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  • Gwynne Section – Tentative

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    The huge valley starting at Gwynne and containing the Battle River as it flows eastward across Alberta, was created in a few days. At the end of the last ice age, glacier water trapped by ice formed huge Lake Edmonton. The water finally broke through the ice at Gwynne and the whole lake emptied, creating ... Read more

  • Trail Clearing: Prep Day – Tentative

    Bulldog (WTA Storage) 6805 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6B 0E9, Edmonton, AN, Canada

    Maintenance always depends on the weather; so check the website before coming out. If you plan to attend contact Helen W. (helenwhitson@gmail.com) so she can provide you with the workplan details and directions to the trailhead. Please bring your lunch, water, wear older clothes and be prepared for hiking. Note: The trail maintenance crew are ... Read more

  • Board Meeting – May 2027

    Zoom Web Meeting

    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

  • West Battle River (A57 to Schnee Hill) – Tentative

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    A wonderful section of the trail along Battle River, going east from Gwynne.  It has a little bit of everything, including passing by what used to be the historic Low’s Crossing (well historic from a WTA perspective). Checkout Gene Miskiw’s “The Battle Bridge Story” with loads of pictures he’s shared with us at the AGM ... Read more

  • Trail Clearing: Saunders Lake – Tentative

    Maintenance always depends on the weather; so check the website before coming out. If you plan to attend contact Helen W. (helenwhitson@gmail.com) so she can provide you with the workplan details and directions to the trailhead. Please bring your lunch, water, wear older clothes and be prepared for hiking. Note: The trail maintenance crew are ... Read more

  • Pipestone Creek (A49 to hill just after A51) – Tentative

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    We should have a good selection of wild flowers, as we follow Pipestone Creek through some old growth forest & along some cattle farms. The starting point is <2km east of the lunch spot for last weeks Fort Ethier hike. We'll meet at the trail head beside on Highway 814 at 9:45 a.m. (parking at ... Read more

  • Trail Clearing: Coal Lake A43 to A45, via Point Cooperation – Tentative

    Bulldog (WTA Storage) 6805 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6B 0E9, Edmonton, AN, Canada

    Maintenance always depends on the weather; so check the website before coming out. Depending on the turnout, we'll try to do all of A43 to A45 in one session but have a 2nd session scheduled just in case. If you plan to attend contact Helen W. (helenwhitson@gmail.com) so she can provide you with the workplan ... Read more

  • Southend Saunders Lake (A33 to A30) – Tentative

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    This hike, 9.8 km round trip, follows the shoreline, giving views of waterbirds and red tailed hawks, with a deer being a bonus. We'll meet at the trail head beside Rollyview Road at the end of Saunders Lake at 9:45 a.m. (parking area across the highway). The hike will leave from 'A33' at 10:00. The ... Read more

  • Trail Clearing: Coal Lake A43 to A45, via Point Cooperation – Tentative (2nd Session)

    Bulldog (WTA Storage) 6805 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Maintenance always depends on the weather; so check the website before coming out. Depending on the turnout, we'll try to do all of A43 to A45 in one session but have a 2nd session scheduled just in case. If you plan to attend contact Helen W. (helenwhitson@gmail.com) so she can provide you with the workplan ... Read more

  • Coal Lake A43 to Point Cooperation – Tentative

    Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

    The first of our two hikes over the next few weeks along Coal Lake to Point Cooperation. 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 their summer work in 1975. We will meet ... Read more