Wapiti Nordic

Wapiti Nordic has a fun event coming up soon. Sponsored by Ernies Sports Experts
Open to both Runners and Bikers. See the poster for details. Click on the QR code to register or the link in the comments.
Fun family friendly event for all skill levels.
Dressing up is highly encouraged.
Registration is now open. All proceeds go towards helping Wapiti Nordic maintain its facility and build more great trails for us to use year round. And special thanks to our event sponsor Ernie's Sports Experts
See you there.

🚵 BIG MILESTONE FOR WNSC!

We rode it last night and it’s unreal.

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/hornet-uptrack/
https://www.strava.com/segments/42032142
https://www.strava.com/segments/42032169

With the new north trails and the new Hornet Uptrack on the south side, WNSC can now link together a 15.85 km singletrack loop with 184 m of elevation gain.

🐝 Hornet Uptrack is our first dedicated singletrack climb on the south side and creates a solid 5 km loop entirely on singletrack. It replaces the old ski-hill grind with a smoother, more interesting climb through mature poplar forest.

This project wasn’t just about adding trail either. We also reclaimed 3 old trails, removing redundant lines and focusing traffic onto better, more sustainable routes.

✅ New Hornet Uptrack
✅ 3 reclaimed trails
✅ 5 km south singletrack loop
✅ 15 km north + south loop

A huge thanks to our trail crew for putting in the work. This is some of the best trail we’ve built yet.

Fresh dirt. Better flow. Less impact.

Grab a trail pass and come ride it and keep it rolling! 🤘

Congratulations to Zone 8 Mountain Bike Athlete, Ethan Martin, for a great competition at the Alberta Summer Games. The weekend started off with extreme heat and ended with excessive rain … sprinkled with a crazy amount of mosquitos and very angry wasps on the race course. Ethan persevered through all of it like a true competitor!

A big thank you to GP coaches, Lori Brough and Daniel Martin, for coaching not only Zone 8 but Edmonton Zone 6 athletes as well!

Save the date! Saturday, Sept 26th - the Cowboys🤠and Aliens👽(which are scarier?!?) are coming to Wapiti Nordic for an epic fun filled laser biathlon showdown! Ages 8+. Full details to follow. Stay tuned and get thinking which side you are going to battle on! 😆

🌲 Building Better Trails, Not Simply More Trails.

That’s the goal behind WNSC’s Sustainable Trail Development Strategy.

The before and after photos show one example from the western third of the south side of our lease.

Over the years, this small area grew to 12 separate trail corridors. Many had become difficult to navigate and were suffering from erosion, exposed sandy soils, and little remaining vegetation.

Our volunteer trail crew redesigned the area by consolidating those 12 trails into two purpose built trails Turnpike and Honey Badger.

In doing so, we’ve reclaimed approximately 1,800 m² of disturbed trail, allowing these areas to naturally return to forest while creating a simpler, more sustainable trail network.

🙏 Please help protect these restoration areas. The logs, brush, and natural barriers placed across retired trails are intentional. Please leave them in place and stay on the designated trails so these sensitive areas can recover.

This is just one step in our long-term vision of balancing exceptional recreation with responsible environmental stewardship.

Thank you to everyone who volunteers their time to make projects like this possible!