Alberta West Country

Use Digital Elevation Models to bring topographic maps to life

Alberta West Country — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:13:59 +0000

Saskatchewan River Crossing, from 38,000 feet

Alberta West Country — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:11:57 +0000

Saskatchewan River Crossing, from 38,000 feet. Pinto Lake is on the bottom left, and hiway 93 runs up the valley to the east.

Banff National Park Trail GPS Downloads

Alberta West Country — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:12:24 +0000

Over 1000 km of hiking trails in Banff National Park are now available for download. The trails include many historic routes and popular day hikes in the park. All trails are visible on the Alberta Trail Map and ready for download in to Oziexplorer. Additionally, the trails can be viewed in Google Earth. Most trails are included on the topographic maps, which are also available for download.

For more details see the Banff National Park Trail GPS download page.

Alberta Topographic Maps

Alberta West Country — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:29:34 +0000

A new interface to view topographic maps has been added to the site. The topographic map boundaries are layered over the google maps. This allows for easy selection of the map(s) you require for download. In addition, all trail, road, and location data is visible behind the blue map boundary. To download free topographic maps using the new interface, go to AlbertaWestCountry.com

Bighorn Recreation and Impact Monitoring Project

Alberta West Country — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:05:40 +0000

In 2003, AWA initiated a project called the Bighorn Recreation and Impact Monitoring Project. See the final report here:

See the final report

Alberta Wilderness Association Bighorn trail Monitoring

Onion Lake is drying up…

Alberta West Country — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:47:55 +0000

Where is all the water going from Onion Lake?

Harlequin Ducks in Canary Creek

Alberta West Country — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:07:48 +0000

ASRD status of the Harlequin Duck

Wandering Creek Trail

Alberta West Country — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:17:57 +0000

Wandering Creek Trail has been added for download. To download the trail, or other trails see the GPS page.

Ruby Falls – Ruby Lake Trail Information

Alberta West Country — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:25:11 +0000

The Google Maps page now includes access to Ruby Falls and Ruby Lake

Download topographic maps 083C14 AND 083C15

Download GPS data to upload to your GPS unit.

Ram Falls in the winter

Alberta West Country — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:19:12 +0000

: Frozen Ram River Falls