Great Divide Trail Located in the Kootenays

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Great Divide Trail

Back Country Trail
The Great Divide Trail, or GDT, is a 1,200 km long wilderness hiking trail in the Canadian Rockies, beginning in Waterton Lakes National Park at the Canada-US border and ends in Kakwa Provincial Park. The trail closely follows the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia, crossing the divide no fewer than 30 times.
Cranbrook, Field, Fernie, Banff, Calgary, Jasper
Several, e.g. Miette River Trail, Moose River Trail, David Thompson Heritage Trail
1,200 kilometers
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Latitude & longitude indicates the trailhead at Allison Creek campground near Crowsnest Pass. Horse access is possible on the GDT from here all the way north to Elk Lakes Provincial Park. Alternate routes for horses are found within some of the Provincial and National Parks that the GDT passes through.
For more information visit the Great Divide Trail Association website at www.greatdividetrail.com .
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Brent Wray

Equestrian GDT posted on: 07 / 20 / 2022

I've been doing a LOT of investigation into the GDT route over the last few months and the route shown here is for backpacking, NOT equestrians. There are lots of sections where horses are not allowed, or can't go because trails haven't been cleared in years. White Goat Wilderness Area - horses not permitted. Same with Kananaskis Lakes. Yoho National Park trails haven't been cleared in years and are reported to be very hard going. There is no north-south route through Jasper. Seems they want to keep equestrians on either the North Boundary or South Boundary. Horses not permitted on Skyline Trail, Maligne Lake or over Maligne Pass.

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