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Discover the Great Divide Trail

Trip-Planning Resources

Treasurer Wanted

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 2024? 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.

Film Festival

Our Annual Film Festival is on April 11 at the Globe Theatre in Calgary. Buy tickets here!

Treasurer Wanted

The GDTA is looking for someone enthusiastic about the GDT, with a love for numbers! Click here for info about this critical role.

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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June 2016 Trail and Road Conditions

Trail Conditions Update – June 29, 2016 Wildflowers are blooming! Most of the snow from the freak snowstorm last week has melted and trails are mostly bare and dry with patches of snow lingering at higher elevations. Warm daytime temperatures means the snow is melting quickly and creating muddy and slippery conditions. WATERTON HIKER…

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Pathfinder Newsletter – Spring 2016

Check out the Great Divide Trail Association’s latest edition of Pathfinder including: GDT Birthday 2016 Trail Maintenance Trips Maps Update Sponsor Spotlight Trail Tales Oh The Peaks You Will See Trail & Road Conditions Upcoming Events and more! You can view the latest edition of Pathfinder here.

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A GDT Honeymoon

By Pete Michelinie and Cassidy Metcalf My wife Cassidy and I took to the Great Divide Trail in July 2015 for our honeymoon and had an amazing adventure. To give you a brief background, I have been in love with long distance hiking since walking the Appalachian Trail after graduating…

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Oh The Peaks You Will See: Veteran Mountains – Part 1

By Jen Peddlesden Who would think that World War One (WWI) had anything much to do with the Great Divide Trail (GDT)? When I received a copy of Canmore and Kananaskis History Explorer by Ernie Lakusta as a gift from some hiking pals, its pages brought a surprise that quite…

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