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:
Carving a path through forest and meadow is what trail clearing is all about. This past week a section along the Battle River crews were challenged with more than usual down trees. The picture below shows an ancient tree estimated to be over 100 years old that Brad and Gary cut through.
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Sixteen people came out to hike on a section that we had not done in a long time. Thanks to Trail Maintenance and their clearing effort, the going was easy. We only had to contend with the many hills.
The day was breezy, which made for perfect hiking weather.
We started at Fidler’s Monument and had some good views of the river in this broad valley.
Along the way, we spotted a nonchalant coyote and we posed with a (possibly injured) butterfly (we set it down on a flower).
Lunch was at the “site of the old house” (A59E).
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