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Pasque Ridge and Peak. Another great ridge walk.

August 31, 2026 by Bill Rowe · Leave a Comment

On the summit looking back. Middle right treeless area is the route up.

To get to Pasque Ridge turn off Hwy 40 at the junction of Hwy 541 to Longview. Turn south down the Forestry Trunk Rd Hwy 940. It is about 22 km to the trail head. A small old logging road is the trail head. Pass Cataract Creek Camp ground. Head off down the logging road and cross a creek. Shortly a right turn over a wooden bridge. Look at the photos below with descriptions .The route at times is not obvious even though a lot of the walking is on old logging roads.. When we returned back down the ridge we completed the ridge by going to the north summit. Not really worth it but felt it had to be done. Then came down the old road. A good ridge walk with a haze of smoke spoiling magnificent views. A loop can be made of this hike with a second car available. See map.

First right turn over this bridge

Don’t go up this road after the bridge. Turn left before the rise marked with shooting skeet and tape

After following a feint path through wood and willow bush come out at this marker. Turn left over small creek up hill to next shot

The road comes out here head up ridge

Looking back . But at this area go down looking for a trail into woods

Through these trees and down looking for trail. That then comes out on a logging road all the way to the Ridge

Looking back at the ridge and lower left where the cairn and small creek are

Once through the trees looking for the trail you are again on a road that comes out at Pasque Ridge

Buckwheat

Big swath of fireeweed

Road goes up to the far right of the ridge and the North Peak

We joined the ridge at this gap. You could just walk under the ridge to the south join lower down

On The ridge

The ridge is a connection of false summits

Plod on on rock and grass

Far small bump is the South summit

The top of this chunk is a big cairn but not the summit .Though the difference in height very small

There is some nice rock hopping along here

The big cairn

Summit top left but still a way to go

Lee on the rocks

We climbed over this rock out crop

Then around this one

To the summit and the log box

Looking back the way we came and have to go back

Views of the mountain range

The undulation of the way back

Filed Under: Local Hikes · Tagged: Cataract Creek, Forestry Trunk road, Hiking Kananaskis, Hwy 940, Kananaskis Country, Rocky Mountains

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