Spring is underway and many are eager to get out and about after what has felt like a long, cold winter. The Opasquia Trails has been undergoing some maintenance and upgrade work to accommodate more trail users and become an accessible trail for all people to use. The work started this winter and is continuing, with quite a fair bit accomplished so far.
“A winter ice road needed to be constructed to haul gravel to the wooded trail area,” said Opasquia Trails Board Member Marilyn Meyer. “The earlier mild winter temperatures and heavy snowfall did not allow the ice to naturally thicken enough to support heavy gravel loads to be safely hauled across the ice. Snow needed to be cleared from the lake surface and through a continual cycle of pumping water and allowing it to freeze, the desired ice thickness was created.