Goat creek,
You will have to push back up into Banff or back to the parking lot but it’s doable for the 9 year old. You’d also have to figure out a car shuttle. It’s a rocky fire road.
Easier than that is elbow valley provincial park. There is about 5-8k of the Elbow valley loop before it starts going up hill. It follows the edge of the elbow river and is mostly double track. At about 5k there is a short hike up to nahahi canyon which is a really neat little slot canyon that’s fun to go up and down a few times. About a 20 minute hike up from the river.
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