TRAIL BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE

About the Assiniboine Forest

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Assiniboine Forest offers 14 km of paved, woodchip, and crushed limestone trails (see map).  The first formal trail established in the forest was the paved Sagimay Trail which was completed in 1981.  In the 1990s, wood-chipping of trails began, with new sections added until the current system of woodchip trails was established.  In 2007, the crushed limestone Preston Trail was completed, followed by the extension of the Harte Trail along the south side of the forest in 2009.

Although the paved and crushed limestone trails require little maintenance, the woodchip trails require more attention.  Each year, fresh woodchips are spread on approximately one third of the trail system, meaning that each section of trail will be renewed every three years.