Murray River, Prince Edward Island
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New Trail Signs
May 21st: New trail signs put up at the intersections of the red, blue and green trails. The have arrows telling you where you are on the trail. The green trail is in the process of cutting and should be ready for the fall. This will give three loops of 5km, 7.5 kms, and 10 kms.
Larry Cosgraves video of Beck Trail. Great Job on the filming http://www.facebook.com/v/10150304656540705
Latest News
May 12th: Another 50 plus roots knocked off the blue trail.
May 6th 2012: Trail elf Bruce MacPherson blew the leaves off the trail. It is dry and ready to ride.
April 29th: I asked this rider to dismount and pose for a picture on the trail. He agreed to....
April 21,2012: The Blue Loop is now cleared of all fallen tree's and pedal grabbers. In addition 50 plus annoying tree roots removed. There are 2 eight foot sections that are wet besides that the trail is dry
April 28th: Filled in one eight foot wet section. Trail is in great shape, dry and ready to ride
April 28th: Filled in one eight foot wet section. Trail is in great shape, dry and ready to ride
April 15th,2012: The red loop is now cleared and ready to ride. There are a few short snowy patches less then 20 feet long. The blue loop should be cleared by April 22nd,2012
March 17th will be Go PEI's Try Showshoeing at Beck Trail at 10:00am. Come out and give it a try
Dec 17th Improvements to the Blue Trail
Luke MacDonald hard at work. 2 hours later, voila, the finished product. All wet spots on the blue trail now have log bridges
2011 DownEaster Participants
Winners of the Downeaster 2011
4 Person: 'Tap N Dye' Ross Wheatley, Sean Cain, Ewen Clark, Adam Mackenzie
2 Person: 'Biker Chix' Denise Bustard, Lindsay Dickieson
Solo: 2nd year in a row Bruce MacPherson
Thanks to all the participants! Thanks to Luke Macdonald, Lindsay Dickieson, Ron Skinner and Barbara Pinto for organizing the event.
For all the pic's go to photos on this website.
4 Person: 'Tap N Dye' Ross Wheatley, Sean Cain, Ewen Clark, Adam Mackenzie
2 Person: 'Biker Chix' Denise Bustard, Lindsay Dickieson
Solo: 2nd year in a row Bruce MacPherson
Thanks to all the participants! Thanks to Luke Macdonald, Lindsay Dickieson, Ron Skinner and Barbara Pinto for organizing the event.
For all the pic's go to photos on this website.
Beginners bike the Beck Trail!
August, 2011:
Laura MacPherson and Jamie Gosbee bike the entire Beck Trail on their first attempt! Check out the video they made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQfCqhyct2A&feature=player_embedded
New construction on Beck Trail
July 24th,2011: all the blackberry stalks and ferns were cut today. Watch for Downeaster jersey mock up coming this week
Currently we are thinning out the old apple orchard at the Old House. The goal is to bring more light to the apple trees that have survived since the last thinning over 30 years ago. Everyone is more the welcome to come pick the apples later this summer. In late summer/early fall there are plenty of blackberry canes that will be ripe for the picking.
James MacSwain was the first mountain biker seen on the beck trail in 2011.
April 29th: both loops are now totally cleared of fallen tree's. Enjoy the trail
Getting ready for spring riding and hiking!
April 2011
The snow is slowly melting and we are getting the trail ready for riding and hiking. Signs are going up to make the separation of the 2 trails nice and clear for riders and hikers. A big thank you to Ollie Murley for putting the time in to the signs - he designed, carved, and painted them all.
There is still quite a bit of snow on some parts of the trail, but it is easy to walk through and a great hike on a warm day!
The snow is slowly melting and we are getting the trail ready for riding and hiking. Signs are going up to make the separation of the 2 trails nice and clear for riders and hikers. A big thank you to Ollie Murley for putting the time in to the signs - he designed, carved, and painted them all.
There is still quite a bit of snow on some parts of the trail, but it is easy to walk through and a great hike on a warm day!
2011 Downeaster Mountain Bike Race Dates Announced!
The 2011 Downeaster Mountain Bike Race will take place on Saturday, October 22nd. Click our "Downeaster Race" link above for more information. We look forward to your participation after the success of our inaugural event this past October!
The 2011 Downeaster Mountain Bike Race will take place on Saturday, October 22nd. Click our "Downeaster Race" link above for more information. We look forward to your participation after the success of our inaugural event this past October!
Winter Snowshoeing
Prince Edward Island finally got some snow! The Beck Trail crew will be testing the safety of the trail and doing a test run in the coming weeks. We hope to have our first snowshoeing trip mid-January. Watch this website for our sign-up sheet! Snowshoes can be provided upon request.
If you have never been snowshoeing, check out this informative guide.
If you have never been snowshoeing, check out this informative guide.
We would like to sincerely thank Cycle P.E.I and all the participants and organizers of the Downeaster 2010 Mountain Bike Race. We were recently chosen as the Cycle P.E.I Event of the Year.
Click here to read our story in the Eastern Graphic
Jonathan Charlton recently chatted with trail owner Paul Jenkins. Click the image to check out the whole story.
