White Buddha via PowderFace Creek Trail

Easy, Quick and Sweet are the best 3 words that I can describe White Buddha. It’s a fun family and pet-friendly alternative to avoid big crowds at the neighboring hike Prairie Mountain.

Trip Date: August 14, 2022
Time: 1.5 - 3 hrs
Trail type: Out and back
Distance: 3.7 km
Elevation: 1800m
Elevation Gain: 298m
Hiking Difficulty (Shenandoah's formula): Easy - Moderate (67)
Technical Rating (Yosemite Decimal System): Class 1.” Low risk of serious injury. It includes relatively flat, simple terrain throughout the trail as well as some steeper alpine trails where you may need to occasionally balance on your hands.”
Best time to go: July - October
Park pass: Kananaskis Conservation pass REQUIRED. click here to purchase
Toilets: Outhouse at the parking lot
Trail Popularity: Medium
Food and H20: 1L and snack
Footwear: Hiking Shoes or Running shoes (acceptable) as long as weather permits.
Equipment: N/A
Trailhead/Parking: PowederFace Creek Trail Parking Lot - google maps
GPX download link: External Download Link

Please excuse the trail leading out of highway 66, I forgot to turn off my GPS tracking when I finished the hike.

Dominik carefully studied the map and other important notices in the area. Ahead is the start of the Powderface Creek trail.

Follow the Powederface Creek trail for exactly 1.1km.

After 1.1km from the trailhead Turn right at this fork onto the Corri Robb trail, this will lead you to a small section of switchbacks. Continue for another 370m until you arrive at the climbing crag (a cliff or group of cliffs, which is or may be suitable for climbing)

Continue 250m east along the climbing crag to the White Buddha Summit.

From other hiking guides, they showed a scrabmle to get up to the summit. In my opinion its unescessary and can be avoided like what you see here, the boys chose the easier route.