Hiking

Prince Albert National Park

A couple walk with their infant in a stroller on the Red Deer Trail/ Fisher Trail as visitors bike by them in Prince Albert National Park.

Experience firsthand the amazing variety of natural wonders that are waiting for you in Prince Albert National Park. Over 150km of hiking trails within the park provide you access to the incredible diversity of life found in this transition zone between fescue grasslands, aspen parkland and northern boreal forest.

The park features 17 trails varying in length and level of difficulty. While hiking in the park you can enjoy short walks, day hikes and overnight backcountry excursions. Although you will encounter steep hills on some trails there is little overall change in elevation throughout the park.

Dogs are welcome! Please keep them on a leash and pick up after them.

Before venturing out,

List of trails
# Trail Distance Time Difficulty
1 Shady Lake trail
A 45m staircase leads down into the aspen forest surrounding Shady Lake.
1.7km (loop) 45 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
2 Height-of-Land Tower 
15m tower overlooks the mixed wood forest surrounding Shady Lake and Bear Trap Creek.
60 m (one way) 20 to 30 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
3 Spruce River Highlands
Traverse aspen covered hill tops overlooking the Spruce River.
8.5km (loop) 3 hours Level of Difficulty:  Difficult Difficult
4 Freight Tait Springs Trail 
The old freight trail travels through a mixed aspen and white spruce forest leading to a natural fresh water spring.
2km (one way) 60 to 90 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
5 Elk Trail 
Rolling hills with mixed wood forest and tall grass meadows.
Fish Lake 13km (one way)

Camp Lake 15km (one way)
7 to 8 hours Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
6 Hunters Lake Trail 
Steep rolling hills and mixed wood forest of jack pine and trembling aspen.
7.3 km (loop) 3 hours Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
7 Valleyview Trail Network
Travel through the mixed wood aspen forest, sedge meadows and fescue grasslands frequented by bison.
28.7km (network) 2 to 3 days Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
a. Valleyview Lookout Trail 
This short wheelchair accessible hike takes you to the Valleyview picnic site. Enjoy beautiful views of the Sturgeon River Valley.
200m wheelchair accessible (one way) 30 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
b. Valleyview Easy Loop 
This loop is great for a family outing; it offers a 200m accessible trail to the Valleyview picnic site.
4.1km (loop) 1 hour Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
c. Stoney Plain Meadow Trail Spur 
Follow a marked route through Stoney Plain Meadow, a rare fescue grassland.
1km (one way) 30 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
d. Valleyview Moderate Loop 
This trail is linked to the Valleyview Easy Loop. Enjoy travelling through an aspen forest and along the Sturgeon River Valley. Great random camping opportunities along the way.
8km (loop) 2 to 3 hours Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
e. Valleyview Difficult Loop 
Follows the entire length of the Valleyview Trail with many great lookouts over the Sturgeon River Valley. This trail goes through Jonassons Flats, a rare fescue grassland. This trail also provides access to Sturgeon Lookout.
24.5km (loop) 8 to 10 hours Level of Difficulty:  Difficult Difficult
8 Amyot Lake Trail Spur 
Aspen parkland and sedge meadows in this area are frequently visited by the free ranging Sturgeon River Plains Bison herd.
2km (one way)
1 hour Level of Difficulty:  Difficult Difficult
9 Mud Creek Trail 
This lakeside trail turns upstream to follow Mud Creek through an aspen forest. In the spring spawning fish attract black bears to the area.
2km (loop) 45 to 60 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
10 Treebeard Trail 
Ascend a steep, winding trail through a white spruce and balsam fir forest. The trees on this trail are some of the oldest in the park.
1.2km (loop) 45 to 60 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
11 Waskesiu River Trail 
Follows alongside the Waskesiu River before the trail turns into the aspen and spruce covered hills of the river valley.
2.5km (loop) 45 to 60 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
12 Narrows Peninsula Trail 
This trail passes through a variety of habitats as it follows along the shore of Waskesiu Lake. Of particular interest is the large fern bed that peaks in early summer.
3km (loop) 1 hour Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
13 Kingsmere River Trail 
Follow the Kingsmere River through a mixed wood of aspen and Spruce.
1.5km (one way) 1 hour Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
14 Grey Owl Trail 
Experience the diversity of the boreal forest as you follow the eastern shore around Kingsmere lake.
20km (one way) 10 to 12 hours Level of Difficulty:  Difficult Difficult
15 Boundary Bog Trail 
Knob and Kettle topography leads through mixed spruce and tamarack, taking you to the heart of a boreal forest bog.
2km (loop) 45 to 60 minutes Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
16 Red Deer Trail
The Red Deer Trail is a combination of Three loops in and around the Town of Waskesiu.
19km (loop) 5 to 6 hours Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
a. Red Deer Trail, Red Loop
Red Loop takes you through a variety of habitats from town site to lakeshore and through the rolling hills South of Waskesiu.
8.1km (loop) 2 to 3 hours Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
b. Red Deer Trail, Yellow Loop
The Yellow Loop travels through the Waskesiu community fuel break east of the town before turning back and following along the eastern shore of Waskesiu Lake.
5.8km (loop) 2 hours Level of Difficulty:  Easy Easy
c. Red Deer Trail, Blue Loop
The Blue Loop travels around the Beaver Glen Campground and into the rolling hills and mix wood forests North of Waskesiu before returning along the lakeshore.
5.2km (loop) 1.5 to 2 hours Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate
17 Fisher Trail 
Located close to the town of Waskesiu this trail leads you through mixed wood stands of aspen and black spruce muskeg.
6.3km (loop) 2 hours Level of Difficulty:  Moderate Moderate

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