Alberta Palaeontological Society

The Meeting Place for Amateur and Professional Palaeontologists

Field Trip

Cretaceous dinosaur bonebed & trackways near Raymond, AB

Saturday, July 12, 2025

NOTE: This field trip is currently full. You can still register to be added to the waiting list.

Leaders: Les Wingerter & Keith Mychaluk

APS member Les Wingerter will guide our group to a well-known dinosaur bone-bed eroding along the shores of a local reservoir. For a few of us “old members,” this will be a fun follow-up to a 1990s APS trip to the same locality. The site remains productive with the winds of southern Alberta constantly whipping up erosional waves and exposing new glimpses to the past. A 45-minute drive from the reservoir to a nearby dam will give our group an opportunity to explore a boulder field with scattered dinosaur footprints. The boulders are being ripped up from strata at the base of the dam’s spillway. Both localities will be suitable for families and involve short walks. The access water in mid July will likely be welcome too! There are many great campsites immediately adjacent to these localities. Please note this is a single-day trip. Raymond is about a 3-hour drive from Calgary (or 30 mins from Lethbridge). The fee is $10.

Due to the size of the site, this field trip will be capped at 30 participants. Please register early to avoid disappointment!

To register for this and any other trips, download and complete the field trip permission form.

Registration deadline is July 1.