Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
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
The Wanisan Lake Hike and Social celebrates the end of the summer season with a hike and social at the Wanisan Stopover. The hike will be around 6 km along the edge of the lake and into the Blackfoot Recreation Area, following the Yellow route. If there is no snow or ice, we may do ... 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
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. On the way back we may stop at the ... Read more
A great hike for the fall hike, the trees should be displaying their full colour and the wide paths allow the hikers to socialize. There may even be the occasional hawk and some chickadees. We will meet at the parking lot of the Islet Lake Staging Area at 10:15 a.m.. The hike will be starting ... Read more
This is a new trail as part of the the Northeast River Valley Park (previously Our Lady Queen of Peace). Pictures from March 2nd, 2025. We'll meet at the trailhead near the main buildings of the Northeast River Valley Park (the angled parking area inside the gate, off 9th St. NE, a bit south of ... 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
An exciting winter hike through the river valley parks with the added bonus of the annual Silver Skate Festival (snow sculptures & food pavilions). We'll meet in the parking lot at Whitemud Park (on Fox Drive, turn north on Keillor Road and turn into the first parking lot). Be there at 10:15 a.m. for a ... Read more
Hike leaders and any members who are interested in hike schedule or trail maintenance planning are getting together for a ZOOM meeting to develop the 2027 Spring-Summer (late April to early November) weekly hike schedule and associated train maintenance schedule. Hike Planning Schedule Contact If you have any questions or comments about the hike schedule, let ... 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