Erindale Park, Ellis Leuschner Park

Location: Mississauga, South/West of city center, Ontario, Canada

Driving Directions: Take Hwy. 403 to Mavis road. go south, then west on Dundas. entrance is at Dundas and Mississauga Rd. entrance is on the north east side of the intersection.

Facilities: washrooms, picnic tables (near entrance)

Cost: $0.00 FREE

Trail Description: Once you get in, you'll come to a large gravel parking lot (assuming you use the front entrance). Take the main path to the river, and follow the lower path that runs beside it. Once you go about 15 mins. north east, you'll start to lave behind the dirt/gravel trails and get to real dirt. there are a bunch of pedestrian trails around, but the bike trails are smaller off the main path. Once you find them, you'll notice they basically surround a small, flat mountain. If you have the strength to climb is with your bike on your back (you often have to climb by holding on to roots as the slope can make 80 degrees easily), you'll find more advanced trails at the top. If you keep to the pedestrian path and keep going for about half an hour, maybe 45 mins., you'll come to the Ellis Leuschner Challenge Park. it's a mountain bike/bmx park. It has board walks, dirt jumps, rock walls, and other bike-designed obstacles. The challenge park is fairly hard, but most of the earlier trails are easy-moderate. they are all fairly well maintained.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

Submitted By: Peter