@onawalk : Kanata Lakes is still active. Very active even. It's been officialized by the City and adopted by a great volunteer trail crew. It's very rough, and very flat.
@merwinn, re Camp Fortune: I suppose it depends on when BITD was... there's been some new stuff built in the last 7-8 years, but not a whole lot. It's still the core of "gnarly" riding in the National Capital Region though.
The biggest change in the area might be that the NCC finally has seen the light that mountain bikers are not going away, and are a legitimate group that needs to be incorporated into the land use plans. They were dragged in this direction kicking and screaming, but many old renegade trails are now being incorporated into the official Gatineau Park trail network, and there is even a brand new trail. They have an [interactive map](https://ncc-ccn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f23ddaaf355a4b6598668bba000dc921) of the trail expansion plan (Phase 1 and 2 are complete)
In my group of buddies, we still say the area has the best collection of shitty trails in Canada, but it's certainly getting better.
March 17, 2021, 11:50 a.m. - slyfink
@onawalk : Kanata Lakes is still active. Very active even. It's been officialized by the City and adopted by a great volunteer trail crew. It's very rough, and very flat. @merwinn, re Camp Fortune: I suppose it depends on when BITD was... there's been some new stuff built in the last 7-8 years, but not a whole lot. It's still the core of "gnarly" riding in the National Capital Region though. The biggest change in the area might be that the NCC finally has seen the light that mountain bikers are not going away, and are a legitimate group that needs to be incorporated into the land use plans. They were dragged in this direction kicking and screaming, but many old renegade trails are now being incorporated into the official Gatineau Park trail network, and there is even a brand new trail. They have an [interactive map](https://ncc-ccn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f23ddaaf355a4b6598668bba000dc921) of the trail expansion plan (Phase 1 and 2 are complete) In my group of buddies, we still say the area has the best collection of shitty trails in Canada, but it's certainly getting better.