Check out the pumps and jumps at the Bike Skills Park in Fish Creek Provincial Park! A mountain bike skills park has been constructed in partnership with the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance. The location of the Skills Park is just east of Bow Bottom Trail S.E. on 153 Ave. Parking
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August 2017 Okay, so we promised pictures of the new playground at Confederation Park, and they’re finally here! Confederation Park is one of Calgary’s biggest parks, and it has a new playground, built in honour of Canada’s 150th birthday. Earthscape, the Canadian designer and builder for the Confederation Park playground project, incorporates
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Glenbow Ranch is a great natural space located between Calgary and Cochrane. The park is an ideal place just to get outside and enjoy the fresh air, with almost 30 km of trails throughout the park. (The main paved pathway is part of the Trans-Canada Trail system.) Some scheduled programs
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July 2017 East Village is hands down my favourite neighbourhood in Calgary. Sorry, Inglewood. Yes, East Village has a storied past as a rough part of town, but it owns it and not only owns it, wears it as a badge of honour. Maintaining the historic buildings celebrates the history
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July 2017 A 30+ degree heatwave blasted Calgary last week and it drove my family to find a place to cool down. Nothing beats an outdoor pool for kids in the summer and we love Riley Park. Riley Park has a humongous wading pool with an island in the centre,
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July 2017 Quiz time! What is this object? It’s not a fire pit, odd-looking flower pot or something that belongs on a pirate ship. It’s a disc golf basket! Disc golf is a sport that is played in over 40 countries. There are organized leagues and tournaments for those who
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April 2017 The City of Calgary’s park development and improvement plan wants to improve Calgary’s Parks and Recreation areas and has been undertaking various projects across the city, including Nose Hill Park and Bowness Park. Confederation Park is also part of this improvement plan. As one of the of the
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July 2014 I’ve always known the Bow River Pathway to be a popular commuter route for cyclists heading downtown to work. Beyond that, I was curious if one of Calgary’s most popular pathways would be suitable for a leisurely family bike ride, or if my five year old son would
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June 2014 Like so many kids their age, mine find the call of large bodies of water hard to resist. Such was the case on an epic bike ride we recently took. We were three-quarters of the way through the trip when we came upon the Glenmore Reservoir. We walked
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All Parks and Pathways in the SE Quadrant of the city […]