SE Calgary Clients, via Stoney Trail SE

The south-east lakes communities all feed onto Stoney Trail SE within a few minutes. From there the route runs north past the Trans-Canada, alongside the eastern communities, and up to Country Hills Blvd NE, where you turn west for the last stretch to Cornerstone. Routing data puts most of the deep SE at 30 to 32 minutes in free-flow traffic.

That is longer than a trip to a clinic in the south, and we say so plainly. What the east leg of Stoney has going for it is consistency: there are no downtown interchanges to sit through, and outside the weekday commute the drive time barely varies from week to week, which helps when you are booking a series of sessions weeks apart.

Seton

Seton is home to South Health Campus, and for anyone working hospital shifts, our seven-day schedule is what makes the 32-minute (approx.) drive workable: a weekday morning after a run of nights, or a Sunday, rather than squeezing an appointment into a busy evening.

Mahogany

Mahogany is a lake community, and lake season is when many residents start thinking about laser. The timing matters: a laser plan runs 6 to 8 sessions spaced weeks apart, so starting in the fall or winter means smoother skin by the following summer. From Mahogany Blvd to Stoney Trail SE, the drive is about 31 minutes.

Auburn Bay

Auburn Bay has the quickest deep-SE start, about 30 minutes, because Auburn Bay Drive leads almost directly onto Stoney. With a lake beach at the end of the street, bikini and Brazilian laser are worth starting well before summer.

Cranston

Cranston sits on the west side of Deerfoot Trail and comes in at about 31 minutes. It is the one deep-SE community where Deerfoot is sometimes the better choice; check the live map before you leave.