Elbow Pass is the

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between the Highwood and Elbow areas in Kananaskis Country,

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. It contains Elbow Lake which is the headwaters of the

Elbow River The Elbow River is a river in southern Alberta, Canada. It flows from the Canadian Rockies to the city of Calgary, where it merges into the Bow River. Course The Elbow River originates at Elbow Lake in the Front Range of the Canadian Rocky ...

. The pass is formed between

Mount Rae Mount Rae is a mountain located on the east 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 ...

of the

Misty Range The Misty Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located east of the Bighorn Highway within Kananaskis Country, Canada. It is a sub-range of the High Rock Range in the Southern Continental Ranges. This range includes the following ...

and Gap Mountain of the South Banff Ranges. Good

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and

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routes connect the Little Elbow recreation area at the end of Highway 66 to the

Highwood Pass Highwood Pass is a mountain pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. It lies west of Mount Rae and Mount Arethusa of the Misty Range, south of the Elbow Pass. It lies within the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on Alberta Highway 40. The Highwoo ...

area on Bighorn Highway.

External links

*Peakfinder
Elbow Pass
Kananaskis Improvement District Mountain passes of Alberta {{AlbertaRockies-geo-stub