Trails
The following are some of the groomed trails in Fredericton or within 2 to 3 hours drive of Fredericton. Please check out, or better yet, contribute to, our Trails blog.
| Trail | Trail Maps | Location | Conditions |
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| Crabbe Mountain | HTML | Central Hainesville | Conditions 506-463-8311 |
| Fundy National Park | Alma | 506-887-6000 fundy.info@pc.gc.ca |
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| Killarney Park | JPEG | Fredericton | 506-460-2881 |
| Kouchibouguac National Park | Saint-Louis-de-Kent | Conditions 506-876-2443 kouch.info@pc.gc.ca |
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| Lindsay Valley | GIF | CFB Gagetown | 422-2000 ext:7310 (voice message updated daily) |
| Maine Nordic Heritage Sport Club |
Fort Fairfield ME | Conditions | |
| Mactaquac Provincial Park | JPEG | Mactaquac park | Mactaquac park 363-4747 |
| Miramichi Cross Country Ski Club | JPEG | Nelson-Miramichi | Conditions 506-622-6991 |
| Odell Park | GIF (black & white) PDF (colour) |
Fredericton | 506-460-2881 |
| UNB Woodlot |
GIF (black & white) GIF (colour) JPEG (colour) |
Fredericton |
Grooming the Woodlot trails in 2007
by Eric Hadley
Wostawea has again received permission from UNB to groom the ski trails in the woodlot on the west side of the New Maryland highway (Hwy 101). Grooming will begin as soon as there is a reasonable amount of snow, hopefully soon!
Please remember that the Woodlot is for Research and Study. We do not have priority over other users. The woodlot owners -UNB and the Maritime College of Forest Technology (MCFT, known as Ranger School) have priority.
New parking lot- At the City Garage on New Maryland Highway - exit at the traffic lights in front of the City Garage and across from Home Depot. Turn to the left and follow along the outside of the chain-link fence. Follow the fence past the big mound (DO NOT park in front of the mound as that is needed for the city workers) and park in the lot that the city has plowed for our use. A track has been groomed from the parking lot along the ditch then on top of a berm or dam to a trail up through the woods. It joins at the intersection of our Front Road and Road #1.
Parking and accessing the Woodlot trails
If you should choose to park along the busy New Maryland Hwy and use either Access #1 or 2 please remember that the club recommends using the Kent parking lot and crossing Bishop Drive with caution. The New Maryland Hwy is extremely busy and exiting a vehicle on the traffic side is hazardous. Please be extremely careful if you decide to park at these locations.
At Access # 2 as a favour to the groomers please do not park in front, or within 10 meters, of the woods road. This space is required for unloading and loading the grooming equipment from trailers.
Important information for trail users
A useful fact you may not know: snow needs to 'set up' for several hours after grooming, and ideally overnight. If you ski on it before it's set, you'll leave deep ruts that will remain there until the next grooming or longer. It takes volunteers 6 hours or more to groom the Woodlot, so they do it infrequently; therefore, other skiers will thank you to allow the snow to set before you ski on it! This isn't as much of an issue at Odell, which gets plenty of pedestrian traffic, or Lindsay Valley, where Leonard grooms often.
I act as the Club "Trail guy", but two enthusiastic skiers from the Forestry Complex, Rex Boldon and Serge Allard, are organizing the grooming of the UNB Woodlot (as well as posting signs, clearing rocks and trees from the trails in the fall and putting up snowfencing in an attempt to keep snow on the Lollipop trail). This includes co-ordinating the efforts of about 10-12 volunteers who wrestle the Alpine snowmobile and grooming equipment for 3 -5 hours after each snowstorm. This provides the skiers in the Fredericton area with marvellous trails for both Classic and ski skating. Normally the efforts of these dedicated volunteers are recognized by a "Groomers Appreciation Fund", provided by several supportive businesses, while the operating costs (gas, oil, etc) were covered by the Wostawea club. Please encourage any skiers who use and enjoy these trails to join Wostawea and thus support the grooming effort.
The trails can be accessed via two locations –
1. Courtesy of Kents, we are able to park at one side of their parking lot and carefully cross Bishop Drive to start skiing on the "Kent Road".
2. Many skiers park along the west side of the New Maryland Highway (Hwy # 101) just after the City maintenance garage. Anyone using this access from the busy highway must be very careful.
How can you as a skier help?
- If you notice a branch, rock or other iteem on a trail, please stop and move it off.
- Skiing will not damage firm classic tracks or the skating surface. But it usually takes 1 -2 hours for the snow to firm-up after grooming. Please be considerate during this set-up time so that those that follow you will have good ski conditions.
- It is appreciated if skaters make a special effort to not skate on the Classic track.
- Have fun; greet other skiers with a friendly Wostawean smile!
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