William A. Switzer Provincial Park - Hinton, Alberta - State/Provincial Parks on Waymarking.com

The park is 2688 hectares in size. With one of the key features of the park is the Athabasca Lookout Nordic Centre which offers a biathlon gun range, approximately 50 km of world class ski trails, a luge run and telemark hill.

Summer activities at the centre have mountain bikers and hikers using these trails.

Park Type: Large Scale Provincial Park with overnight and longer stay camping Activities: There are numerous campgrounds available for single site and group usage, fees vary : (visit link) There are 25 kilometres of trails to a maximum length of 10 km : (visit link) Background: Natural features include: •high plant diversity, including provincially and national rare plant species •important elk, moose and deer habitat, and critical terrestrial fur-bearer habitat •nesting habitat for osprey •uncommon birds, such as yellow-bellied flycatcher, philadelphia vireo, winter wren, black-breasted woodpecker, barred owl and pileated woodpecker •Venus lady slippers or Calypso orchids are a unique plant that are found in association with the pine forests in the park •the sandstone cliffs above Gregg lake support ferns that are rare or uncommon in the park and province •the park lies in a preglacial valley that once held the Athabasca River but has since been modified by the action of glaciers, glacial meltwater and present day water processes •some of the resulting features that can be seen in the park include erratics, kames, kettles and eskers (Visit Link) Date Established?: December 22, 1958 Link to Park: [Web Link] Park Fees: Not listed Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed

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