As the city's off-road mountain bike trail system has grown, so too have businesses like Red Pine Tours, which offers bike tours for visitors and Sault residents alike
Recently announced funding by the provincial and federal governments toward Sault Ste. Marie’s trail system are just the latest in a years-long strategy to not only create an asset for the community’s enjoyment, but also to bring an increase in tourism dollars to the city.
“What we have struggled with is they all do that outside of the community — they are camping or staying at locations outside of the Sault like Pancake Bay or Batchewana Bay and they are not coming directly in Sault Ste. Marie to spend their money, so we recognized that as one of the gaps,” he said. A link already exists connecting the anchor trails at Hiawatha Highlands to Farmer Lake. From there a connection to Crystal Lake is currently under construction and expected to be completed this year.
“We are really establishing our place on the map as a premiere mountain bike destination,” said Anderson. “We are just avid cyclists who like to show off our trail system and our area to others. We thought this was a great way to go about doing that,” said Peer about the business idea of offering mountain bike tours in the area.
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