Healy Creek
Banff, Alberta, Canada

This pleasant doubletrack trail winds its way through the forest, meeting up alongside Healy Creek before ending at Sunshine Road. The trail may be ridden from the Sundance trail turn off, over to Sunshine Road and back along the Banff Legacy Trail to town. Please note that you will need to ride east along the Trans Canada Highway for a short section before connecting up with the Legacy Trail. To access the Legacy Trail take the 1A exit on your right and look for the gate 50 metres down this road to your left. Use extreme caution riding alongside this busy highway.

Healy Creek doubles as a connector to Brewster Creek trail, which takes you up the valley and over to Sundance Lodge, which offers service for guests only.

Please note that Healy Creek is a popular horseback riding route and as a result is not recommend in wet conditions.

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Trail Stats

Distance: 4.9 km
Time: 30 min - 1 hr
Elevation Gain: 67 m
Elevation Loss: 66 m
Min Elevation: 1,398 m
Max Elevation: 1,436 m
Technical Rating: Beginner
Physical Rating: Easy
Season: June - October
Permit Required: Yes (Park Pass)

Trail Location

Trailhead: Healy Creek branches off Sundance Trail, about 2.5 km from the Sundance trailhead.

The Sunshine Rd. trailhead is located 1 km up the road from the Sunshine Village Highway 1 exit. Look for it on your left when driving up Sunshine Rd..

GPS:
N51 09.739 W115 37.282 (Sundance/Healy)
N 51 09.219 W115 41.163 (Sunshine Road)

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