The dawn of bike touring in David Thompson Country: The Rail Trail
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- We spend a full day exploring a new trail in David Thompson Country called the Rail Trail. This trail began over 100 years ago when they built a railway into the newly founded town of Nordegg. The mining of coal along the North Saskatchewan River attracted a lot of investors, entrepreneurs & workers alike but this railway was short lived as coal wasn't used as much in the 1950s. The railway was abandoned & by the 1980s it was decommissioned entirely leaving trail enthusiasts using it for recreation. Clearwater County invested time & money into a project that's finally seeing the light of day where the entire 109km railway will be turned into a multi-use trail for everyone to enjoy.
Follow us on this amazing video where we explore the first portion that's currently open of the trail from the town of Nordegg, AB all the way to the Saunders Provincial Recreation Area. We also get the chance to stop by the Beaverdam & Harlech Provincial Recreation areas where camping is available. This currently gives the rail trail 3 usable campgrounds over about half the distance and it's already being used actively by the local riding community.
I would like to thank Clearwater County for inviting me to make a video for them & also a HUGE thank you to Trevor Hayter from eOutdoors.ca who supplied us with eBikes for us to use on the trail for the entire day!
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fantastic job on this video!
@@ifishcanada thank you!
Awesome video. Thanks for posting. Can't wait to get out there and ebike it myself!!
I definitely want to tour the entire length once’s it’s all complete
Wow, very cool. I had no idea that trail existed. Thanks very much.
It's probably because there's no running water on the trail you can kayak in! :)
Awesome! Hopefully we also get a video where you start from Rocky Mountain House too!
@@reiniersalazar1935 I may have to do some sort of touring camping along the trail at some point
Thank you for making this! We're excited to get up there this summer.
Definitely an exciting time for the area!
Nice video.
So, from Nordegg to the trestle, how many km would you say are ready.
You can do a solid 30km from Nordegg to the Saunders Rec area @ the bridge. You can likely go further, as this trail has been used by riders way before being turned into an official trail
ok so where does it start exactly i cant find it..... can you drop gps or what do i put into google maps
It’s not a road so you won’t find it in Google maps.
Rocky to Nordegg Trail (Saunders PRA West) on AllTrails
www.alltrails.com/explore/map/rocky-to-nordegg-trail-saunders-pra-west-88ed1c0?p=-1&sh=dzshi2