Great Divide Trail

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Great Divide Trail
Length 1,200 kilometres (700 mi)
Location Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
Use Hiking
Highest Point Unnamed pass, 2,590 m (8,497 ft)
Lowest Point Old Fort Point trailhead, 1,055 m (3,461 ft)
Trail Difficulty Strenuous
Sights Canadian Rockies

The Great Divide Trail, or GDT, is a wilderness hiking trail in the Canadian Rockies. The trail follows the continental divide from Jasper National Park to the Canada-US border, where it joins with the Continental Divide Trail.

[edit] Great Divide Route and Great Divide Trail

The Great Divide Trail is a nationally recognized hiking trail, although not yet complete. The Great Divide Route is the mountain biking version that parallels the Great Divide Trail. Occasionally they will intersect and share sections.

The Great Divide is the divide between water that flows towards the East Coast and the West Coast.

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