Category: Association

For news related to the operation of the GDT Association – e.g. AGM notices, callouts for volunteers.

  • Membership Month 2025

    Membership Month 2025

    February is Membership Month at the GDTA! 

    Are you a member of the GDTA? If you are, then from the bottom of our hearts: THANK YOU! By being one of the 600+ members, you help us demonstrate that there are passionate people that love the GDT and want to see it maintained and protected. 

    There are lot of great things coming up, and we want to thank our members by offering a little something back for your dedication:

    1. First dibs to sign up for our annual Trail Maintenance Trips. These will be open for signups on our website in just a few short days. Stay tuned for a blast-out on our Instagram channel, or on our website. 
    1. BIG NEWS: We’re almost set to launch a brand new Wall Poster Map for the GDT! We want to release this with a bang, and we thought the best way would be to reward some of our members. Take a look at the teaser photo. A few lucky members (drawn randomly on March 1 from all active members) will be sent a full-size GDT Wall Poster Map in the mail. These won’t be available for general purchase for a while yet, and when they are, members are going to get first crack at them.
    A wall map depicting the Great Divide Trail route through Alberta and British Columbia

    Not already a member? 

    We hope you’ll consider signing up this month. Membership is not just for people hiking the GDT. Sure, there are the awesome Membership Benefits. But if you love the GDT, the idea of the GDT, or even just natural spaces that are protected, then becoming a GDTA member is one of the best things you can do.

    Our members believe in the GDTA’s mission to preserve our mountain wilderness. In fact, we have members that have joined the GDTA solely for this reason. You don’t need to be a hiker, past hiker, or equestrian to believe in this mission – anyone can. By joining the GDTA your presence in our growing, organized, and visible community translates into public demand for wilderness preservation that is recognized by decision makers through the GDTA’s advocacy efforts. In other words, there is strength in numbers. Your GDTA membership adds to this strength and so helps preserve the precious Canadian Rocky Mountain wilderness. 

    Did you know that our membership numbers are an important demonstration to Parks Canada, Provincial Parks, Grant Providers, and Corporate Sponsors of how important it is to protect and preserve the GDT? The more members we have, the more they take notice.  

    Sign up now

    and help protect this National Treasure! 

  • 2025 GDT Calendar

    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 Austin.Hager@greatdividetrail.com

    These will ship around December 10th via Canada Post assuming the strike is over.

    Front page of the 2025 GDT Calendar

  • 2024 Winners of the GDTA Photo Contest

    2024 Winners of the GDTA Photo Contest

    The 2024 GDTA Photo Contest was a huge success, with over 200 photos submitted. A huge thank you to everyone who submitted photos this year. Your entries help the Association as it works to protect, promote, and maintain the trail.

    1st, 2nd, and 3rd place placques for the 2024 GDTA photo contest

    Our winners and honourable mentions are listed below, along with caption information provided by the photographer.

    1st Place – Bradley Ayres

    Morning Mist on the lake the morning we left Kananaskis
    Mirror Mountain – Bradley Ayres

    Morning Mist on the lake the morning we left Kananaskis, with super calm weather giving the lake a mirror-like quality. This picture is a combination of 4 individual pictures stitched into a panorama.

    2nd Place – Rebecca Bradbury

    At Ball Pass on the Great Divide Trail, taking in the endless stretch of mountains and sky
    At Ball Pass – Rebecca Bradbury

    At Ball Pass on the Great Divide Trail, taking in the endless stretch of mountains and sky (with Rebecca Bradbury).

    3rd Place – Sébastien Klam

    A porcupine eating leaves
    My lovely friend the porcupine – Sébastien Klam

    Arrived to the camp, I pitch my tent and let the tent breathe during the time (30min) I prepare the dinner et eat. I come back to my tent and a porcupine was eating my backpack. The hip pocket is fully destroyed, and the shoulder strap is half eaten. Luckily, it still hold the weight. During the night, he stays all the time at less than 4 meters of my tent. Nobody touch the backpack of a hiker. But porcupines doesn’t care at all.

    Honourable Mentions

    With so many excellent photos to go through, it was nearly impossible to narrow it down. Here are our honourable mentions.