DVD capture

Contributed photo

Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Hwy 40 south 49.9 km (or 0.1 km south of King Creek) to the intersection of Hwy 40 and Kananaskis Lakes Road. Turn right on Kananaskis Lakes Road and proceed southwest 12.5 km. Turn left (south) at “Upper Lake” sign and left again at the “T” intersection to the parking area. (The parking area was paved sometime after June 2008.)

[Alternately, travel to the south end of Hwy 742 / Smith-Dorrien Road where it joins Kananaskis Lakes Road. Turn right and proceed southwest on Kananaskis Lakes Road 10.3 km. Turn left (south) at “Upper Lake” sign and left again at the “T” intersection to the parking area.]

Remarks:
Judging from our mail, this is the most popular of all Brokeback locations. How fortunate that Upper Kananaskis Lake is easy to visit and breathtakingly beautiful in its own right. If your travel plans permit, avoid coming here on summer weekends when the area tends to be busy with vacationers, picnickers, and boaters who seem oblivious to this site’s Brokeback credentials. Weekdays are fine. Sunrise is a particularly lovely, serene time to visit and photograph this special place.

Most Brokeback fans are surprised that the area where Ennis and Jack stand is some 25' above the lake level. A steep grassy bank, not visible in the film, separates the spot where Jack stood from the water’s edge. Of course, the added elevation affords a much more expansive shot of the mountains and lake, which all agree is the crown jewel of the Kananaskis Lake Group.

Quotation:
“I did once.”