Beaver Pond Trail

Length:  2.6 km
Condition:  Groomed 
General Route: Runs along the north side of Similkameen River from treatment plant to Manning Park Lodge.
How to Find: From the lodge, go down the toboggan hill from the rink, and cross the Gibson's pass road.

Trail Description: This trail is always groomed in winter, at least to the sewage treatment plant, and often further east to the turn around loop.

From the lodge you go down the toboggan hill, cross the Gibson's pass road, and then turn left at Jct 69, which is 0.2km from the lodge. Now you are going south east, near the north bank of the Similkameen River. Soon you go through a horse corral with a barn on your left. Then the smooth trail continues south through the big trees, and at least at one point you have a view of the river. [At Jct 57 (1.6km) you come to the point where you would turn right to beat thru the woods to the troll bridge]. Just beyond Jct 57 is a steep little hill that takes you up past the sewage plant, and then continues close to the highway. You cross the road going to the sewage plant and then continue a short distance to the place where the grooming machine turns around. Beyond this "turn around" point is a rough trail that angles down and goes a short distance to the actual beaver pond.