Madawaska Nordic Trails
Trail Description
Cross
country ski trails in winter, hiking and mountain bike trails in summer;
Madawaska Nordic offers 18 km. of easy hiking trails. These trails, which were
at one time old logging roads, wind their way through a picturesque forest
landscape with lots of gentle ups and downs to keep the outing visually
interesting 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, all hikers begin their outing on the Red Pine trail that takes
them 1 km slowly uphill to where it intersects with the local ATV trail. At the
Crossroads, hikers 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 hikes of different lengths.
Return distances to the trailhead are:
Red
Pine – 6 km
Snow
Bunting – 6 km
Chickadee/Footloose
– 5 km
Horsecollar/Chickadee
– 3 km
Hemlock
– 4 km
Crossroads
– 2 km