Events

This will be one of our hikes within the Ministik Bird Sanctuary. As it is Mother's Day several members of our group will be meeting for a  “Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast” at the  Spilstead Community Hall (20502 Township Road 502, corner of Township Road 502/Range Road 205, ~2km "to the trailhead) prior to the hike. ... Read more

The "Cloverlawn" hike a modification of 3 favourites (Stan's Bench, Source of the Blackmud & Coal Lake North End) to accommodate a lost section of the trail along Mud Lake (as we can no longer get all the way to "Mix Stopover"). We'll meet at the trail head "A39" (on Township Road 483A) at 9:45 ... Read more

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 October 19th, 2025. We'll be ... Read more

This is a hike in the Miquelon & Ministic area that is great for bird watching. The trail goes the Currie pasture, past the Sanctuary Estates subdivision and the Marsh Mitchell cabin. 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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

We'll meet at the trail head beside "A45" (Kjorlien Corner on the bend at Township Road 473 / Range Road 232) at 9:45a.m.. The hike will leave from 'A45' at 10:00, going down towards Coal Lake then south to the pumping station for the Wetaskiwin Water Treatment Plant. Pictures from July 27th, 2025. If you ... Read more