Winter Trail Collection - 2019

Continuing from the last post about Defeating the Off Season Blues, here are a couple of small trails we did last winter to try and keep our minds in the right place. All of these are pretty short, but with the snow and the cold they were all pretty satisfying and kept our spirits up.

Cedar Bog Trail - Birds Hill Park

Cedar Bog Trail

Cedar Bog Trail is a nice 2.5 km trail winding through some cedar trees at Birds Hill Provincial Park. It's got a nice wide trail, pretty minimal elevation gain, and is very well marked. It was a nice 45 minute walk just after the sunset for us, and the moon light shining off the snow was a cool sight. For some more detail, we've talked about this trail before on our First Hike of 2019 post.

Bunn's Creek Trail - Winnipeg Manitoba

Bunn's Creek

We've mentioned Bunn's Creek trail before here, and it's a solid trail for a quick get outdoors moment. The route we walked was 7.1 km long on this trip with a nice coffee break halfway through.

Esker Trail - Birds Hill Provincial Park

Esker Trail

Esker Trail is a pleasant 6.6 km trail that we did our first cross country skiing experience on. At a spot called Griffith's Hill about halfway along the trail there is a look out tower and a warming hut with a fireplace, which was a great spot to stop and eat lunch. This excursion has led to us doing a two day cross country ski trip this year, and we will be buying our own skis now in time for next season.

Seine River Greenway - Winnipeg Manitoba

Seine River Greenway

The last trail I'll highlight as a good example of trying to get outside during the winter is the Seine River Greenway. It was a 6 km round trip for us with a stop for coffee at the halfway point and lost of small deer to see during the walk. In the winter its a bit barren and you can see some of the houses outside the green way, but it was still pretty satisfying.

As you can see from the above, getting out to do some small local hikes or short cross country ski trips can really help take the edge off of winter. We will definitely be trying to get out more with our new skis next season.