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Trail Supporter Campaign

The GDTA has big plans to continue to improve the trail in 2025 and beyond, and we need your support to raise $20,000 by December 31, 2024!

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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Pathfinder Newsletter – Spring 2024

The Spring 2024 edition of the Great Divide Trail’s Pathfinder Newsletter is now available! This edition features information about the GDT Film Festival on April 11th, an article about spring flowers by Jenny Feick, a story about hiking into Field from Megan Paolini, and a soggy section D and E…

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GDT Route Updates for 2024

Section A: Section B: Section C: Section D: Section E: Section F: Section G: Happy trails and good luck out there in 2024!

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Call-out for a Board Treasurer!

Join the adventure! The Great Divide Trail Association is on the lookout for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for budgets and numbers to take on the vital position of Treasurer. Step into the role, become a key player on the Board of Directors until next September, and have your…

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Pathfinder Newsletter – Winter 2023/24

The Winter 2023/24 edition of the Great Divide Trail’s Pathfinder newsletter is now available! This edition features articles on trail pioneer Dr. James “Thor” Thorsell by Jenny Feick, a Section B hike by Barb Lauer, a trip north of the GDT by Marg Gmoser and Jim Baker, and many other stories…

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