Horseshoe Canyon
- Depth
- 135 m
- Rim
- 828 m
- Length
- 22.2 km
- Tonight
- -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 32 km/h NW
Horseshoe Canyon is up to 135 m deep: the rim reaches 828 m and the floor 683 m, along 22.2 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 683 m
Depth of Horseshoe Canyon
Up to 135 m deep (typically 110 m) along the 22.2 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).
Horseshoe Canyon 3D map
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Horseshoe Canyon terrain and contours
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Horseshoe Canyon elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Horseshoe Canyon weather
Today · Fair · -1 / 3°C (30 / 37°F) · Wind 32 km/h NW
Horseshoe Canyon forecast for about 828 m.
- Today-1°3°–32 km/h NW
- Sat-4°4°–16 km/h NW
- Sun-3°2°–16 km/h SE
- Mon-1°4°–16 km/h SE
- Tue-2°5°–9 km/h NW
- Wed0°2°4.4 mm10 km/h NE
- Thu-1°3°4.1 mm12 km/h SE
- Fri-1°-1°0.4 mm14 km/h NW
- Sat-4°1°0.3 mm12 km/h S
- Sun-1°5°–12 km/h W
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Horseshoe Canyon
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Horseshoe Canyon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
4.1 km S
Nearest campsite
Horseshoe Canyon Campground
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 4.1 km S |
| Parking | 4.1 km S |
| Horseshoe Canyon CampgroundCampsite | 4.2 km S |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 88% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.1% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 209 m low point 681 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 102 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Greasewood251
- Longleaf Wormwood104
- Hoary Tansyaster95
- Silver Sagebrush27
- Broom Snakeweed25
- Perennial Sow Thistle19
Where Horseshoe Canyon sits
- Region
- Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)