{{Short description|Parks in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Alberta}} thumb|upright|Kananaskis Country highway entry sign '''Kananaskis Country''' (also known as '''K-Country''')<ref name="CBC-1.6617021"> {{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/k-country-wildfire-1.6617021 |title= Crews holding wildfire in Kananaskis Country |work= CBC News |publisher= CBC |date= 14 October 2022 }} </ref> is a multi-use area located west of Calgary in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Kananaskis Country has also been referred to as a recreation area and a park system.<ref name="pass">{{cite web |title=University of Calgary Faculty of Law - Kananaskis Conservation Pass|url=https://ablawg.ca/2021/06/07/kananaskis-conservation-pass/|website=University of Calgary Faculty of Law|date=7 June 2021 |publisher=|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada|url=https://explorekananaskis.com/about/|website=Explore Kananaskis|date= |publisher=|access-date=28 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Country Information & Facilities|url=https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/kananaskis-country/information-facilities/|website=Alberta Parks|date= |publisher=Alberta Government|access-date=28 December 2025}}</ref>
The area's western edge borders Banff National Park and the Alberta-British Columbia border. The region owes its name to the Kananaskis River, which was named by John Palliser in 1858 after a legendary Cree Native. Covering an area of approximately {{convert|4000|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}}, Kananaskis Country was established by the Alberta Government in 1978 to provide a variety of land uses and designations. Land uses include resource extraction activities (such as forestry, cattle grazing, water, oil and gas), recreation, power generation, and residential communities. Land designations include public land and protected areas.<ref>{{cite book |title= Naming Canada |last= Rayburn|first=Alan |author-link=Alan Rayburn |year=2001 |publisher= University of Toronto Press|location= Toronto|isbn= 0-8020-6990-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/namingcanadastor00rayb/page/254 254] |url=https://archive.org/details/namingcanadastor00rayb|url-access= registration }}</ref><ref name="pass"/>
thumb|Upper Kananaskis Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
==History and administration==
Humans have occupied the Kananaskis area for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. Early First Nations groups followed a seasonal migration pattern based on following bison and other animals. The region was hunting territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Kootenay and the Stoneys (Nakoda). The Stoneys eventually became dominant in the area. After the Blackfoot Confederacy and the Stoneys signed Treaty 7 in 1877, the Stoneys moved to their reserve at nearby Morley (now called Mînî Thnî).<ref name="creation">{{cite thesis |last=Goertzen|first=Jennifer|date=August 2005|title=Controversy and Compromise: The Creation of Kananaskis Country|url=https://ucalgary.scholaris.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/54c1b469-feb8-46ca-bc5a-54f8cf38aa62/content|degree=Masters of Arts |location=Calgary, Alberta |publisher= |access-date=June 3, 2025}}</ref>
Explorers and traders entered the area in the late 1700s and 1800s. Methodist missionaries were some of the earliest to arrive. During the expedition of 1857–1860, the explorer John Palliser chose to name the pass he was going to cross Kananaskis Pass, "after the name of an Indian, of whom there is a legend, giving an account of his most wonderful recovery from the blow of an axe which had stunned but had failed to kill him". Palliser also gave the name Kananaskis to a river and two lakes in the region.<ref name="KCHistory">{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Country History|url=https://thecanadianrockies.com/kananaskis-country-history/|website=Discover the Canadian Rockies|date=|publisher=|access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="creation"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Country, a well-known wilderness destination along the southern Eastern Slopes, and home to the headwaters of the mighty South Saskatchewan River Basin |url=https://www.albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlands/areas-of-concern/kananaskis/#parentHorizontalTab4|website= |date=| publisher=Alberta Wilderness Association |access-date=24 April 2026}}</ref>
The late 19th century and early 20th century saw the development of commercial use such as lumbering, hydroelectric developments, and coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rockies, which included what is now the Kananaskis region. When control over natural resources and Crown land was transferred from federal responsibility to Alberta in 1930, the province's natural resources were considered to be a source of considerable wealth that would stay within the province. This led to more commercial use and the establishing of a provincial park system. Tourism and recreational demand also increased after the Second World War.<ref name="creation"/>
Increased recreational use, especially after the completion of industrial access roads, led to serious environmental problems in the eastern slopes area. The environmental effects of the petroleum industry and coal mining were also causing problems that needed to be minimized. Environmental protection, including the importance of protecting and regulating stream flow, became a concern. These issues led to the establishment of Kananaskis Country, whose main intent was to provide recreational opportunities that were balanced with resource protection and commercial interests.<ref name="creation"/>
[[File:Clearcut area Kananaskis Country Alberta.jpg|thumb|left|Clearcut area in Kananaskis Country. Logging is one of a number of commercial activities carried on in the region. The stream is Wilkinson Creek.]]
Three people were instrumental in forming Kananaskis Country: Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed; Minister of Highways and rancher Clarence Copithorne; and architect, environmentalist, and member of the Kananaskis Country Advisory Board, William G.(Bill) Milne. Peter Lougheed's relationship with Kananaskis Country was focused on diversifying the economy. He hoped to open the area to profit-generating activities, while at the same time protecting the area as much as possible. He expected that resource extraction industries in the area such as timber cutting and oil and gas recovery, along with tourism and recreation would strengthen Alberta’s economy. The impetus for forming Kananaskis Country started with Clarence Copithorne, who planned to upgrade highway access into the Kananaskis Valley for the purpose of controlling recreational use in the foothills. His vision was one of encouraging strenuous activities in locations that were easily accessible. Bill Milne encouraged public participation in planning and developing the area. Milne proposed a large multi-use area that would protect wildlife and the areas’s environment without too much commercial development. This proposal was endorsed by the premier. Kananaskis Country was officially dedicated by the premier in September 1978.<ref name="trailguide">{{cite book |last=Daffern |first=Gillean |author-link= |date=2012 |title=Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Vol.4 |url= |location= |publisher=Rocky Mountain Books |page=8 |isbn=978-1-927330-09-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=W.G. Milne Architect, Kananaskis Country series|url=https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR2982.0009&dv=True&deptID=1|website=|date=|publisher=Provincial Archives of Alberta|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref><ref name="creation"/>
Although Kananaskis Country is often mistaken to be a single park, it comprises several provincial parks, wildland provincial parks, provincial recreation areas, an ecological reserve and Crown Land, and provides for various uses that include recreation, tourism, industry and preservation.<ref name="KCHistory"/><ref name="what">{{cite web |title=What is Kananaskis Country|url=https://kananaskis.org/who-we-are/kananaskis-parks-and-more/|website=Friends of Kananaskis Country|date=|publisher=|access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref> The primary reason for Kananaskis Country's establishment, however, was to accommodate recreational pursuits.<ref name="trailguide"/> The Kananaskis Country subregional Integrated Resource Plan ensures that all activities are planned and facilities are developed to prioritize conservation and environmental protection.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Historical Look At Kananaskis Country|url=https://cpaws-southernalberta.org/a-historical-look-at-k-country/|website=Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society|date=|publisher=|access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref> Not all areas of Kananaskis Country are covered by the same measure of protection and each area has its own permitted activities.<ref name="what"/> The main (regional) Kananaskis parks office is located in Canmore.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Region Office|url=https://www.albertaparks.ca/albertaparksca/about-parks/contact-us/kananaskis-region/|website=Alberta Parks|publisher=|access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="creation"/>
Improvement District No. 5 (Kananaskis), which shares most of its boundaries with Kananaskis Country, is the municipal region that provides local government and municipal services including fire protection, ambulance service, garbage handling, water, sewer, collecting taxes, and business licensing. Kananaskis Improvement District's municipal office is located in Kananaskis Village.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kananaskisid.ca/contact.php | title=Contacts | publisher=Kananaskis Improvement District | access-date=2025-05-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827081340/http://kananaskisid.ca/contact.php | archive-date=2011-08-27 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Improvement District|url=https://kananaskis.org/the-kananaskis-improvement-district/|website=Friends of Kananaskis Country|date=|publisher=|access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="what"/><ref>{{cite web |title=KC Management|url=https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/kananaskis-country/park-management/kc-management/|website=Alberta Parks|publisher=|access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref>
== Recreation and tourism == thumb|Cross-country skiing in Kananaskis|alt= Although Kananaskis Country is a multi-use area, it is noted for recreation and tourism. One of the reasons the area was established was to "alleviate congestion in national parks, and to provide greater recreation opportunities for Albertans"<ref name="trailguide"/>
Recreation facilities in Kananaskis include several campgrounds, a golf course, a hotel, a holiday ranch, two alpine ski areas (Nakiska, which hosted alpine skiing and freestyle moguls skiing during the 1988 Winter Olympics and Fortress Mountain Resort) and a competitive cross-country ski area, the Canmore Nordic Centre, that the public can use. The Canmore Nordic Centre was the venue for cross-country skiing events during the 1988 Winter Olympics. Most of the development is within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and along the highway 40 corridor that parallels the Kananaskis River and the Highwood River. Kananaskis has many kilometres of hiking, cross-country ski, and horse trails. Other activities popular in Kananaskis include mountain biking, scrambling, climbing, backpacking, hunting, and fishing.
== Parks and other areas== thumb|Extent and locations of parks in ''Kananaskis Country''|alt= Kananaskis Country contains five provincial parks, four wildland provincial parks, one ecological reserve, several provincial recreation areas, four public land use zones and two public land recreation trails. Each of these land use designations have a different purpose, different levels of protection, different permitted activities and different management priorities.<ref name="what"/> These areas or designations include: [[File:Kananaskis.jpg|thumb|Peter Lougheed Provincial Park]] ===Provincial parks=== * Bow Valley Provincial Park * Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park * Peter Lougheed Provincial Park * Sheep River Provincial Park * Spray Valley Provincial Park
===Wildland provincial parks=== * Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park * Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park * Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park * Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park
===Other areas=== * Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve
Special areas within Kananaskis Country that are not formally designated as parks or ecological reserves include the Bow Corridor Area, the Elbow River Valley Area, Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area, the Highwood/Cataract Areas, Sentinel Provincial Recreation Area, Stoney Creek Provincial Recreation Area, Strawberry Provincial Recreation Area and the Sibbald Area (Sibbald Lake Provincial Recreation Area, Sibbald Meadows Pond Provincial Recreation Area).
===Public land use areas=== Kananaskis Country includes four areas of Crown land (also known as provincial land or public land) called Public Land Use Zones (PLUZ). The largest is the Kananaskis Country Public Land Use Zone which takes up over a quarter of Kananaskis Country's land area. The other public land uses zones are Sibbald, Cataract Creek, and McLean Creek. Land use zones do not include provincial parks or provincial recreation areas. Each Public Land Use Zone is managed differently, but permitted activities may include cattle grazing, trapping, mining, oil and gas exploration and production, logging, pipelines, cultivation, or commercial recreation operations. Recreational uses such as camping, mountain biking, hunting, hiking, horseback riding, and skiing are permitted with certain limitations. Motorized recreation is permitted in all zones except Kananaskis Country Public Land Use Zone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Country Public Land Use Zone|url=https://www.kananaskis.org/kananaskis-country-public-land-use-zone/|website=Friends of Kananaskis Country|publisher=|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="what"/>
Two public land recreation trails, which are actually roads, are included to permit motorized recreation: the Ford Creek-Jumpingpound Forest Recreation Trail and the Little Elbow Loop Public Land Recreation Trail.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Land Recreation Trails|url=https://kananaskis.org/public-land-recreation-trails/|website=Friends of Kananaskis Country|publisher=|access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref>
==Natural environment==
thumb|Grizzly bear sow and two cubs in Kananaskis Country Two main landscapes make up the region: the rugged, high mountain peaks to the west, which includes alpine, subalpine and montane zones, and the lower, rolling foothills to the east. Between these two regions is a transitional zone with characteristics of both the mountains and the foothills. Kananaskis Country is the source of several rivers, including the Kananaskis River, the Elbow River, the Highwood River, the Sheep River, and the Livingstone River.<ref name="nature">{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Country, a well-known wilderness destination along the southern Eastern Slopes and home to the headwaters of the mighty South Saskatchewan River Basin|url=https://albertawilderness.ca/issues/wildlands/areas-of-concern/kananaskis/#parentHorizontalTab2|website=Alberta Wilderness Association|date= |publisher=|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="guide">{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Country Nature Guide|url=https://thecanadianrockies.com/kananaskis-country-nature-guide|website=Discover the Canadian Rockies|date= |publisher=|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Kananaskis Country Trail Guide, Second Edition |last= Daffern|first=Gillean |year=1985 |publisher= Rocky Mountain Books|location= Calgary|isbn=0-9690038-5-4}}</ref>
Major wildlife species include grizzly bears, black bears, cougars, bighorn sheep, pikas, elk, moose, wolves, mule deer, white-tailed deer, and golden eagles. Significant plant life includes Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, alpine larch, whitebark pine, lodgepole pine, Canada buffalo-berry, white spruce, Douglas fir, rough fescue, and balsam poplar.<ref name="nature"/><ref name="guide"/> Fish found in Kananaskis Country include rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, cutthroat trout, bull trout, lake trout, Arctic grayling, and mountain whitefish.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fishing|url=https://explorekananaskis.com/directory/fishing/|website=Explore Kananaskis|date= |publisher=|access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref>
==Special facilities== A University of Calgary ecological and environmental research station is located at nearby Barrier Lake. A "Tim Horton Children's Foundation" summer camp is also located in the area. Easter Seals Camp Horizon is located within Kananaskis along Highway 66. A YMCA summer camp, Camp Chief Hector, is located alongside the Trans-Canada Highway near exit 114. William Watson Lodge, a facility for people with disabilities, seniors, and their families is located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
==Access== thumb|Highway 40 in the Kananaskis Valley, Alberta Kananaskis Country can be accessed by several routes. Some of these roads have seasonal closures:<ref name="guide"/><ref name="trailguide"/> * Highway 40, a {{convert|66|km|mi|abbr=on}} segment of the Bighorn Highway and also known as Kananaskis Trail. * Highway 66, a {{convert|28|km|mi|abbr=on}} highway originating near Bragg Creek known as Elbow Falls Trail * Highway 68, a {{convert|42|km|mi|abbr=on}} partly gravel highway originating from the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) known as Sibbald Creek Trail * Highway 546, known as Sheep River Trail, west of Turner Valley * Highway 549 west of Millarville * Highway 742, a partly gravel highway originating in Canmore known as Smith-Dorrien Trail, Spray Lakes Road/Trail, Three Sisters Parkway
In June 2021, the Alberta Government implemented fees for all personal and commercial vehicles stopping in Kananaskis Country. The fees, known as a conservation pass, are meant to provide more conservation and safety measures, and improve services and facilities. The fee does not apply to vehicles accessing the McLean Creek Land Use Zone, which caters to motorized recreation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kananaskis Conservation Pass Effective June 1|url=https://www.kananaskis.org/news/kananaskis-conservation-pass/ |website=Friends of Kananaskis Country |date=31 May 2021 |publisher=|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="pass"/>
==G7/G8 summit meetings== === 28th G8 summit === {{Main|28th G8 summit}} On June 26 and June 27, 2002, Kananaskis Country hosted the 28th G8 summit. This annual summit was held at Kananaskis Village.<ref>Delta Hotels: [http://www.deltahotels.com/hotels/hotels.php?hotelId=30 Kananaskis Resort] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806085032/http://www.deltahotels.com/hotels/hotels.php?hotelId=30 |date=2009-08-06 }}</ref> This was the second time Canada used a lodge venue for the G8 Summit, after its inaugural 7th G7 Summit at Montebello, Quebec in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/scholar/kirton-performance-080717.pdf|title=''A Summit of Substantial Success: The Performance of the 2008 G8'' p. 84}}</ref> The 2002 conference pumped $300-million into the local economy, however, security cost taxpayers in excess of $200-million. <ref name="globe1">Andreatta, David. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.whuntsville12/BNStory/Front/home "Brace yourself, Huntsville. The G8 is coming,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323052209/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.whuntsville12/BNStory/Front/home |date=2009-03-23 }} ''Globe and Mail'' (Toronto). July 12, 2008.</ref>
===51st G7 summit=== {{Main|51st G7 summit}} On June 16 and June 17, 2025, Kananaskis Country hosted the 51st G7 summit. This annual summit was held at Kananaskis Village.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 June 2024 |title=Canada to host G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alta., in 2025 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10568949/alberta-g7-summit-kananaskis-announcement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617144528/https://globalnews.ca/news/10568949/alberta-g7-summit-kananaskis-announcement/ |archive-date=17 June 2024 |website=Global News |agency=The Canadian Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/06/14/prime-minister-trudeau-advances-shared-progress-and-prosperity-g7-summit| title=Prime Minister advances shared progress and prosperity at the G7 Summit| date=14 June 2024| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705173119/https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/06/14/prime-minister-trudeau-advances-shared-progress-and-prosperity-g7-summit| archive-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> This was the second such summit meeting to be held in Kananaskis,<ref>{{cite news |last=Dryden |first=Joel |date=25 May 2025 |title=From drones to cocktails, G7 logistics taking shape with Kananaskis summit 3 weeks away |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-g7-kananaskis-pomeroy-mountain-lodge-john-kirton-1.7542244 |access-date=27 May 2025 |work=CBC News |archive-date=25 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250525133325/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-g7-kananaskis-pomeroy-mountain-lodge-john-kirton-1.7542244 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=18 June 2025 |title=Carney praised for keeping 'Trump on board' at G7 summit held amid escalating violence |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-guided-the-g7-through-the-diplomatic-rockies-says-expert/ |access-date=23 June 2025 |work=CBC News |agency=The Canadian Press |archive-date=18 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618112652/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-guided-the-g7-through-the-diplomatic-rockies-says-expert/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the seventh summit held in Canada.
== Climate == Kananaskis experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfc''). {{Weather box |location = KANANASKIS 1981-2010 Normals |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan high C = -0.3 |Feb high C = 1.3 |Mar high C = 4.5 |Apr high C = 9.4 |May high C = 14.4 |Jun high C = 18.3 |Jul high C = 22.1 |Aug high C = 21.6 |Sep high C = 16.5 |Oct high C = 10.4 |Nov high C = 2.8 |Dec high C = -1.0 |year high C = 10.0 |Jan mean C = -6.1 |Feb mean C = -4.7 |Mar mean C = -1.6 |Apr mean C = 3.2 |May mean C = 7.7 |Jun mean C = 11.4 |Jul mean C = 14.5 |Aug mean C = 13.8 |Sep mean C = 9.4 |Oct mean C = 4.5 |Nov mean C = -2.3 |Dec mean C = -6.2 |year mean C = 3.6 |Jan low C = -11.7 |Feb low C = -10.7 |Mar low C = -7.7 |Apr low C = -3.1 |May low C = 0.9 |Jun low C = 4.5 |Jul low C = 6.8 |Aug low C = 6.0 |Sep low C = 2.2 |Oct low C = -1.5 |Nov low C = -7.3 |Dec low C = -11.4 |year low C = -2.7 |Jan record high C = 19.0 |Feb record high C = 18.0 |Mar record high C = 20.5 |Apr record high C = 26.1 |May record high C = 29.5 |Jun record high C = 31.1 |Jul record high C = 34.5 |Aug record high C = 33.3 |Sep record high C = 31.0 |Oct record high C = 27.2 |Nov record high C = 19.5 |Dec record high C = 16.1 |year record high C = 34.5 |Jan record low C = -45.6 |Feb record low C = -43.5 |Mar record low C = -40.6 |Apr record low C = -31.1 |May record low C = -21.7 |Jun record low C = -8.3 |Jul record low C = -2.5 |Aug record low C = -4.0 |Sep record low C = -14.0 |Oct record low C = -29.0 |Nov record low C = -37.0 |Dec record low C = -42.2 |year record low C = -45.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 21.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 21.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 40.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 55.4 |May precipitation mm = 88.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 119.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 64.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 70.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 72.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 39.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 26.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 18.9 |year precipitation mm = 639.4 |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 7.0 |Feb precipitation days = 6.7 |Mar precipitation days = 9.6 |Apr precipitation days = 10.2 |May precipitation days = 13.1 |Jun precipitation days = 14.9 |Jul precipitation days = 12.7 |Aug precipitation days = 13.1 |Sep precipitation days = 11.4 |Oct precipitation days = 8.9 |Nov precipitation days = 7.5 |Dec precipitation days = 6.3 |year precipitation days = 121.1 |unit rain days = 0.2 mm |Jan rain mm = 1.2 |Feb rain mm = 0.3 |Mar rain mm = 2.9 |Apr rain mm = 13.9 |May rain mm = 60.5 |Jun rain mm = 118.2 |Jul rain mm = 64.9 |Aug rain mm = 70.2 |Sep rain mm = 56.6 |Oct rain mm = 11.2 |Nov rain mm = 3.4 |Dec rain mm = 1.1 |year rain mm = 404.6
|rain colour = green |Jan rain days = 0.63 |Feb rain days = 0.22 |Mar rain days = 1.2 |Apr rain days = 3.8 |May rain days = 10.8 |Jun rain days = 14.8 |Jul rain days = 12.7 |Aug rain days = 13.0 |Sep rain days = 10.2 |Oct rain days = 5.0 |Nov rain days = 1.4 |Dec rain days = 0.50 |year rain days = 74.2 |unit snow days = 0.2 cm |Jan snow cm = 22.0 |Feb snow cm = 23.7 |Mar snow cm = 41.4 |Apr snow cm = 44.9 |May snow cm = 29.2 |Jun snow cm = 1.2 |Jul snow cm = 0 |Aug snow cm = 0.6 |Sep snow cm = 16.3 |Oct snow cm = 29.6 |Nov snow cm = 28.4 |Dec snow cm = 19.2 |year snow cm = 256.5 |Jan snow days = 6.4 |Feb snow days = 6.5 |Mar snow days = 8.7 |Apr snow days = 7.9 |May snow days = 3.9 |Jun snow days = 0.23 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0.19 |Sep snow days = 2.3 |Oct snow days = 5.5 |Nov snow days = 6.8 |Dec snow days = 5.9 |year snow days = 54.2 |Jan sun = 63.9 |Feb sun = 101.8 |Mar sun = 155.4 |Apr sun = 171.2 |May sun = 205.7 |Jun sun = 217.1 |Jul sun = 250.7 |Aug sun = 228.9 |Sep sun = 166.2 |Oct sun = 133.7 |Nov sun = 69.2 |Dec sun = 47.9 |year sun = 1811.7 |Jan percentsun = 24.3 |Feb percentsun = 36.1 |Mar percentsun = 42.3 |Apr percentsun = 41.3 |May percentsun = 42.7 |Jun percentsun = 44.0 |Jul percentsun = 50.4 |Aug percentsun = 50.7 |Sep percentsun = 43.7 |Oct percentsun = 40.2 |Nov percentsun = 25.7 |Dec percentsun = 19.3 |year percentsun = 38.4 |source 1 = Environment Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kananaskis |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=2402&dispBack=0 |website=Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 | date=25 September 2013 |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> Station elevation is 1391 meters. }}
== Photo gallery == <gallery> Image:Bighorn Sheep - Kananaskis.jpg|Bighorn sheep in Kananaskis Image:View from Kananaskis Village.jpg|View from Kananaskis Village of Mount Kidd Image:Skiing kananaskis 049.jpg|Kananaskis Country Image:Barrier_Lake_Kananaskis_Aerial.jpg|Barrier Lake </gallery>
== See also == * The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide * Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies * List of Alberta provincial parks * Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve * Alberta Mountain forests * Camp 130
== References == {{Reflist}}
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