This weeks hike will be in St. Albert along both sides of the Sturgeon River. The city trail is well-developed and maintained year-round, so it's a good choice during the mucky month of April.  We will meet at the huge free parking lot on St. Anne Street in St. Albert (opposite the Musée Héritage Museum / St. ... Read more

Note (updated 2023-03-22): we did a first try of scouting on March 20 & the snow was still too deep - from the map on Pg. 71, the trail from "A85" to "D" took us over an hour for <2km & we were exhausted we took the old golf club road back to A85, that ... Read more

Traditionally our first out of town hike of the season & a glorious way to start spring. The hike follows the Battle River east towards Stoney Creek and Camrose. It starts by following the river, low in the valley across open grassland, but eventually winds its way up out of the valley, stepping over a ... Read more

This is a hike in the Miquelon & Ministic area that we did last year with the "Red Deer Ramblers" and is great for bird watching. The trail goes the Currie pasture, past the Sanctuary Estates subdivision and the Marsh Mitchell cabin. We'll meet at the trail head beside "A87" (Spilstead Access), ~0.2km south of ... Read more

The Wanisan Lake hike incorporates the WTA's "Wanisan Stopover" and continues on into the Blackfoot Recreation Area. The hike will be about ~10 km along the edge of the lake and into the park starting at "A99" utilizing the WTA trail at Wanisan Lake plus various Blackfoot sections (the Lost Lake & Wanisan) with lunch ... Read more

A wonderful hike following a route that is a combination of old road & trails past William's Lake towards the UofA's Ministik Field Station and on to an old Fire Tower. We'll meet at the trail head by the entrance to UofA Ministik Station (A88) on Township Road 510 (1 km west of Range Road ... Read more

This is a section of the trail features pleasant paths through woods and pastures, an extensive boardwalk, and finally a stroll to the top of Mottet Hill. Here are the pictures from the hike on May 5th, 2019. The hike will leave from "A91", on Township Road 512 (just off Highway 14 at Range Road ... Read more

We are having the Members Social & hike at Miquelon Lake Provincial Park. The hike will be a shorter version of the North Miquelon hike from April, where we will go as far as Ft. FX Lookout before returning for the Members Social. The pictures from the members BBQ - September 25th, 2022 & hike to ST. ... Read more

This is the first of 3 hikes over the next month that covers much of the trail along Coal Lake. We'll meet at the trail head beside "A45" (Kjorlien Corner on the bend at Township Road 473 / Range Road 232) at 9:45a.m.. The hike will leave from 'A45' at 10:00, going down towards Coal ... Read more

The hike picks up the next section of the trail along Coal Lake that we covered last week, with the hike to the dam being rarely done.  We'll meet at the trail head beside "A46" (old dirt track just north of the Water Treatment Plant on Range Road 231A) at 9:45a.m.. The hike will leave ... Read more