Top 11 Places to Visit in
Blairmore | Alberta
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Crowsnest Pass
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Crowsnest Pass is a mountain pass that spans the Continental Divide and resembles a large crow’s nest. It is located towards the southern end of the Rocky Mountains. The Heritage Pathways system combines the Crowsnest’s fascinating history with non-urban, outdoor hiking trails. Hike the 12-kilometre North York Creek Plane Crash Trail to a real plane […]
Frank Slide Interpretive Centre
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Canada’s deadliest rockslide The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre, located near Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta, overlooks Canada’s deadliest rockslide. See and hear what transpired on the night of Turtle Mountain’s collapse in 1903. On the Edge of Destruction and In the Mountain’s Shadow, two award-winning documentaries on natural disasters, are part of the centre’s programming. […]
Crowsnest Community Market
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On Thursday nights from 3 to 7 p.m. in downtown Blairmore, there will be family-friendly activities, wonderful food, live music, and a variety of locally manufactured items. The markets will begin indoors in April, then move outside in June, return indoors in September, and conclude at the end of November. They aim to create a […]
- Summer Market: Gazebo Park 13019 20 Avenue, Blairmore, Alberta | Fall Market: Elks Hall 2025 – 129 Street, Blairmore, Alberta
- 403 563-7760
- https://crowsnestmarket.com/
Bike Tour with Sweet Riders
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Learn how to ride a mountain bike while having a great time in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. Their goal is to instil a passion for mountain biking while also teaching skills in a fun and safe atmosphere. Ride away with a once-in-a-lifetime mountain biking adventure! All levels and ages are welcome. Join them for a […]
Pass Powderkeg Ski Area
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Powderkeg Pass is a terrific area for the whole family to enjoy the winter. The mountain is large enough to provide routes for all skill levels but small enough for youngsters to roam free and explore the mountain while returning to a single, convenient lift system and lodge. Pass Powderkeg is a not-for-profit ski slope […]
Crowsnest Pass Orpheum Theatre
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The Orpheum Theatre in Blairmore, like its namesake, offers a genuine cinema experience from the days of silent films and black-and-white reels. The Orpheum Theatre is most recognized now for displaying current Hollywood blockbusters and as a one-of-a-kind event facility. Peter Umbertino, an Italian immigrant who also operated the Blairmore Opera House at the time, […]
- 13125 20 Ave, Blairmore, Alberta.
- 403 562-2266
- https://gocrowsnest.ca/stories/the-orpheum-theatre/
Bellevue Underground Mine
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The Bellevue Underground Mine is one-of-a-kind and historically significant underground coal mine. They give guests a true sense of what it was like to work as a coal miner during an exhilarating hour-long underground tour led by Heritage Interpreters. The underground tour will take you 1,000 feet down into the mine, 150 feet below ground […]
Launstein Imagery Wildlife Art Gallery
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The Launstein Imagery Wildlife Art Gallery features John, Jenaya, and Josiah Launstein’s internationally recognized photography. They are dedicated to creating beautiful visual storytelling that highlights the beauty and behaviour of western Canada’s animals. Fine art limited and open edition prints and canvases, greeting cards and calendars, sculptures, ceramics, jewellery, gifts, and handcrafted reclaimed teak root […]
Turtle Mountain Hike
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Hike to Turtle Mountain’s north top, 2100 metres above sea level, for a view of the Frank Slide and the Crowsnest valley. Turtle Mountain Path is a 7.4-kilometre moderately frequented out-and-back trail with magnificent wildflowers in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada. It is classed as tough. The route is best utilized from June to October and […]
- The trail begins on the pipeline right of way at the west end of the rocky spur that extends down to the Blairmore subdivision on Turtle Mountain's slopes. A back alley off 15th Avenue will lead down to a parking area below the trail.
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- https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/alberta/turtle-mountain-trail
1933: Communist Town
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Like many Canadian industrial towns in the 1930s, Blairmore had sympathies with Communism. Canada’s first Communist town council and school board were elected in Blairmore in 1933, which reformed the tax system, and refused to observe Remembrance Day as an Imperialist holiday and honoured the Russian Revolution instead. A street was named after the leader […]
Castle Mountain Resort
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Castle Mountain is a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Alberta, in the Westcastle Valley. Around a 40-minute drive from Blairmore, it has been owned and run by skiers who are motivated by adrenaline rather than profit since its resurrection in 1996. They value high-quality dry powder snow and difficult terrain. And they […]