Trails
Our Trails
When you are visiting the ELEEC, please respect that you are on property being managed for conservation purposes. There is no fee to access the public trails at the Elbow Lake nature reserve. Please park at the outer gate and walk in. No motorized vehicles are permitted. While outside visitors are most welcome to explore the trails, we ask that you stay on the marked trails and caution that you do so at your own risk; staff is not responsible for your safety while on the trails as a self-use guest. Please do not remove or damage and plants or landscape, or harass animals. Please also be courteous to others who are also out to enjoy nature. A reminder that pets must be leashed while on trails at all times, and ownders are responsible for clean-up after them. While we do endeavour to keep trails clear of debris we cannot guaranteee that newly fallen trees will not block your way.
Interested in bringing a group on the trails for an interpretive hike or snowshoe? Click the link below for information on staff-led programming.

Rules
- Do not bring vehicles onto the property unless authorized to do so. Please park at the main gate. – Hewlett-Packard Lane is a private road, and this is clearly indicated on the main gate.
- Pets must be leashed while on trails, and owners are responsible for clean-up after them. Pets are not permitted on the beach.
- Absolutely no entry in any buildings. Self-use visitors must provide their own potable water, First Aid supplies, and are directed to the privy along the Red Trail (trail #1) for washroom needs.
- Pack-in / pack-out all garbage and other wastes.
- The Elbow Lake property is a nature reserve – no plant or living creature is to be intentionally disturbed or removed from the property.
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Our Trails
Each trail is indicated with coloured markers for that trail. A digital map can be accessed on our Trail Guide.
There are four main trails at the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre:

Trail #1: RED TRAIL

Trail #2: BLUE TRAIL

Trail #3: ORANGE TRAIL
