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

Trail Supporter Campaign

Discover the Great Divide Trail

Trip-Planning Resources

Trail Building & Maintenance

Trail Supporter Campaign

A huge THANK YOU to all donors for making our Trail Supporter Campaign a tremendous success, surpassing our goal of $20,000 and raising an incredible $28,636.42!

Discover the Great Divide Trail

Read about the Sections of the GDT, learn about the history of the trail or plan your own journey on the Great Divide.

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.

Trail Building & Maintenance

We are busy planning for our trail building & maintenance trips for next summer and dates will be announced early in 2025. Learn more about volunteering here.

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 GDTA Film Festival – Call for Submissions

If you have touched the Great Divide Trail in any way, we want to see it–and share it! At our annual film festival, we will showcase as many perspectives as we can. We are excited to see: We each have our own personal relationship and experience with the beauty and…

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Pathfinder Newsletter Winter 2024

Cover title for the Pathfinder Winter 2024 newsletter. Features someone down a trail in a scree slope

The Winter 2024 edition of the Great Divide Trail’s Pathfinder newsletter is now available! This edition features articles including:

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Support the GDTA at the 2025 Calgary Marathon!

2025 Calgary Marathon Promotional Poster

The Great Divide Trail Association is this year’s Green Bib Charity for the Servus Calgary Marathon. The 2025 marathon dedicates time, energy, and resources to reduce environmental impact. If a registrant chooses the Green Bib option, a $10 donation will be made to the Great Divide Trail Association in lieu of a race shirt and medal. Enter the race, join…

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2025 GDT Calendar

Front page of the 2025 GDT Calendar

Back by overwhelming support is the 2025 GDTA Calendar. Featuring 14 spectacular photos of the GDT, showcasing our Photo Contest winners. These make great gifts! They are $25 shipped within Canada and $30 to the USA. If you are interested please email [email protected] These will ship around December 10th via…

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