Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
The hike will leave from the parking lot on Rainbow Valley (parking lot just before the Whitemud Drive underpass going into Snow Valley) at about 10:15 a.m. The pictures from December 30th, 2018. In Edmonton we will meet at the McDonalds Riverbend (494 Riverbend Square) & carpool (leaving at 10 a.m.). Participants may proceed there ... Read more
Note: this will be a short Sunday evening hike to take in the decorations along "Candy Cane Lane" ! The pictures from December 23rd, 2018. We will meet in the parking lot at the "Jasper Gate" Plaza (on Stony Plain Road, in front of London Drugs). Starting at 6:00 p.m. we'll walk through Candy Cane, ... Read more
It is a nice 9km hike through Devon & every time we seem to do a hike there the trail has improved. Pictures from January 6th, 2019. We will start from the parking lot just outside the Lion's Campground, going through the ravine, taking a few city streets to the arena (it will be open ... Read more
An exciting Family Day weekend hike that will start from the Whitemud Park (River Valley Parking lot at the bottom of the hill near the trails, off Fox Drive at Keillor Road) at about 10:15 a.m.. The pictures from February 18th, 2018. There is the added bonus of the Silver Skate Festival going on at ... Read more
The hike will leave from the parking lot on Westridge Shopping Centre (at the corner of Westridge & Wolf Willow) at about 10:15 a.m. The pictures from March 12th, 2017. In Edmonton we will meet at the McDonalds 87 Ave/149 St (8708 149 St) & carpool (leaving at 10 a.m.). Participants may proceed there directly ... Read more
Due to the unavailability of the hike leaders we;ve had to cancel the March 1st hike. The next hike will be March 16th at Bunchberry. Miquelon Provincial Park has hiking and skiing trails that we rarely get around to visiting. On this hike, Irene and Scott Malcolm are going to take us on an exploration ... Read more
Note: Rescheduled from January 19th While not part of the Waskahegan Trail, why not try out the Bunchberry Meadows along trails of old growth forest. This is a new conservation property acquired by Edmonton Area Land Trust and Nature Conservancy. Hike will be about 8km. The pictures from March 3, 2019. In Edmonton we will ... Read more
In accordance with our province’s guidelines and directives on social distancing, we won’t be leading any Sunday guided hikes for now. But we are still working on our summer hike schedule. We’re also thinking about what we can do to keep the Waskahegan Trail available and desirable if this isolation continues past April—because by that ... Read more
In accordance with our province’s guidelines and directives on social distancing, we won’t be leading any Sunday guided hikes for now. But we are still working on our summer hike schedule. We’re also thinking about what we can do to keep the Waskahegan Trail available and desirable if this isolation continues past April—because by that ... Read more
We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 status and will gradually restart our hikes, with some obvious protocol changes listed at the bottom. The hike will leave from the parking lot on Rainbow Valley (parking lot just before the Whitemud Drive underpass going into Snow Valley) at 9:00 a.m. The pictures from December 12th, 2019 ... Read more