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In Alberta's upper foothills region, camping, orienteering, camping, fly fishing, kayaking, swimming and wall climbing. Cadomin Caves, a multi-chamber cave system 2,791 m (9,150 ft) in length, allows exploration and caving with permission from the Alberta Speleological Society, but the cave remains wild and proper equipment and experience is necessary. The caves are a bat habitat and are thus closed from September to April.
Hinton Training Centre
History of Alberta’s forestry industry. Open year-round.
Museum of the local area. Located in a former Grand Trunk Pacific train station, the oldest surviving building in Hinton, was in service from 1911 until the 1980s. It has bern moved across the Yellowhead Highway from the current VIA Rail shelter.
Walk around the Maxwell Lake with lots of evidence of beaver dams and lodges. Early morning or evening you may even see one. The timber boardwalk connects to waterside gravel paths around the area. Easy to spend an hour or two here.
Recreation area with network of trails that are popular among ATVers, equestrians, hikers and bikers. Watch out for old telegraph poles and the Grand Trunk Pacific Station, which is said to be buried in the sands.
Canyon with towering cliffs, meandering streams and sunken sinkholes. Ogre Canyon Falls.