Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
This hike is a combination of 3 favourites--Stan's Bench in the Mix-Cloverlawn area, Source of the Blackmud, and Coal Lake North End--and it includes a commemoration of Stan Skirrow, whose devotion, passion, and energy made the Waskahegan Trail and the organization what it is today. Stan passed away last December, and the family requested to ... Read more
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
A great hike as most trails willhave wide paths allow the hikers to socialize. There may even be the occasional hawk, some chickadees and hopefully sand cranes. The hike start from the WTA Connector trail at A98 and loop through Blackfoot with lunch at Meadow Shelter. The pictures from July 8th, 2018. In Edmonton we ... Read more
Berry season for the Saunders Saunter A29 to A30 or longer will be a stroll for bird watchers and nature lovers; could be 7km to 10km with an emphasis on the different birds, of which Saunders Lake has plenty. The pictures from August 12th, 2018. In Edmonton we will meet at the Century Park Park ... Read more
This will be one of our 2 group hikes within the Ministik Bird Sanctuary. We'll all be starting "A87" (Spilstead Access) going towards Knull Lake. Jerry will lead one group to just past Knull Lake (6km round-trip) while another group will continue on to just past Horseshoe Lake (10 km round-trip). Notes from Jerry: Plants ... Read more
Canceled (2019-08-25 07:55am MT) - There has been too much rain and now the slopes are too slick to walk This week's hike, 11.4 km in total and hopefully, the 'blue route' that Brad J. reestablished a couple of years ago is still OK. This is along a very special part of the Waskahegan Trail. ... Read more