The Great Divide Trail Association – Dedicated to maintaining, protecting and promoting the Great Divide Trail

Trail Building & Maintenance

Trip-Planning Resources

Trail Building & Maintenance

The dates for our trail building & maintenance trips for this summer have been announced and we need you! Learn more about volunteering here.

Get Involved

Become a member now! Or support the Great Divide Trail by volunteering on a trail maintenance trip, joining a committee, or becoming a sponsor.

Trip-Planning Resources

Planning a GDT hike in 2025? Whether out on the trail for a few days or a month, check out our step by step guide and resources to make your trip planning easier.

Canada's Great Divide Trail
a journey on the crest of the continent

The Great Divide Trail traverses the continental divide between Alberta and British Columbia, wandering through the vast wilderness of the Canadian Rocky Mountains for more than 1100 kilometres. It is one of the most spectacular and challenging long‐distance trails on the planet.

The Great Divide Trail is wild and not always even an actual trail, sometimes merely a wilderness route, inspiring modern-day adventurers to walk the same paths of the original Indigenous people and explorers to the area. A journey on the Great Divide Trail promises to be demanding but on the GDT you'll discover a superlative wilderness experience in one of the most magnificent settings on Earth.

The Great Divide Trail Association is dedicated to maintaining, protecting and promoting the Great Divide Trail and with your support, we can preserve the GDT and its wilderness experience for generations to come!

About the GDTA

The Great Divide Trail Association is a Canadian not‐for‐profit corporation and registered charitable organization headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, responsible for maintaining, promoting and protecting the Great Divide Trail.

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Membership

We are supported by members who make the Great Divide Trail experience possible. Join the GDTA community - Become a member today.

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Volunteer

Come join a volunteer trail crew and give back to the Great Divide Trail!

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2025 GDT Hiker Hang Tags

Hangtag 2025

Voluntary Hiker Registration & Hang Tag Program Are you planning to hike the Great Divide Trail in 2025? Whether you’re tackling the full length of the trail or just a section, we encourage you to register your hike and pick up a free GDT Hang Tag, your badge of stewardship…

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Introducing the 2025 Trail Ambassadors

Trail Ambassadors Mo, Claire, Charlene, Sara, Keiko

Hiking on the GDT this summer? Following adventurous souls on Instagram? This summer, keep your eyes peeled for the GDTA Trail Ambassadors: Charlene, Keiko, Sara, Mo, and Claire. The five of them will be out there tackling Canada’s wild and inspiring Great Divide Trail, and they’ve been kind enough to…

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2025 Servus Calgary Marathon Recap

Servus Calgary Marathon 2025

The 2025 Servus Calgary Marathon is officially in the books, and we couldn’t be more excited to share the results of a powerful first year as the Green Bib Charity! Thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of the running community, 633 participants opted into the new Green Bib program, choosing…

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Make It Monthly: Thank You!

Make it Monthly 2025

This May, we invited you to Make It Monthly and thanks to your generosity and the support of our amazing partner, BearVault, we’re excited to share the results! Together, we raised a total of $1,185 in support of the Great Divide Trail! Through the campaign, four new monthly donors signed…

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