Winter Activities Visitor Guidelines Contact Winter Trails Guide Boreal Centre for Bird Frostbite and hypothermia are real dangers in Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park winter. Be sure you are prepared before you c/o Alberta Parks Conservation head outside. Dress in layers and wear a hat. Slave Lake Government Centre This education and research facility is located Carry extra socks and a sweater. Suite 102, 101-3rd St SW Lesser Slave at kilometer 19 on Highway 88. Here you will Slave Lake, AB find exciting displays in our exhibit gallery as Please respect wildlife and other visitors by T0G 2A4 well as snowshoe and cross-country ski loans. following these guidelines: Lake During the winter months, the Centre is open • Keep your dog on a leash and off the Monday to Friday, 8:15 am—4:30 pm Mon-Fri from September to December and ski track. Phone: (780) 849-7100 Mon-Sat from January to March. Be sure to • Obey all signs. Provincial Park call ahead if you are planning to come to the • Use the fire pits and stoves provided Parks Help Line (24 Hours) Centre Mon-Fri during the winter, as staff may at shelters and picnic areas. Phone: (780) 833-4369 be busy with school programs and ski and • Pack out all your garbage and leave snowshoe equipment may not be available on no trace of your passing. General Alberta Parks Information these days. • Alcohol is not permitted. Web: albertaparks.ca Toll Free: 1-866-427-3582 Cross-country Skiing When cross-country skiing: There are 24.4 km of cross-country ski trails. • Ski on the right, pass on the left. Emergency (Police, Fire, Ambulance) The trails are not patrolled and skiers should • Step off the trail to the right when Phone: 911 be prepared for emergencies. stopping. • Downhill traffic has the right of way. Snowshoeing • Use caution when approaching steep slopes and bridges. Peace Lesser Slave Lake There are no formal snowshoe trails, but River Provincial Park snowshoers are welcome to explore the For information on conditions, especially 2 2A 2 after heavy snow or severe weather, please High 2 Slave park in the open or forested areas. Please Lake contact the Alberta Parks office. 49 Prairie do not snowshoe on groomed cross-country Athabasca ski tracks, although you are welcome to 43 Valleyview 33 Grande snowshoe next to them. Prairie 44 2 43 Swan Hills
33 Fox Creek 32 Westlock Walking 18 Barrhead All cross-country ski trails are groomed with 33 Whitecourt 43 37 2 a single track, leaving packed snow next to Mayerthorpe 44 them for walkers. Please do not walk or allow 32 16 your dogs to walk on the groomed cross- Edmonton country ski tracks. Dogs must be on leash at all times.
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