Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
This week's hike, almost 12 km long in total, passes along the northern shore of Trappers Lake and potentially scale before scaling the fence (legally!) into Elk Island National Park and proceeding to the bridge we built from deadfall in 2014. Unfortunately we can't make it to Oster Lake this year. After lunch we'll driver ... Read more
More wild flowers. Lunch stop at the historic St. Margaret’s church 1915 plus the Allen Nature Walk. The pictures from August 19th, 2018. In Edmonton we will meet at the Century Park Park & Ride Section I (it's the free lot near the 109th Street entrance) and carpool leaving at 9:00a.m. If you would like ... Read more
The very scenic Stoney Creek hike will start from A67 on Range Road 205/Township Road 461 just east of the bridge on Battle River. We chose this week because this is when the cacti are in bloom. But there has been a lot of rain, so we'll go as far as we can. The pictures ... Read more
The hike picks up where we left off on June 9th, at Kjorlien Corner (A45) and continue south along Coal Lake to about the Wetaskiwin Water Treatment Plant. The will leave from Kjorlien Corner (Township Road 473 / Range Road 232) at about 9:50 a.m.. The pictures May 6th,2012. In Edmonton we will meet at ... Read more
This week’s hike, 10 km round trip, starts by following along the eastern shore of the north end of Coal Lake, and ends at a fine upland viewpoint. The hike will leave from Boat Launch at the north end of Coal Lake (along Hwy 616) at about 3:45 p.m.. The pictures August 6th, 2017. ... Read more