Hike

Miquelon Provincial Park has hiking and skiing trails that we rarely get around to visiting. On this hike, Irene is going to take us on an exploration of one of her favourite public trails. And we'll never know what the weather will bring us in mid-November, the pictures from December 4th, 2022 We will meet ... Read more

This week's hike will be on the North Saskatchewan River Valley parks in northeast Edmonton, starting at the Kennedale Ravine and going towards Rundle Park. Pictures from November 20th, 2022. We'll meet at the Hermitage Road Shopping Centre 10:15 a.m. and the hike will leave the parking lot by at 10:30. Participants should check the ... Read more

This is a new part of the River Valley Alliance trail system that will eventually connect Devon to Fort Saskatchewan - Devon's new article. The River Valley Alliance web site provides a good overview of the trail Battery Creek Trail. The hike will be ~9km. We'll start by going from the trailhead to the current ... Read more

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 22nd, 2023. 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

This is a new hike from the Northeast River Valley Park (previously Our Lady Queen of Peace). Since this is a new hike there are no pictures from previous hikes but here is the Edmonton Journal article. We'll meet at the trailhead near the main buildings of the Northeast River Valley Park (the angled parking ... Read more

Note: Due to some construction on the trail just past the Snow Valley Ski Chalet we have had to make a slight alteration to the hike: We'll meet at the Whitemud Park Parking Lot (parking lot just before you go under the Whitemud Drive overpass towards the Snow Valley ski chalet) at about 10:15 a.m. ... Read more

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

We will meet at t the Mill Creek Ravine Trailhead on 33B Avenue & 22nd Street (with on street parking along 33B Ave) 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 hike tends to be icy so having ... Read more

Canceled due to icy conditions:  due to the recent thaw/freeze conditions when Irene & the gang from Camrose scouted the trail this week they found it to icy (even with spikes) to hike it safely so we are canceling this weeks hike (updated 2024-03-16, 03:00MT) The Happy Valley Trails are now setup for winter biking, ... Read more

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