Elbow Pass is the mountain pass between the Highwood and Elbow areas in Kananaskis Country , Alberta , Canada . It contains Elbow Lake which is the headwaters of the Elbow River .
3-718: The pass is formed between Mount Rae of the Misty Range and Gap Mountain of the Opal Range . Good hiking and mountain biking routes connect the Little Elbow Recreation Area at the end of Highway 66 to the Highwood Pass area on Bighorn Highway . This article related to a mountain, mountain range, or peak in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Alberta's Rockies location article
6-534: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mount Rae (Alberta) Mount Rae is a mountain located on the eastern side of Highway 40 between Elbow Pass and the Ptarmigan Cirque in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta . Mount Rae was named after John Rae , explorer of Northern Canada , in 1859. Due to its relatively high summit and modest elevation gain from Highwood Pass , Mount Rae
9-521: Is a very popular scrambling objective. The scramble starts at the Highwood Pass parking lot on Highway 40 (2,227 m (7,306 ft)) and proceeds to the back of the Ptarmigan Cirque. Two options from this point are either ascending a steep snow field or climbing progressively steeper slabs to the col. Once on the col (connecting the main summit of Rae with an unnamed peak), the route ascends on
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