The
Time Stairs

The Time Stairs will provide a physical movement down the valley slope, helping to demonstrate going back 73 million years in time. A stairway leading down the hill will provide interpretive displays at various stops along the way. Each display will address different geologic periods/epochs/ages represented in Alberta, as well as the mystery of the geologic time that isn't represented because of erosion or lack of deposition. Themes such as types of vegetation and other living creatures that existed during each age will be represented in the displays.

For those individuals who are unable to descend the stairs, an incline elevator that will accommodate wheelchairs will descend from the upper entry building along the slope to the bonebed at the base of the hill. This elevator will descend at a slow rate, and a recorded commentary that describes the transition back through time will be provided. The incline elevator will also provide a return option for ascent of the hill, with a different recorded message to provide a linkage from the bonebed back to present day and the additional interpretive themes in the Upper Entry building.

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