{"id":4225,"date":"2026-01-11T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:19:46","slug":"spruce-woods-hidden-trails-endurance-ride-june-27-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/2026\/01\/11\/spruce-woods-hidden-trails-endurance-ride-june-27-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Spruce Woods Hidden Trails endurance ride – June 27 & 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Join us for the Hidden Trails <\/span>Spruce Woods <\/span>endurance ride – June 27 & 28, 2026<\/span><\/strong>

Register here for the Hidden Trails Spruce Woods Ride<\/a><\/p>

Day Manager Saturday: TBD<\/p>

Day Manager Sunday: TBD<\/p>

Vet: Glenn<\/p>

Vetting times are to be confirmed, hoping to vet 50’s the evening prior to ride day and all other distances prior to start on Saturday & Sunday. Potluck supper on Saturday evening at 6:30pm.<\/p>

Rider meetings will happen at:<\/p>

50\u2019s \u2013 8:30pm evening prior and ride out at 6am<\/p>

25\u2019s \u2013 8:30pm evening prior and ride out 8am<\/p>

10\/15\u2019s \u2013 8:30am\u00a0ride out 10am<\/p>

Please note – ride start times are subject to change and will be finalized closer to the ride date.<\/p>

Spruce Woods Hidden Trails endurance ride features new trails that haven’t been used in prior rides, so there will be something new for everyone.\u00a0 A portion of the ride follows the Trans Canada Trail, which has a limestone path. Please keep horses OFF the limestone. Failure to keep horses off the limestone may result in horses being banned from using the trail at all, so your cooperation is greatly appreciated.\u00a0 All trails and facilities are open to the public. It is expected that all facilities and trails will be shared with others, and all trail users and campers will be treated respectfully.\u00a0<\/p>

The 50 mile ride consists of 3 loops. The first loop is 25 miles with a trot-by presentation and crew area away from camp at approximately the 13 mile mark.\u00a0 Transport for a small amount of crewing supplies will be provided for those who would like feed\/etc available at the trot-by location.\u00a0 The 25 mile ride is a combination of a 14\/15 mile loop with a 10\/11 mile loop.\u00a0 \u00a0The hope is that the Saturday and Sunday will use two different 14\/15 mile loops to provide different trails for those riding both days.\u00a0 Trails are very barefoot friendly with the majority being two-track grass and sand trails.\u00a0 There is a small amount of gravel, but you are able to ride off to the side on the grass if needed.\u00a0<\/p>

Awards and prizes will take place at after the potluck supper on Saturday and after the final 50 mile riders are done on Sunday. If you must leave earlier, please stop at the ride tent and pick up your rider card and completion or placing ribbon. Ride prizes have been graciously donated by Oak Valley Pottery. You must be in attendance at the award presentations to claim your prize, if you are not in attendance the prize will go to the next participant.\u00a0<\/p>

Ride camp will be located on the hill to the Southeast of the equestrian campground. There is no electricity or permanent horse pens at this location.\u00a0 Please come prepared to camp and contain your horse.\u00a0<\/p>

Check out the\u00a0Spruce Woods Trifecta Award<\/b>\u00a0for those planning on attending this ride and the Stargazers Endurance ride in September!<\/p>

**Directions to Spruce Woods Provincial Park Equestrian Campsite**\u00a0USE ACTUAL GPS COORDINATES OF 49.678209, -99.146762 Do not use the automatic one in your device as it may take you to a site across the river!\u00a0<\/p>

From HWY #1: Turn south at Carberry onto #5 Hwy to Assiniboine river. Cross bridge go about 1km, then Turn left into Kiche Manitou Campground \u2013 Spruce Woods and follow the signs to the Equestrian Center 8km.\u00a0<\/p>

From HWY #2: Turn north on #5 Hwy to Kiche Manitou Campground \u2013 Spruce Woods and follow the signs to the Equestrian Center 8km.\u00a0<\/p>

The camping fees per night are\u00a0$20.75 and are collected on an honor system. Please register place fee inside deposit box or e-transfer: friendsofsprucewoods@gmail.com<\/a> For more information please visit:<\/p>

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Join us for the Hidden Trails Spruce Woods endurance ride – June 27 & 28, 2026 Register here for the Hidden Trails Spruce Woods Ride Day Manager Saturday: TBD Day Manager Sunday: TBD Vet: Glenn Vetting times are to be confirmed, hoping to vet 50’s the evening prior to ride day and all other distances…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Unknown-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4225"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4383,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions\/4383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}