Motorcycle ride in Alberta

Highwood Pass (Kananaskis)

181 km (112 miles), 2 hr 5 min, intermediate

Highway 40 crosses Highwood Pass, the highest road pass in Canada, at over 2,200 m in the Alberta Rockies. From Longview, it climbs the Highwood valley, crosses the pass, then drops down along the Kananaskis Lakes to Kananaskis Village and Canmore. The pass section is closed every winter, from December to mid-June.

Canmore. Photo: Vintotal, CC BY-SA 3.0, resized

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Stops along the way

SStart: Longview
1Highwood House, after 43 km (27 miles)
2Col Highwood, after 81 km (50 miles)
3Village de Kananaskis, after 125 km (78 miles)
FFinish: Canmore, after 181 km (112 miles)

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Photos along the route

Longview. Photo: Ingo Schwarze, CC BY 4.0, resized

Canmore. Photo: Jack Borno, CC BY-SA 3.0, resized

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Roads change: passes close in winter, roadworks, rockfalls, local restrictions. Check the road before you set off. MotoLert does not replace road signs or the Highway Code.

Route planned by MotoLert with Valhalla on © OpenStreetMap contributors data (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the author and licence under each image.

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