Alberta Highway 22

Alberta Highway 22

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 22 is a north-south highway in Alberta, Canada. The highway has been billed as the Cowboy Trail, since it passes through a lot of ranch country. The highway generally follows the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Highway 22 starts at the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) between Pincher Creek and the Crowsnest Pass. It then goes north through Longview, Black Diamond, Turner Valley, and Millarville. The highway then jogs west at Highway 22X. About 30 km (19 mi) later, it turns north again and passes through the Hamlet of Bragg Creek where Highway 22X ends. Highway 22 continues north past the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) west of Calgary, north through the Town of Cochrane, the Hamlet of Cochrane Lake, and the Village of Cremona to Highway 27.

The highway continues in a generally northward direction (with a number of westward jogs), passing through Sundre, Caroline, Rocky Mountain House and Drayton Valley until it intersects Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) at Entwistle approximately 85 km (53 mi) west of Edmonton). After a 8 km (5.0 mi) jog to the west, it continues north to cross Highway 43 at Town of Mayerthorpe, where it terminates 7 km north of the town at Highway 18.