Cape Breton Island Pathways Association / Trail Inventory

INTRODUCTION TO OUR TRAILS SECTION

How to get the most from our Trails pages:

To enhance the trail user’s experience, our trail maps include a comprehensive legend for each trail inventoried which outlines similar or common characteristics one may encounter when visiting each site. The legend will be displayed to the left of the page of each trail selected for viewing.

In addition, we have incorporated interactive icons to promote and identify trail location or to reveal photos and/or other points of interest when viewing our maps. When you find these icons, click on these symbols to gain additional information or to view some scenic pics the trails have to offer.


Star Icon Location and other Information	Information Icon Trail Posted Information	Camera Icon Scenic opportunities	Video Icon Video shot from trails

To further present an accurate depiction of each of the trails, we have included a rating system which may be viewed in the description text that follows each trail map. Please see guidelines below for an understanding of the difficultly ratings.

Trail Difficulty Ratings

Incline Rating	Terrain Rating
1 - Very little change in incline or stair climbing 2 – Some moderate change in incline or stair climbing 3 – Some significant change in incline or some stair climbing 4 – A good deal of significant change in incline or stair climbing 5 – Many steep hills or high altitude trails	A – Almost entirely on even, wide tread way, often suitable for baby strollers B – Significant sections of well groomed trail, with very little difficult terrain C – Significant sections of somewhat difficult terrain (rocky or rooted) D – Significant sections of very difficult terrain E – Majority of trail on very difficult terrain

INTRODUCTION TO OUR TRAILS SECTION

Incline Rating

Terrain Rating