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Canmore Area Trails Strategy engagement

Albertans provided feedback to help inform a new long-term trail management plan covering Canmore-area Crown land.

Status

  • Open

  • Results under review

    Public feedback on draft strategy starts spring 2025.

  • Completed

Who is listening

Ministry of Forestry and Parks

Overview

We gathered feedback on the draft Terms of Reference to develop a new Canmore Area Trails Strategy that will establish an integrated recreational trail system across Crown land within the Bow Valley.

The strategy is designed to address growing demand for trails in the Canmore area, providing world-renowned recreational opportunities while protecting local wildlife and conserving habitat. This engagement will contribute to a Crown land trails plan for the area and also support an update to the trails plan for the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park.

Your input in phase 3 preliminary engagement, and phase 5 secondary engagement, as well as ongoing consultation with an advisory group including Indigenous communities and organizations, leaseholders, area landowners and local community organizations, will support Alberta’s commitment to improve recreational infrastructure and services in the Canmore area and the Bow Valley, ensuring that local trails may be enjoyed now and for years to come.

Timeline

  • Phase 1

    Gathered baseline information and inventory of trails.

    Summer 2023
  • Phase 2

    Develop draft project Terms of Reference with advisory group.

    Spring 2024
  • Phase 3

    Preliminary engagement. Gather Indigenous and public input on draft project Terms of Reference.

    Summer 2024
  • Phase 4

    Develop draft Canmore Area Trails Strategy.

    We are here
  • Phase 5

    Secondary engagement. Gather Indigenous and public feedback on draft Canmore Area Trails Strategy.

    Spring/Summer 2025
  • Phase 6

    Release final Canmore Area Trails Strategy.

    Fall 2025
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Get informed

Webinar

A public webinar about the Canmore Area Trails Strategy project was held on July 2, 2024.

Input received

Phase 3 – Preliminary engagement

Read the Canmore Area Trails Strategy Preliminary Engagement Summary 2024 to learn what Albertans shared through the online survey and trail inventory map from June 24 to July 24, 2024.

Online survey

Albertans shared feedback on the draft project Terms of Reference through an online survey from June 24 to July 24, 2024.

Trail inventory map

Albertans contributed to the Canmore Area Trail Inventory mapping exercise between June 24 and July 24, 2024, to notify us of trail opportunities and issues on designated and undesignated trails within the project area.

Next steps

Phase 5 – Secondary engagement

There will be an engagement opportunity for the public to provide feedback on the draft Canmore Area Trails Strategy in spring 2025.

How we got here

A diverse advisory group including representatives from Indigenous communities and organizations, leaseholders, area landowners and local community organizations were engaged to complete the draft project Terms of Reference for the Canmore Area Trails Strategy.

Outcomes

Feedback will help us develop the Canmore Area Trails Strategy, which be a Crown land trails plan for the area. The strategy will guide capital development improvements, availability of quality trail experiences and approaches to managing the positive and negative impacts of trail use in the area for the next 10 years.

The Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park trails plan will also be updated.

Contact

Connect with the Canmore Area Trails Strategy project team:
Email: kananaskis.projects@gov.ab.ca