Madawaska Nordic Biking Trails

 

Trail Description

 

Cross country ski trails in winter, hiking and mountain bike trails in summer; Madawaska Nordic offers bikers 10 km. of medium difficulty biking trails. These trails, which were at one time old logging roads, wind their way through a picturesque forest landscape with lots of ups and downs and hill climbs to keep the outing challenging and lots of fun.

 

How to get there

 

The Madawaska Nordic Trails are located west of Calabogie near the Calabogie Peaks Ski Resort. To find the trailhead, travel 6 km west from the intersection of Highways 508 and 511 in Calabogie to Viewmount Drive. Turn right on Viewmount Drive and take the second right onto Crestview where you will find parking on Crestview at the trailhead.

 

Information

 

From the trailhead, bikers begin their outing on the Red Pine trail that takes them 1 km slowly uphill to where the trail intersects with the local ATV trail. At the Crossroads, bikers then have the choice of continuing on Red Pine or taking any of the other trails that branch off Red Pine.

Combinations of the well-marked trails can be used to create rides of different lengths. Return distances to the trailhead are:

            Red Pine – 6 km.

            Snow Bunting – 6 km.

            Chickadee/Footloose – 5 km.

            Horsecollar – 4 km.

            Chipmunk – 4 km.