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Whitemud Creek Ravine loop — Edmonton

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Whitemud Creek Ravine loop — Edmonton

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Whitemud Creek Ravine loop — Edmonton

01:47

6.47km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 20, 2025

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1.66 km

Whitemud Creek

Highlight • River

Flowing through southwest Edmonton, Whitemud Creek winds between forested banks and open meadows before joining the North Saskatchewan River. Trails along the creek offer quiet walking routes with wooden bridges, wetlands, and year-round wildlife viewing. In many areas, the creek forms the heart of protected spaces like MacTaggart Sanctuary, providing a peaceful natural corridor through the city.

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4.29 km

Whitemud Creek Ravine

Highlight • Gorge

Stretching for kilometres through southwest Edmonton, Whitemud Creek Ravine is one of the city’s most natural corridors — a long, winding valley where dense aspen, spruce, and poplar forest shelter a quiet, tea-coloured creek below. The ravine’s steep clay banks, narrow benches, and occasional white sandstone outcrops give it a rugged, almost backcountry atmosphere despite its urban surroundings. Wildlife is common—songbirds, deer, and even the odd coyote—and the mix of shaded forest, open meadow pockets, and creekside views makes it a favourite escape for walkers looking for real nature without leaving the city.

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4.63 km

Whitemud Creek Bridge

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Very scenic bridge over Whitemud Creek, although the smell from a nearby sewer takes a lot away from the experience. Still, it is visually very pretty...

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5.41 km

Whitemud Creek Ravine Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This section of the Whitemud Creek Ravine trail narrows into a true singletrack, hugging the clay and sandstone banks high above the creek. Wildflowers and tall shrubs crowd the edges in late summer, while breaks in the brush reveal views down to the winding creek and the white, eroded slopes on the far side of the ravine. It feels far wilder than its urban surroundings suggest — a quiet, rugged stretch where you can hear nothing but the creek below and the wind moving through the aspens and spruce ahead.

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6.47 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.04 km

1.42 km

Surfaces

4.33 km

791 m

742 m

279 m

172 m

151 m

Elevation

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