Plan your stay at Off our Rockies
While staying at Off Our Rockies Bed and Breakfast, in Canmore there are
a wide range of activities sure to please everyone. The following links
will help you plan your vacation. Please call if you need advice we will be
happy to help you choose and arrange any activities.
Local Activities in and around Canmore
Hiking in the Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise Skiing, Sunshine Ski Hill, Ski Banff Norquay, Nakiska Ski Hill
Grassi Lakes Hike
• Length: 2 km/1.2 miles (40 minutes) one-way
• Elevation gain: 300 meters/980 feet
• Rating: easy/moderate
• Trailhead: beyond the Nordic center, six km (3.7 miles) west of downtown
off Spray Lakes Road
This historical trail climbs to two small lakes below Ha Ling Peak. From
the parking lot just off Spray Lakes Road, take the left fork 150 meters (.1
mile) along the trail. It climbs steadily to stairs cut into a cliff face
before leading up to a bridge over Canmore Creek and to the lakes.
Interpretive signs along the trail point out interesting aspects of the Bow
Valley and detail the life of Lawrence Grassi, who built the trail in the
early 1920s. With Ha Ling Peak as a backdrop, these gin-clear, spring-fed
lakes are a particularly rewarding destination. Behind the upper lake, an
easy scramble up a scree slope leads to four pictographs (native rock
paintings) of human figures. They are on the first large boulder in the
gorge. An alternate return route is down a rough access road between the
hiking trail and Spray Lakes Road, passing a broken-down log cabin along the
way.