In this week’s Price Point, I noted how important was to integrate opportunities for exercise into the fabric of the city. Readers came back with a couple of examples:
From Tessa:
North Vancouver has its very own version of those stairs in Calgary just north of Marine Drive at Pemberton, connecting the neighbourhood of Pemberton Heights down a steep cliff to transit and shops on Marine Drive.
It’s 165 stairs, a very beautiful trail, and buried in the woods (map here).
Theseboots recommends Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland (map here; photo by Mark Muschett).
I want more!
Send me ideas, pics, map locations – whatever – of great places to work out that are part of the infrastructure of the city.
These stairs in Whitehorse are a popular workout spot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qousqous/3950171754/
White Rock has a number of great little pathways cutting down the hill. Some have steps while others are simply paved inclines… but after 5 in a row, you’ll have earned the sunset (or gelato) you went down to enjoy! http://goo.gl/maps/D0qG
In Montreal, the route from downtown to the viewpoint on Mont Royal is heavily frequented, including these stairs (though more so in summer, of course):
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45949756
Quebec City also has numerous stairs and steep paths between Haute-ville and Basse-ville, as well as the Promenade des Gouverneurs leading from Vieux Québec to the Plains of Abraham: http://www.flickr.com/photos/magtravels/7219976374/