Hoodoo Trail . Horseshoe Canyon . Off Hwy 9, the canyon offers your first vista of the Badlands. Tours run May 15 to Sept 7, daily 9 am - 5 pm. See the Blackfoot tepee donated by the Siksika nation at the Horseshoe Interpretive Centre , located at the tour site, daily 9 am - 5 pm.
Paths lead to petrified oyster beds.
The area with its many folds and bends proved an ideal place for thieves to hide horses in the early 1900s. Rosedale Suspension Bridge . When the Star Mine opened in 1914, men and coal travelled across the Red Deer River in slings on a cable system. In 1931, this swinging suspension bridge was built. The original had no sides, but the bridge has been upgraded to entice visitors across.