Page 21 - Giv'er Miramichi Magazine - Winter Issue 2022

trails. We also have snowshoes
available for all ages. There are
four kilometers of brightly lit trails
for evening skiing.
The MCCSC snowshoe trails
have become more popular every
year. You can buy a snowshoe
annual membership or simply a
daily pass. Although many people
would like to bring a family pet, we
do not allow dogs on our trails.
The snowshoe trails start to the
left of the old ski club, there will be
a sign and a trail map. The trails are
well marked with blazes (blue
markers attached to trees at eye
level) and maps at every 500m
junction. It is possible to snowshoe Snowshoeing in a winter wonderland at the Miramichi Cross Country Ski Club.
any distance between 1 and 6 km
without doubling back as the trails the wind. you will find evidence of them -
are in loops. To do the 5 or 6 km If you have a smartphone, you tracks in the snow show the presence
loops you must cross over the ski could download a free app, “Seek of shrews, snowshoe hare, squirrels,
trail and the trail becomes a bit more by iNaturalist,” to help identify coyotes, and sometimes deer or even
challenging at this point. The plants and animals along the way. moose. One family on a recent
wooded trail is well protected from You may not see many animals, but evening rescued a flying squirrel

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