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:
“So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everything’s built on that,” Jack proclaims as he points to Mount Lyautey, one of at least five different “Brokeback Mountains” used in the film. No visit to this site is complete without rereading (or if you are really in deep, reciting) the remarkable dialog from Ennis and Jack’s last scene together. When you are finished, drive off via that same sad, curving road that Ennis used. See:

http://www.peakfinder.com/peakfinder.ASP?Peakname=Mount+Lyautey

http://www.albertaparks.ca/peter-lougheed.aspx

Quotation:
“Hell yes, I been to Mexico. Is that a fuckin’ problem?”