Manitoba Association of Trail Runners

Earlier this week a MATR representative participated in the "Working in a Good Way: Best practices and lessons learned for collaborating in recreation and reconciliation" webinar developed for trail organizations and hosted by the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC. We are incredibly grateful to Patrick Lucas, Co-Founder, and Director of the BC Aboriginal Youth Mountain Biking Project, and Tom Eustache, of the Simpcw First Nation, who shared their lessons learned from working together building trails and relations throughout BC. If you're interested in the Best Practices guide, you can read it here: https://www.orcbc.ca//2019_ORC_Working-in-a-Good-Way_web.p

Hey trail runners! Don't forget, there's still time to provide feedback to the Provincial Trails Strategy process. Survery closes this coming Friday, January 22.

Are you ready for a new year of trail running? Whether your setting yourself a goal or taking it one run at a time, we can’t wait to share the trails with you in 2021! MATR is looking forward to our second year as an organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of trail runners across the province. If you purchased a membership anytime in 2020, it covers you for 2021 as well. If you haven’t purchased a membership yet, you can head to our website to get yours now. We have b...ig plans for 2021, which we hope will include organized trail work days, pandemic restrictions permitting! Treaty 1 See more

ICYMI: Birds Hill Park ski trails will be groomed by the end of the day! If you're heading out for a run remember that Chickadee, Aspen, Bluestem, Lime Kiln, Esker, Group Use 1 Road, Spruce are ski-only trails in the wintertime!

Well, Mother Nature timed that dump of snow to coincide perfectly with the official start to winter! On that note, we're looking for trail runners to head out to Grand Beach and pre-pack the Wolf Ridge trail to help with winter grooming efforts! With current public health guidelines, we can't organize a group activity, but if you have a pair of snowshoes and have started your Christmas break already, it would help 2 Wheel Revolution prepare the trail so that other grooming equipment can be used on the trails. Want to load the 5.7km route to your watch if you're not familiar with the area? You can find it on our website!

Hey there trail runners! Have you ordered your MATR holiday ornament yet? Did you know that fundraisers like this one help us do all our "invisible" work lobbying for trail runners and positions us to contribute to trail development projects! From being able to pitch in for signage and trail counters to making sure we have insurance to cover (y)our participation in trail maintenance in the coming year, MATR needs fundraisers like this one to help our fledgling organization hi...t the trail running in 2021. PS: you can help us spread the word by sharing this post! Ornaments are $10 each. Local pickup in Winnipeg is FREE (Wolseley) Add an extra $1 to have them delivered to you within Winnipeg city limits! Want to order one from out of town? DM us and we'll come up with a plan! https://www.matr.ca//limited-edition-matr-holiday-ornament

Have you ordered your fundraising ornament yet? - https://mailchi.mp/443251b1f307/fundraisingornament-8821708

We've got great news about trails in Grand Beach! After working with Manitoba Parks and advocating on behalf of trail runners, Wolf Ridge Trail is officially being designated as a multi-use trail for non-motorized traffic! This trail includes some of the sweet single track you may already be running in Grand Beach. Ps: Members get great news like this delivered right to their inboxes! You can read more good news about trails in Grand Beach on our website. We've uploaded the route on GAIA where you use the export tool to download a gpx or kml file of the official 5.7km trail in case you want to save the route for yourself.