Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
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 early December, the pictures from December 5th, 2021 We will ... Read more
Members are always welcome to attend our board meetings. Find out what’s going on behind the scenes as we talk about and plan our trail maintenance, hiking events, and everything else we do to help our members get the most of their involvement and to keep our the trail and the association thriving. If you ... Read more
The Wanisan Lake hike incorporates the WTA's "Wanisan Stopover" and continues on into the Blackfoot Recreation Area. The hike will be unto ~10 km along the edge of the lake and into the park starting at "A99" and heading into Blackfoot Park & Meadow Shelter and if the weather is good the loop around Arrowhead ... Read more
Johanne & Dennis leading us through some of their favourite sections of the Mactaggart Sanctuary. We we had to cancel this hike twice last winter (cold & COVID) but eventually did it in the spring, picture from Johanne & Dennis April 3rd, 2022. But that was a nice spring day, expect some snow & ice ... Read more
It is a nice 10km hike through Devon & every time we seem to do a hike there the trail has been improved. Pictures from January 5th, 2020. 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 should be ... Read more
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. The hike will be from 8km up to 10km (if weather & trail conditions allow us to add in part ... Read more
An exciting winter hike through the river valley parks with the added bonus of the annual Silver Skate Festival going on at Hawrelak Park (snow sculptures & food pavilions). We'll meet at Whitemud Park (River Valley Parking lot at the bottom of the hill near the trails, off Fox Drive at Keillor Road) at 10:15 ... Read more
This week's outing makes good use of the Devon trails along the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. The trails climb up and down, in and out of the river valley, making for a more challenging hike than we might be used to on other city trails. We'll meet at the parking lot by the Dale ... Read more
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. We typically choose this hike for mid-July when the cacti are in bloom - pictures from July 10th, ... Read more
Traditionally our first out of town hike of the season & a glorious way to start spring. The hike follows the Battle River east towards Stoney Creek and Camrose. It starts by following the river, low in the valley across open grassland, but eventually winds its way up out of the valley, stepping over a ... Read more
The current Government of Alberta COVID-19 public health action plan indicates that all COVID-19 public health measures have been lifted. However, WTA group event attendees are encouraged to assess and manage their personal risk.