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  • Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area – Tentative

    This week’s hike will be on the public trails at the Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area Area in Parkland County, ~40 km north of Edmonton, starts by following along the eastern shore of the north end of Coal Lake, and ends at a fine upland viewpoint. We'll meet at the parking lot at Chickakoo Lake (the ... Read more

  • North Miquelon – A86 (Former Store) to A85 (Miquelon Park) – Tentative

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

    The hike will start beside the site of the former store (A86), initially going past a new pond that cut through our trail, then on to St. FX Lookout, Erickson’s Curvert and into Miquelon Provincial Park where we’ll stop for lunch at one of the campsites. The beavers are always active around the new pond, ... Read more

  • Middle Battle River (Duhamel Campground to Fidler’s Monument) – Tentative

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

    The hike is a 10 km round trip, is along forest paths and across open fields with views of the glorious Battle River Valley. This huge valley was created in a matter of days towards the end of the last ice age, when an ice-bound lake covering the entire Edmonton area suddenly broke free. Bring ... Read more

  • Ministik A87 to Horseshoe Lake – Tentative

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

    This will be one of our hikes within the Ministik Bird Sanctuary. We'll meet at the trail head beside "A87" (Spilstead Access), ~0.2km south of the corner of Township Road 502/Range Road 210, at 9:45 a.m.. The hike will leave from 'A87' at 10:00. Plants typically seen on the trail from A87 north to Knull ... Read more

  • Pipestone Creek (A53 to hill before A51) – Tentative

    We re-established this fabulous hike a couple of years after doing a reroute around a landslide. That reroute is still being worked on & we will soon have to do more but its a great hike, very scenic. We’ll meet at the trail head beside A53 (Twp Rd 471/RR 232) (near the Big Lake Sod Farm) at ... Read more

  • Lois Hole Provincial Park – Big Lake – Tentative

    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 the St. Albert area at Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park. The park has a series of hiking trails with a wonderful boardwalk through the marsh lands beside Big Lake. The pictures from May 1st, 2016. We will meet at the main parking lot of the Lois Hole Provincial Park (off ... Read more

  • South Miquelon (A84 towards ‘D’) – Tentative

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

    The Miquelon Lake is another one of those interesting trails in the Miquelon/Ministik area that had once all been underwater, resulting in pockets of trees on some higher ground (had been islands) and alley ways (where the water was). "Ministik" means island in Nehiyawewin (Cree). We tend to follow the 'blue' route around the edge ... Read more

  • Battle River (A60) to Schnee Hill – Tentative

    This hike of 10.4 km is along the stunning Battle River. This huge river valley was created at the end of the last ice age when the melt water that created Lake Edmonton broke through the ice and drained the huge lake in just a few days. The pictures from May 24th, 2026. We’ll be starting ... Read more

  • Blackfoot (A98 to Lost Lake Shelter) – Tentative

    A great hike as most trails will have 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 Lost Lake Shelter. The pictures from September 13, 2026. We'll ... Read more

  • Gwynne Section – Tentative

    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