Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
Wanisan Evening hike with a picnic at the end at the Wanisan stopover. Bring your "campfire" supper (ready-to-eat dinner or wieners and buns to grill on the table-top barbecue), beverage, lawn chair and flashlight or headlamp for our evening walk. We'll provide the condiments and dessert. The hike will be about 7 km, in the ... Read more
This is a somewhat "long-lost" section that hasn't been hiked in several years and we had it preped for 2 hike for back-to-back weekends last October but due to the early snow we had to make a change. So rather than 2 hikes from opposite ends with lunch at Point Cooperation we'll do a straight ... Read more
Strawberries ! The pictures from August 5th, 2018. In Edmonton we will meet at the Century Park Park & Ride ('Free Parking' Section I, near the 109th Street Entrance/Exit) and carpool leaving at 9:00a.m. If you would like to meet at the trail head at "A35" (at the fork in the road for Township Road ... Read more
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