The 240 km of Maria-Chapdelaine MRC trails ready to welcome snowmobilers
After several years of planning and field work, the integrating link of the Maria-Chapdelaine RCM, a vast snowmobile and quad trail, is ready for a first winter of operation.
This means that nearly 240 km of trails will be available to snowmobile enthusiasts in the coming winter. It will thus be possible to cross the whole territory of the MRC, including the great rivers, summer and winter.
Since the implementation of the integrator link substantially increases the trail areas to be maintained, the Maria-Chapdelaine RCM will be involved, in concert with the local snowmobile clubs, in order to do so.
The MRC will thus make an investment of approximately $ 200,000, to allow the purchase of a resurfacing machine that meets the needs of the integrator link.
Since the trail is dotted with footbridges, to cross the main rivers of the territory, a machine meeting specific criteria, in particular in terms of weight, was necessary.
Tourism
With the integrating link now available, it is expected that the RCM will be able to reach a larger share of snowmobile tourism.
He added that the development of the integrator link was a first phase of development and that, if possible, an offer of excursions to the North would be developed with private developers.
In the shorter term, several municipalities in the territory are also working on their own project to link to the integrator link, to benefit from the traffic generated by snowmobilers.
Source: The Hebdo News Date: 2017-09-27 Read full story ...