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Little Lougheed Hike

Where:

  • Little Lougheed

 

When:

  • August 31, 2024

 

Who:

  • Ed, Craig, Oak, Erin, Carolyn, Neil, Dave

 

Trailhead:

  • the trailhead is on Spray Lakes Road and is 16 km south of the Goat Creek parking lot, and 4.4 km south of the Driftwood parking lot
  • it is the same trail as the Spencer Creek trail
  • the trailhead is not marked, and this trail is not in the guide books or on the trail maps
  • look for a large washed out creek bed on the left (east) side of the road and the trail is on the left side of the creek bed
  • if you get to the Sparrowhawk parking lot you have gone too far, so retreat 2 km back towards Canmore

 

 

Degree of difficulty:

  • 765 meters of elevation gain
  • 6.2 km round trip
  • the trail is well marked and maintained despite not being a well-known trail
  • after a short distance (350 meters), the trail crosses the High Rockies biking trail, and this is where you turn left
  • continue until you see a tree on your right-hand side with a marking on it, and turn up into the forest
  • after about a half hour from the start of the trail, you leave the forest and reach a boulder field where the trail steepens significantly and is straight uphill from there
  • the last 100 meters involve a steep scramble to a beautiful summit
  • there are many areas through the rock fields that are steep and tricky footing
  • the hike took us four hours

 

 

Interesting notes:

  • there are spectacular views of Spray Lakes and the surrounding mountains at various points along the trail when you are not in the forest
  • the rock formations halfway up and at the top are amazing
  • at the end of the hike, there was a cold pool of water in the stream that Dave and I had a nice soak into
  • Little Lougheed is the baby sister of Mount Lougheed, which is the towering peak beside it
  • the Lougheed mountains were named after Sir James Lougheed, who was a prominent lawyer, politician, senator, and cabinet minister

 

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