• Islet Lake Staging Area to Lost Lake Shelter

    Meet at Trailhead Box 131, Station Main, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    A great hike for the fall hike, the trees should be displaying their full colour and the wide paths allow the hikers to socialize. There may even be the occasional hawk and some chickadees. We will meet at the parking lot of the Islet Lake Staging Area at 10:15 a.m.. The hike will be starting ... Read more

  • Mill Creek Ravine in Mill Woods

    Meet at Trailhead Box 131, Station Main, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    We will meet near the Mill Creek Ravine Trailhead at to SE corner 34 Street and 34 Avenue (Sliver Berry Road), with parking at the strip mall across the street, at about 10:15 a.m. The hike will leave promptly at 10:30, following various routes through the ravine to the 'Jackie Parker Park Pavilion' then returning. This ... Read more

  • Canceled Happy Valley Trail (Camrose)

    We'll meet at the trail head on on Valleyview Drive, Camrose (plug 2403 Valleyview Drive into your GPS & the trail head is next to it) at 10:15 a.m. and the hike will leave from at 10:30. The pictures from March 19th, 2023. We typically hike the Stoney Creek area in mid-July when the cacti ... Read more

  • Canceled Devon Ravine Trails

    Meet at Trailhead Box 131, Station Main, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    This is a nice 10km hike through Devon & every time we seem to do a hike there the trail has been improved. The pictures from January 7th, 2024. We will start from the parking lot just outside the Lion's Campground, going through the ravine, city trails & taking a few city streets (mostly Erie ... Read more

  • Canceled Whitemud Park to Laurier Park, via Hawrelak Park Footbridge

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    An exciting winter hike through the river valley parks with the added bonus of the annual Silver Skate Festival going on at Laurier Park (snow sculptures & food pavilions). We'll meet in the parking lot at Whitemud Park (on Fox Drive, turn north on Keillor Road and turn into the first parking lot). Be there ... Read more

  • Northeast River Valley Park

    Meet at Trailhead Box 131, Station Main, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    This is a new trail as part of the the Northeast River Valley Park (previously Our Lady Queen of Peace). Pictures from January 24th, 2024. We'll meet at the trailhead near the main buildings of the Northeast River Valley Park (the angled parking area inside the gate, off 9th St. NE, a bit south of ... Read more

  • St. Albert Trails

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    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. Additionally, Frank will be dusting off his "historical tour" notes on St. Albert. St. Albert has a great trail system. They are likely ... Read more

  • Southend Saunders Lake (A33 to A30)

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    This hike, 9.8 km round trip, follows the shoreline, giving views of waterbirds and red tailed hawks, with a deer being a bonus. We'll meet at the trail head beside Rollyview Road at the end of Saunders Lake at 10:15 a.m. (parking area across the highway). The hike will leave from 'A33' at 10:30. The ... Read more

  • East Battle River (Duhamel) to Rest & Be Thankful Hill

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    Traditionally this was our first out of town hike of the season & a glorious way to start spring ... and for the past few years we've also added it to our fall schedule, providing another chance at an out of town hike before winter hits. The hike follows the Battle River east towards Stoney ... Read more

  • Gwynne Section

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    The huge valley starting at Gwynne and containing the Battle River as it flows eastward across Alberta, was created in a few days. At the end of the last ice age, glacier water trapped by ice formed huge Lake Edmonton. The water finally broke through the ice at Gwynne and the whole lake emptied, creating ... Read more