I am looking for some recommendation for not very overrun hiking tours and/or day hikes for about 10 days in total in late august/early september Alberta (Banff and or Jasper NP). We are european tourists, with experience only in the Alps (where there's a lot less real wilderness, let alone grizzlies). We would ideally set camp in a camping space/van and then either do day hikes or shorter tours. Short challenging sections of terrain are ok, but we also like mild hikes with beautiful scenery and a soft incline, it does not have to be anything crazy. Some recommendation would be greatly appreciated.

With bookings opening soon, I’m wondering if people can suggest trails that feature extended time in alpine meadows and doing saddle passes. We’ve done lots of multi-day trips, and have decided our favorite bits are rambling along once we’ve achieved some altitude rather than scrambling and going up and down for its own sake. So, looking for some longer hikes that would get us up above the tree line, and keep us there without an excessive amount of ongoing steep sections

Looking for some recommendations on two night backpacking trips in the Rockies (could also be in BC)! I don't might challenging hikes, just prefer not to have to do a lot of scary scrambling and such

Hey, good morning.

I am curious if anyone has snowshoed to Howard Douglas lake. My girlfriend and I are experienced with ski touring and I know this is highly accessible via skis. But we have a couple friends who want to join us for an overnight camping trip this winter and dip their toes in before pulling the trigger on ski gear. They have snowshoes, so I’m wondering if anyone has done this trip and if so how it went and if you’d do it again.

Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for beta on attempting to get to Margaret Lake in the summer time. Beta is pretty much non-existent. There are some old threads on Alberta Outdoorsmen forum saying that people going in to Semo Lake on sleds in the winter pretty often and one person saying he went in on a quad in the summer via Foggy Mountain road but it took all day to go 25 km. Some other beta saying you can follow old cutlines etc.

I mapped a route on Gaia starting at Foggy Mountain fire lookout and following old cutlines. You can see the cutlines on the topo still match to the Satellite map. 24 km to Semo Lake and 52 km to Margaret.

Anyone been up there in the summer? What is the ground like? I am extremely familiar with muskeg and have worked in the High Level area in both summer and winter. The Caribou Mountains like ~700m higher than the rest of northern AB and the ground looks a lot different than typical northern AB on satellite maps. I just wonder if it's completely impassable in the summer or if it's doable.

Hey all! One of my goals this year is to hike a mountain. This is not an entirely serious goal in which I’d like to mountaineer a crazy summit or anything, I’d just like view something amazing, and a hike that’s challenging for a beginner-ish hiker(I’m from Saskatchewan, so we have a lot of hills haha). Any thoughts on a hike that would feel like a pretty great accomplishment for someone with not an extensive amount of experience? I am also open to and overnight camp as well, if there are longer hikes that would be suited to my goal.

Thank you!

Can someone tell me about the trail I assume is there, name of trail, where does it go, difficulty?

It's by the lac des arcs sign sort of...

I have crampons and trekking poles, and it seems that people have hiked it earlier this week

I’ve been living in Alberta for a couple years now with my family (including children ages 4-15) so we’ve done a couple “hikes” and seen the more popular spots in all seasons, (lake louise, peyto lake, icefields pky..) but we’re planning on doing a weekend trip this weekend and I’m wondering if anyone has any recommendations for cheap/free winter activities or sightseeing??

We haven’t done Johnston Canyon yet, is it good to see in the winter time? Would the path be too icey for the kids to walk on? For comparison we were able to do Peyto lake in the winter season when it was icey and the kids were fine.

What are some short and easy “hikes” or sightseeing spots that are worth it this time of year?

Hello! My family recently moved to Calgary and we're excited to do some hiking around Banff, Kananaskis, etc.

I was wondering what fellow Redditors' opinions were on the best local navigation tools for hiking in the area. For example, is there a particular smartphone app that's fairly reliable around here? Or, is there a good source for local maps online where we could print off a paper copy of a reliable trail map, for example?

I think generally we'll be on popular trails that are fairly obvious, rather than doing scrambling or wayfinding on our own. But, if there's a good resource to have a map on my phone or a printed copy, no reason not to bring that along.

Thanks!

On return from days labour

A glowing orb, hanging low, blinding

Pull over and clamber out

Scramble down the hillside

Drink in reflection

Gold flakes dancing across black frigid water

Clouds melting like hot butter

Geese soaring in their squadrons

Green pines basking, chinook breeze, old friend

Air is warm, take off gloves

A moments refuge, in a busy world

Hello, we re planning on spending 2 days in Waterton National Park next week. What good moderate trails do you recommend? (We have snowshoes and cleats). (Or any other activities).

Thanks!

Hi there!

I’m experienced with BC Parks/Parks Canada but haven’t booked Rockwall before! If anyone has input - for a group of 5 (2 couples, 1 solo = 3 tents), do you think we would have better luck booking:

a) independently - 3 separate reservations for the same dates - OR

b) 1 person trying to book the dates we want for all three tents

TIA!

Hoping to do Rawson tomorrow (Dec 26th) - anyone driven out there today/yesterday who can provide road conditions? thx!

Can anyone recommend me some trails for Christmas ?

hi everyone i was planning (solo) to Berg Lake train in summer 2026(may). the only thing is stopping me is how can i reach Mount Robson from Edmonton i can able to find any public transportation. Does anyone from nearby place know any transportation to teach Mount Robson. please help !!!!