09-05-2016, 09:54 PM
I've been participating in Run Waterloo's Summer Trail Tour over the past few months and due to its success, it will be continuing in to the fall. I was preparing some material for a planned run at the Puslinch Tract (most likely this coming weekend) and checking out the planned route to make sure it is appropriate and thought people might find some of the pictures interesting.
Briefly, the property was originally used for aggregate resources in the construction and expansion of the 401; it only became a conservation area in 1999. It's characterized by a variety of different habitats and landscape - some open meadow, plantations, young deciduous forest and some more mature forest as well. The trails are a bit of a mess. Most simply, there is one main multi-use loop and a circuit of single-track trails built for mountain bikers. Due to a lack of signage, the resulting maze of trails is a bit overwhelming until you get your bearings established.
Briefly, the property was originally used for aggregate resources in the construction and expansion of the 401; it only became a conservation area in 1999. It's characterized by a variety of different habitats and landscape - some open meadow, plantations, young deciduous forest and some more mature forest as well. The trails are a bit of a mess. Most simply, there is one main multi-use loop and a circuit of single-track trails built for mountain bikers. Due to a lack of signage, the resulting maze of trails is a bit overwhelming until you get your bearings established.