SPARROWHAWK TARNS
Distance 12.7 km return, height gain 750 m, moderately strenuous
The head of Sparrowhawk Creek is wild, open country with at least 5 little paternoster tarns to delight in. Just don't go expecting larches or you'll be disappointed.
Start: Hwy. 742 (Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail) at Sparrowhawk day-use area. Starts up the access to the High Rockies Trail which it crosses.
Difficulty: Good trail all the way to the start of the rockpile, then intermittant trailt to just below the tarns. The final stretch involves finding the easiest way up short rockbands.
Map: Spray-Wind
  • Photo Alf Skrastins
Please refer to the trail description in the guidebook, especially for unofficial, off-trail hikes.
Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Volume 3 Trail #84
Trailhead: Sparrowhawk 50.938348N, -115.317466W

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Last updated Aug 1, 2019