Ang Lee’s tender, heartbreaking love story is set in the mountains of Wyoming – but its Brokeback Mountain is really in Alberta, Canada. The Rockies of Kananaskis Country stood in for the Wyoming high country, with the small towns filled by Alberta’s foothills and a couple of New Mexico detours.
Where was Brokeback Mountain filmed?
Brokeback Mountain was filmed largely in Alberta, Canada – Kananaskis Country, Fort Macleod and Calgary – with some scenes in Wyoming and New Mexico.
Every Brokeback Mountain location, explained
Brokeback Mountain itself – Kananaskis
The mountain of the title is really the Canadian Rockies of Kananaskis Country, Alberta, where Ennis and Jack herd sheep and fall in love.
The towns – Fort Macleod and Calgary
The small-town scenes used Fort Macleod in Alberta, with Calgary (including its City Hall) providing further exteriors.
Wyoming – the real thing
Some establishing landscapes used genuine Wyoming, in Teton and Fremont Counties, where the story is set.
New Mexico detours
A few scenes reached south to New Mexico, around Mesilla and Torrance County.
Planning a visit
Kananaskis Country, just west of Calgary, is a spectacular and accessible stretch of the Canadian Rockies – the real Brokeback Mountain – and Fort Macleod‘s heritage main street preserves the film’s small-town feel.
