• it’s hard to believe that such a spectacular hike that is so close to Calgary is not very well known and we only saw two other people on the trail