Both the MN Horse Council and the Minnesota Trail
Riders Association have worked long and hard with the DNR to get these policies
and signs in effect. The work is not completed, both organizations
continue to work hard to keep trails open and create new ones.
As an unintended offshoot of this work, they have
created the best spook training trail I have ever seen. Nine miles of the
Gateway Trail between N. St. Paul, MN and Stillwater, MN is multiuse with horses
specifically allowed. There is a paved bikeway on the old railroad bed,
and a gravel horse trail next to it. The Horse trail varies from right
next to the paved trail to 50' away. The paved trail has bikers, runners,
runners with strollers, roller bladers, wheeled cross country ski trainers,
dogs, old ladies and just about anything else you can think of. In the
winter you see real cross-country skiers.
About the only thing you can't practice on are four
wheelers and snowmobiles.
Ed
P.S. The moral is we have to work with others to
keep our trails and get reasonable government policies.
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
