Flooding caused by beaver activity has affected the trails. Access to the Northern part is via the nearby PRA.
Adjacent to the very popular West Bragg Creek PRA, this PNT forms the Eastern boundary of this part of Kananaskis Country.
Only SE Portion Surveyed due to extensive flooding by a healthy beaver population. Nevertheless, the PNT had been used recently by numerous walkers, ungulates, horses, and even an mountain bike. No OHV activity noted. Trails in the SE portion are become braided as a result.
Bragg Creek Running High and Fast on this day and as a result, the understory was moist. The creek could be seen at a number of different points along the trail including high up from an embankment.
Past Usage? Curiously two gates suggest that at least a portion of this PNT had alternative uses or activities. Any such usage has long since passed.
Inspection Report: 2024-09-21: Bragg Creek (NA)
| Question | Q## | Response |
| General Information | ||
| Date/Site/Submitter: | Q21/22/12 | 2024-09-21: Bragg Creek (NA); Phrank P. |
| Guest Names | Q14 | Larry N. |
| SAPAA Member | Q16 | Yes |
| Over all Impression of the Site | ||
| What is the Naturalness of the Site? 4=Great, 0=Terrible | Q31 | 3 |
| How Natural?: comments | Q32 | Despite a number of braided trails, at least the South portion of the NA is in good shape. Due to flooding (beavers), unable to visit the North half. |
| How was your visit to the PA? | ||
| Trip Duration | Q41 | 1-2 hours |
| Why Did you Go? | Q42 | Other (see comments) |
| Visit Details | Q43 | A Beyond YEGVille post and hike with a friend: Bragg Creek PNT – 2024-09-21|YEGVille.ca. |
| What is in the Site? | ||
| Ease to Visit | Q51 | Other (see comments, Q52) |
| Biological Observations | Q52 | There is a small parking area along West Bragg Creek Trail. Lots of amenities another KM down the road in the PRA. |
| Submissions to iNaturalist | Q53 | No, did not see anything of note |
| Geological Observations | Q54 | Bragg Creek flows through the PNT and provides a barrier between the Southern and Northern portions. Throw in a new beaver family damming the creek and the PNT is bifurcated by the stream. |
| Designation as a Protected Area | Q55 | Signage, Fencing, Stiles, Gates |
| Comments | Q56 | One weather beaten sign, fencing in disrepair, and some abandoned gates. |
| Human Activities/Disturbances | ||
| Agricultural Activities | Q61 | None noted |
| Resource extraction | Q62 | None Noted |
| Motorized disturbances (ATV or vehicle activity). | Q63 | None Noted |
| Animal or self propelled activities | Q64 | Hiking Trails, Biking Trails (e.g. mountain bikes), Equestrian |
| Gathering and Dumping Activities | Q65 | None Noted |
| Infrastructure encroachment | Q66 | None Noted |
| Comments | Q67 | Trails show heavy use; mostly walking, the occasional horse, mountain bike, and ungulate. The trails follow the embankment on the stream. |
| What Needs to be Done? | ||
| Remediation/Protection Activities Needed | Q71 | Signs, Continued Monitoring, Fence maintenance |
| What Have you Done Recently to Help the site? | Q72 | Visit and Submitted This Report! |
| Nearby Stewards? | Q73 | Lots of potential Stewards in Bragg Creek and nearby. |
| Comments | Q74 | |
| Last Words | Q82 | A fun visit and I will look for a chance to visit some of the Northern portion when I pass by again. The drive from Calgary is well worth it but remember you need a Kananaskis Pass to access the park. |
Images from Inspection
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Route – mostly in the Southeast corner of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A robust gate, locked, that is in line with a Texas Gate on the TWP to the south; the gate access the salient area of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A weather worn sign near the TWP and in the salient of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Disused access gate to the salient portion of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Looking west along the TWP with the NA to the right (South); parking area is mid-image, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Looking upstream and roughly West, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
The foot path continues on the North side of the Creek; recent rains made the cross beyond the levels of rubber bootsWell defined foot path through the NA and along the creek’s riparian zone, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Looking south along the fence line that separates the eastern salient from the full quarter section, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Looking South along the fence line that separates the eastern salient from the full quarter section, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A walker enjoying the well defined trails of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Looking North along the far East boundary of the property, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Possibly the former road allowance and definitely a former ATV track heading west from the small parking area of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A culvert can not keep up with the flow of water from a beaver dam on the creek, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A beaver dam is causing side channel flooding of the creek, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Rudimentary remediation of the trail close to the Eastern boundary of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A fungus growing from a fallen tree in the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
Berries and fungus erupting from the understory, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A wet understory supports diverse fungus and other botany, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter. 
A nibbled mushroom (mice?) along a trail of the NA, 2024-09-23, Bragg Creek NA, P. Potter.
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