Strathcona Science Provincial Park is in Alberta, Canada, located between Edmonton and Sherwood Park, south of the Yellowhead Highway and west of Highway 216.

Strathcona Science Provincial Park is situated in the North Saskatchewan River valley, on both banks of the river. On December 12, 1979, Strathcona Science Provincial Park was established and is maintained by Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture.

Facilities:

Strathcona Science Provincial Park having various activities including;

• Cross-country Skiing
• Downhill Skiing
• Front Country Hiking
• Mountain Biking
• Tobogganing

Cross-country Skiing:

It is a winter sport in which participants move themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles. Cross-country skiing is popular in countries having large snowfields like Northern Europe, Canada, Alaska and the Upper Midwest United States. Skiing can also be done indoor in ski tunnels.

Cross-country Skiing is a part of the Nordic skiing sport family, which also includes ski jumping and a combination of both sport cross-country skiing and ski jumping called Nordic Combined. Free-Technique cross skiing is also the method of locomotion in the combination sport of Biathlon, which also adds rifle marksmanship to skiing. Ski-orienteering is another combination sport, which adds the skill of map navigation along snow trails and tracks.

Downhill Skiing:

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. Downhill rules were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships.

Downhill Skiing is commonly term synonymous with “alpine skiing” to denote the sport and recreational activity of alpine skiing in general.

The term may be used in any sport involving the speedy descent of a hillside, example include snowboarding, mountain biking, different skateboarding variants, such as street luge and longboarding, freeboarding and mountain boarding and even municycling.

The highest speeds are a downhill discipline, so therefore the greatest risks of all the alpine events. Racers will exceed speeds of 130 kilometers per hour on a typical international-level, such as the famous Lauberhourn course in Wengen, Switzerland, and the Hahnenkamm course in Kitzbuhel, Austria speeds of up to 150 km/h in certain sections are expected.

Front Country Hiking:

Front Country Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on hiking trails. There are numerous hiking organizations worldwide because its popularity. Health benefits by different types of hiking confirmed in studies. English Speaking Countries understood Hiking, but there is difference in usage.

Hiking is slightly old fashioned word in United Kingdom, with a flavor more of heartiness and exercise than of enjoying the outdoors; activity described here in the sentence would be called hillwalking. Hiking refers to cross-country walking of a longer duration that a simple walk and usually over terrain where hiking boots are required in United States.

Mountain Biking:

Mountain bikes mostly share similar characteristics that underscore durability and performance in rough terrain. Characteristics like knobby tires, large frame tubing, front fork or dual suspension shock absorbers.

It’s broken down into four categories:

• Cross country
• Downhill
• Freeride
• Trials

Tobogganing:

The Innu and Cree of northern Canada are using traditional transportation form called as Tobogganing. It is used on snow to take one or more peoples down to hill or other slope for recreation.