SKILL BUILDERS: CALGARY’S BEST WALKS WITH LORI BEATTIE & CBC

Meet Lori!

Bring your walking buddy and join us with local author and walking expert Lori Beattie, in conversation with CBC’s Loren McGinnis. Learn about Calgary’s best walking paths and trails, as well as the social and physical benefits of walking. Meet other enthusiasts, enjoy refreshments and live music, and make walking a regular part of your routine. Register for this event here!

When and where:

May 31 at 2-3:30 pm at the Calgary Central Library, Patricia Wheelan Performance Hall. REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE HERE

More about the book:

Bestselling Alberta author Lori Beattie is back with much expanded 3rd edition of her hugely successful compendium of Calgary’s Best Walks. Taking walkers beyond Calgary, this edition has 95 walks and tasty pit stops including 50 NEW WALKS that lead walkers throughout Calgary’s parks and neighbourhoods, west to Cochrane, and south to Leighton Art Centre and Brown Lowery Provincial Park, with a section on the Kananaskis and Canmore.

Bring your kids, your dog and your sense of adventure. Detailed maps lead you through neighbourhoods and pocket parks, through off leash areas to hidden staircases, along paved river pathways and onto people-populated walking streets. Navigate side streets, enjoying homes, gardens and new perspectives. Make friends with the chickadees on birding strolls throughout the city. Embark on a mural treasure hunt in Sunnyside or the Beltline. Calgary’s Best Walks has something for everyone, including Lori’s favourite coffee shop suggestions for a postwalk treat. Explore Calgary and beyond on these 95 walks, hikes and strolls.

What’s New in the 3rd Edition?

-50+ new walk routes with full-colour maps

-50+ Tasty Pit Stops for that pre or post walk stop

-Beyond Calgary walks in Cochrane, the Leighton Art Centre, Brown Lowery Park, Kananaskis and Canmore along with tasty pit stop suggestions

-110 km Tour de Calgary walk broken into bite size segments

-Birding walks through wetlands

-More urban wilds treks through ravines and environmental reserves

-More off-leash areas featured for pups and their people

-Even more tasty pit stop suggestions – cafés, picnic supply shops, ice cream and craft beer

-New photos and artwork throughout

-New content on topics ranging from Indigenous history, geology, archaeology, botanical gardens, wetlands, and why walking makes us happy!