Member Report
SWTA-Blue Highway Mountain Bike Trail
Trail Building day on the Blue Highway MTB trail . The turn out was fantastic with 30 participants and lots of progress was made on the new switch-back trails as well as laying down granite and geocell ( picture ) for another portion of the trail . This event was in tandem with a large grant that we were successful in receiving from MEC to further our work on the BH MTB Trails .
Another 60ft of geocell we laid down . Lead by Robert Champagne , several more trail build days similar to this one where keen volunteers came out to help us work on the trails .
For 2020 , there has been lots of planning and fundraising happening for the new Skills Area and Meeting Hub to be developed at the BH MTB Trail . We have managed to secure several grants as well as raise $ 36,000 from supporters of the project . We have also been working closely with Parks to get all approvals in place to get shovels in the ground for the 2020 build season .
To help promote the amazing new mountain bike trails that have been under development in the South Whiteshell , Robert enlisted the help of his son-in-law , Nick Nault , to produce a professional promo video for the Blue Highway MTB trail . This video has already received close to 2000 views on the vimeo site and we will be further sharing it with our local tourism organizations . Check it out at https :// vimeo . com / 364080445
Thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm regarding this project , we are right on track with our Hub and Blue Highway Skills Area plans .
Annual Report -2019 Year in Review p . 27