Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
The very scenic Stoney Creek hike will start from A67 just east of the bridge on Battle River. We chose this week because this is when the cacti are in bloom. We'll meet at the trail head Stoney Creek (A67 - Range Road 205/Township Road 461 just east of the bridge). The hike will leave ... Read more
We re-established this fabulous hike a couple of years after doing a reroute around a landslide. After a few seasons of trail maintenance we are in pretty good shape. We'll meet at the trail head beside A53 (Twp Rd 471/RR 232) (near the Big Lake Sod Farm) at 9:45 a.m.. The hike will leave from ... 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
A hike of varied terrain combining a section that we haven't hiked in a while ('Fidler Monument' to A60) combined with the initial section of another one we do quite often (A60 to A59E is the first part of the Schnee Hill hike). We will start at A61-'Fidler Monument' at RR215A/Twp 461A (take Range Road ... Read more
This will be an afternoon hike. We'll then follow the route along Coal Lake to Point Cooperation for lunch then return to the trail head. The Point is named for Project Cooperation, in which six 15- and 16-year olds, funded by the Province and by the Waskahegan Trail Association, cleared this section as part of ... Read more
Due to flooding which cause a few sloughs to become a pond, we haven't done the full hike for a few of years. We start the 'former store' no North Miquelon Road (Two Rd 500/RR 205) and go into Miquelon Provincial Park for lunch before returning. We'll meet at "A85", in the parking lot of ... Read more
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
Fall colours for the Saunders Saunter A29 to A30 or longer will be a stroll for bird watchers and nature lovers; could be 7km to 10km with an emphasis on the different birds, of which Saunders Lake has plenty. We'll meet at the trail head beside at "A29" (at the bend by the lake on ... Read more
This week's outing may include two hikes: a first one that is 7km round-trip to the Gwynne Ski Hill and an optional second one along the Chickadee Trail of no more than 3 round-trip. The huge valley starting at Gwynne and containing the Battle River as it flows eastward across Alberta, was created in a ... Read more
The hike picks up where we at the same spot at the July 31st hike, at Kjorlien Corner (A45) and continue south along Coal Lake covering some of the same route we did July 3rd. We'll meet at the trail head beside "A45" (Kjorlien Corner on the bend at Township Road 473 / Range Road ... Read more
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