International Trails Day
10:00 to 4:00.
This is the 5th year of celebrating International Trails Day and there is a lot to celebrate this year.
There are six great and unique parties occurring on six different trail systems in Winnipeg.
Details
Poster
Trail maps
Canstar community news story
There will be all kinds of freebies at the parties:
- bike bells to alert pedestrians
- Winnipeg Cycling Map 2011
- local food samplings and refreshments
- in motion water bottles
- CBC Live Right Now goodies
- massages for feet and bodies
- and more!
The celebrations will occur on some of Winnipeg's classic trails:
- Harte Trail
- Bishop Grandin Greenway
- Seine River Trail
and on some of our newest trails:
- Yellow Ribbon Greenway (be sure to stand under the incoming planes as this trail is right alongside a busy flight path)
- Bishop Grandin West
At 1:00 PM and again at 2:00 PM, there will be a guided interpretive tour of the paths of Fort Whyte Alive. Afterwards, cyclists will be guided up the new Bishop Grandin Greenway pathway to Crampton’s Market where CBC Live Right Now will be signing people up to their healthy living program, an athletic therapist will be leading groups through cycling specific stretches, a massage therapy group will be performing leg flushes, CAA will be testing participant's tire pressure, and various local food producers will be sampling their wares.
2:00 to 5:00 PM at Crampton’s Market.
