Jan 25, 2026 | News, Trail Building
It’s already 2026 and a new trail building season is coming up, and thats a good opportunity to see how amazingly far we have come:
Check out our Fairservice Fun trail network status update from May 2025 to get an idea and have a look at more great photos of new bridges, cleared out trails, benches ,and other achievements like our CLTBS YouTube channel.
Currently our work is focussed mostly on clearing debris and windfall and improving drainage, but we also have some great plans for new trails and new features. To move forward with all our plans and even just to maintain the current quality of the network we need all your help. So don’t wait – become a member or even a join us for trailbuilding event.
And of course we also hope you enjoy the network for your hikes and rides, maybe even join us for a group ride later in spring or early summer, or even compete at the great trail running event from the Vancouver Island Trail Running Series on the 9th of May!
See you out there
Jan 20, 2025 | News
Last year marked another pivotal year for the Cowichan Lake Trail Blazer Society as we continued with our mission to create and maintain trails for hikers and mountain bikers in the Cowichan Lake area. Let’s explore some of the progress we made.
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Apr 15, 2024 | News
Amazing how another successful year has passed for the Cowichan Lake Trail Blazers Society. Next week we are celebrating and meeting you all for the Annual General Meeting:
- 24th of April 2024
- Start 6:30 pm
- Lake Cowichan Senior Centre
- 55 N, 55 Coronation St, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0, Canada
- Everyone welcome
We hope many of you are planning to drop by already, and if you are still in doubt, following are a few further reasons:
- Meet our amazing board members
- Catch up with other hikers and bikers
- Learn how your membership fees help the trails
- Get an update on posts and signs
- See photos and maybe even videos from the trail network
- Chat about our plans for future trails and other aspects
- Provide feedback on how we can improve further
- Vote and maybe even volunteer for new position on the board
We are all looking forward to see you there.
Oct 19, 2023 | News
In the last couple of months our work on the Beaver Creek trail has really made a huge impact. Two beautiful bridges, a rest place with a bench for Salmon viewing and widened trails all the way through can now be enjoyed by everyone.
To celebrate a team from CTV came by and interviewed Bob, Julia, and Fred. Check it out at on the CTV community new section for the 18th of October 2023.
Jun 12, 2023 | News
Last Sunday, the 11th of June 2023, the Cowichan Lake Trail Blazer Society (CLTBS) held the inaugural Fairserviice Fun Festival 2023. We celebrated the culmination of six years of dedicated work with a grand opening of the Fairservice Fun trail network. Over 100 cyclists, hikers, community leaders, volunteers, and supporters turned out on a sunny Sunday morning to explore the new trails.
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May 15, 2023 | News
Trails are networking through the woods, signposts are standing tall and soon will be displaying all of our colourful way-finding signs. It’s time to celebrate our new Fair Service Fun trail system! Soon, hikers and bikers from near and far can experience world-class trails, right in our own backyard.
Join us on Sunday, June 11 at 10 am to help us cut the ribbon to officially open our trail network. Cowichan Lake’s newly crowned ambassadors will be on hand, along with representatives from key supporters along our way. We’ll have a cookout to celebrate after the brief ceremony, then we’ll lead eager hikers and bikers out on the trail to get a taste of the forest.
We could not have gotten to this point without the support of Mosaic Forest Management offering us a land-use agreement, the government of British Columbia granting its Rural Dividend Fund, Community Futures nurturing our Society, Mid Island Co-op providing our very necessary and unique tool trailer, and BC Gaming helping us along the way.
Learn more information about Fairservice Fun Festival 2023 including directions, times, and more.
