It had been years/decades since I had been to Head Smashed In. During a trip northward to the homeland (Siksika Nation), I intentionally made plans for a tiny side trip: I mean someone needed to Yelp this place, yes? Just adjacent to the Blackfoot Confederacy's Peigan Rez (near Brocket, AB), is the Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre. This... more

The centre is nice and informative, the outside bits are stretched out to create the illusion of length. The path system could be shorter with the same bang for the buck, which I might add was very reasonably priced. Worth the trip just because it is something unique. Unfortunately, it is now a been there, done that. more

Okay, so it is quite a fair way to drive and there is nothing to really see when you get there as apparently the jump was about 12m deeper in the day. However the information centre is very well laid out and there is an excellent 10 min video presentation which is def worth watching. The place sounds cool too. more

I was here in June 2008. The Buffalo Jump is mainly a cliff where the buffaloes were run off. There is a lower trail that you can walk on for free to see the jump from below. The interpretive centre will tell you this is a 45 minute round trip walk, but it's more like 15 minutes. It's safe and... more

Well-designed interpretive center. Makes it easy to understand how this guy's head got smashed in by buffalo thinking they were just running down the plains. Oops, there's a cliff. Drat, didn't see that coming. Uh-oh, below! Look out, Mr. Native North American! Outside of that, breathtaking scenery -- 360-degrees. more

We spent a fantastic day and night at Head Smashed-In. Tipis can be booked for overnight stays and our night under the stars was one of the best of our month-long trip. The tipis are basic (a blow up bed on the ground) but both me and my husband slept very well, after spending hours watching meteors zip across the... more

This site is off the beaten path just a little but the road is paved and it is a very pleasant drive of a few minutes. Once there, a small tour bus picked us up and took us to the center even though it was just a few hundred yards up a hill. At the front desk, a girl ran... more

Travelled to beautiful southern Alberta this summer with my 10 year old. The drive south from Calgary is absolutely beautiful and only gets better the closer you get to Head Smashed. The long scenic drive once you leave the main highway is worth the trip itself. As you get closer and see the building growing out of the cliff you'll... more

Comme mon copain est en fauteuil roulant, en tant qu'accompagnatrice j'ai obtenu mon entrée gratuitement. Mon copain a eu un... more