Top 3 Mountain Passes around Area A (Kicking Horse/Kinbasket Lake)

This unnamed pass along the Rockwall Trail opens into a huge alpine world of limestone cliffs, glaciers, larch-filled meadows, and wildflowers. The trail rolls gently toward a lake below the moraine, with the cliffs rising a kilometre above you. Insect repellent helps here: the views are spectacular, but the bugs know it too.

Most hikers reach this point via the steep trail up from Lake O'Hara. From here you can head up to the summit of East Wiwaxy Peak or follow the ridgeline down to Lake Oesa. You'll be treated to phenomenal views no matter where you choose to head next!

After the first 4 km with an ambitious climb - a wonderful place to rest and getting shown how little we humans are 😅

Beautiful hike with breathtaking views of the Sentinel Pass. The descent was quite tough as the route was only marked by cairns and ran along loose stones.

A beautiful hike on the alpine Sentinel Pass through breathtaking landscapes in the Larch Valley and beautiful views over the Banff National Park.

The Sentinel Pass, with its 2600 m of altitude, is one of the more challenging hikes in terms of fitness, although the paths and landscape are gentle and inviting. Surefootedness even through snow fields and small glacier passages is necessary, but can be mastered by most without any problems. The Sentinel Pass is recommended for everyone, because the view, the scenery of the mountains, the clear mountain streams and lakes are worth every effort. Breathtakingly beautiful, fresh and windy - I have rarely seen the mountains so great, as from up here!

The Rogers Pass is a 1330 m high mountain pass in the Selkirk Mountains in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is crossed by the Trans-Canada Highway, while the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) transcontinental railway line passes under the pass in the Connaught Tunnel and the Mount Macdonald Tunnel. The pass is an abbreviation in a major bend in the Columbia River between Revelstoke in the west and Golden in the east. He was discovered on May 29, 1881 by Albert Bowman Rogers, a geometer in the service of the CPR. In recognition of the technical achievements in railway construction, the passport was declared by the Canadian government on May 27, 1971, the National Historic Site of Canada.

great views into two valleys