New Brunswick Nordic Walking Bargain

Nordic ski club in Canada's Maritime province of New Brunswick offers Nordic Walking.

I really admire the way Canada has taken to Nordic Walking, even though most of the country has much more winter, and colder winter too, than the US and the Pacific Coast area tends to experience rainy winters. Therefore, I was quite pleased to discover a new blog called Nordic Walking Maritime Canada maintained by Bill Trewin. He has been Nordic Walking for three years and blogging about it for just a few weeks, and he is keeping tabs on Nordic Walking opportunities in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and probably Newfoundland if he can find something there. For instance, he alerted me to the following astonishingly inexpensive Nordic Walking opportunity:

Les Adventuriers Ski Club, which runs a cross-country center in Charlo on New Brunwick's north shore, offers Nordic Pole Walking Program every Sunday at 1:00 p.m. along the club's cross-country ski trails -- presumably when there is no snow on the ground. A limited supply of poles is available for participants to use. All ages and fitness levels are welcome for a group walk of "at least" 4 kilometers, lasting 45 minutes or longer. The cost is just $1:00, which might be used to subsidize the complimentary iced tea following the workout. The program "will be directed by an experienced cross country skier and pole walker," according to the club's website. It also links to accommodations recommendations in nearby Restigouche -- useful for anyone planning a Maritime summer getaway that might include a bit of Nordic Walking. In fact, the blog is a good resource as well for Nordic Walkers traveling to Atlantic Canada.

Les Adventuriers Ski Club, P.O. Box 2070, Charlo, NB E8E 2W8; 506-826-9243 or aventuriers@charloaventuriers.ca.