I went up to the cave about three weeks after the big flooding (that tore through Calgary and High River) in 2013 - not realizing it also tore through the Crowsnest pass. The road that normally would get us up the easy part of the valley was washed out - even for the Jeep - we could only go so far. I understand now that the banks of the new creek aren't as sharp, and easier to drive up, at least with side-by-sides (like Rzr) and quads - probably Jeeps too. So we drove up the trail a little past the "parking area" shown on this map:
But it was still a fairly gruesome hike, since neither of us had been there before, and the trail isn't super obvious (that we could see) and missed it. We ended up hiking up the rocks on the North side of the trail. (See the "Trail Sign" marker on the map above? We hiked up the rocks instead of the through the trees. The rocks are big, jagged, sharp, and not hike-friendly!!
Once we made it closer to the cave, we could see it obvious as ever on the cliff face - but the scree we had to scramble up was not a fun looking adventure given the jelly state of our legs. We trekked onward and upward, through the cave, and back down to the jeep. We only saw two animals - an eagle in the sky, and a pika.
Once we made it closer to the cave, we could see it obvious as ever on the cliff face - but the scree we had to scramble up was not a fun looking adventure given the jelly state of our legs. We trekked onward and upward, through the cave, and back down to the jeep. We only saw two animals - an eagle in the sky, and a pika.