Alberta Hiking Association

The Alberta Hiking Association (otherwise know as AHA) is primarily an umbrella organization for hiking clubs from across the province. AHA is a registered non-profit society and will provide a stronger province-wide voice for hikers who have had little or no such voice in the past. AHA was incorporated as Hike Alberta Society on June 19, 2008, under the Alberta Societies Act. Objectives of AHA are as follows:

• To act as an advocate at provincial and regional levels for walking, hiking, and snowshoeing interests.
• To create an information network that facilitates sharing ideas, concerns, and actions needed to promote and preserve hiking and the natural environment on which it relies.
• To advance the development and maintenance of well-built hiking trails and to encourage trail-building initiatives in Alberta.
• To promote responsible, minimal-impact hiking that respects the natural environment and to educate through example.
• To increase awareness about the benefits to health and local economies of walking, hiking and snowshoeing.
  

Cross-Country Alberta

Cross Country Alberta (CCA) is the sport governing body for cross-country skiing in Alberta.  As such the Association partners with the other provincial/territorial sport governing bodies for cross-country skiing and together they constitute a national sport organization – Cross Country Canada.  One of CCA's objective is to To promote cross country skiing as an accessible sport and recreational activity for all Albertans.