Elbow Falls

Elbow Falls is a small waterfall on Alberta’s Elbow River, west of Bragg Creek in Kananaskis Improvement District, long valued as an easily accessible stop along Highway 66. Its appearance shifts with the seasons: in drier times the drop is about six metres, while June runoff spreads the river and lowers the visible height to about three metres, sometimes making it look more like a broad chute than a distinct falls. A day-use area, short hiking trail, and nearby campgrounds once supported visitors, but the 2013 Alberta floods destroyed the picnic area, much of the paved trail network, and badly damaged the riverbed. The site also appeared in the 1992 thriller Killer Image.

Alberta · Canada