The Ya Ha Tinda covers 3,945 hectares, running 27 km along the north bank of the Red Deer River. Approximately one third of the ranch area is natural grassland and two thirds is mixed forest. This productive montane area has an abundance of wildlife including grizzly bear, wolf, cougar, moose, deer, and bighorn sheep. Today the area is a major winter range for elk, with about 1,000 elk wintering in the area.
The Ya Ha Tinda is private property owned and managed by Parks Canada. It is not a National Park. This ranch is the only federally operated working horse ranch in Canada. Horses are wintered and trained here to be used as working horses for patrolling and protecting Canada’s Western National Parks. As an active working ranch, staff regularly use tractors, trucks, quads and other equipment on the property – from Parks Canada.
- Barrier to Gable Mountain Traverse (10/16/2022)
- Blue Hill Lookout (4/19/2020)
- Boar Station Peak (7/10/2020)
- Diamond, The (Daedalus Ridge) (4/18/2022)
- Dormer Mountain (4/7/2019)
- Eagle Mountain (Eagle Lake Peak, EV4) (3/28/2015)
- Elch Peak (Stud, GR851-335) (7/26/2023)
- Evangeline Peak (+Rum Ridge) (11/8/2014)
- Goodair, Mount (Snort, Roaring Ridge) (8/26/2023)
- Jap Mountain (Okazaki, Shikazi) (11/11/2021)
- Labyrinth Mountain (4/11/2015)
- Limestone Mountain (Lookout) (3/20/2021)
- Maze Peak (12/14/2014)
- Melanin Peak (6/25/2022)
- Minos, Mount (4/11/2015)
- Prow Mountain (+ Greater Prow, Forward) (7/10/2021)
- Scalp Peak & Skeleton Mountain (5/15/2021)
- Smoky Mountain (Roaring Creek) (8/26/2023)
- Three Passes Route (Tomahawk, Shale, Divide) (6/29/2019)
- Tomahawk Mountain (6/29/2019)
- Trekking along McConnell & Roaring Creeks (8/25/2023)
- Tyrrell, Mount (Scotch Camp) (7/9/2021)
- Wandering up McConnell Creek (7/10/2020)
- Wapiti Mountain (6/29/2019)
- Warden Rock (3/29/2015)
- Well Site & Hat Mountain (12/5/2020)
- White, Mount & “Grouse Peak” (6/19/2020)
- Wigwam Ridge (4/19/2020)
- Wildhorse Ridge (6/6/2015)
- Willson Peak (3/17/2021)
- Winchester Ridge (3/23/2019)
- Zombie & Otuskwan Peak (9/3/2021)
