Alberta's Premier Hiking Trail
The Waskahegan Trail is a unique resource that exists only because of the generosity of landowners. Before you set foot on the trail:
Unfortunately we had to cancel this Sunday’s hike (Fort Ethier to Bigstone Creek, September 16th).
It is one of our more challenging hikes due to the change in terrain, but also a very scenic one as we follow the creek.
So with the rain/snow John checked the trail Saturday morning and determining it was too wet and slick. He couldn’t make it up the first hill, even with the ropes, and that wasn’t even the toughest hill.
Hope to reschedule when it warms and dries up.
Trail maintenance was moved to Tuesday in order to avoid the rain that was forecasted for our usual Wednesday. As a result, the turnout was small–only four people. But you can accomplish a lot with a couple of chainsaws, two bags of trail markers, and ribbon. Starting at the middle, two went east and two went west.
The trees along Bigstone Creek are old and majestic. So, when one of them falls, it’s a big deal. We cleared more than a few trees.
This tree landed lengthwise on top of the trail.
Hikers coming out on Sunday are in for a stunning show of fall colours.
