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Building Boon

When you’re laid off from work, banned from traveling and happen to live in one of the most progressive trail-development communities in the Pacifific Northwest, it doesn’t take long to fifigure out what to do with idle hands and hours. Squamish, British Columbia, has always been home to an ever-evolving network of trails, but since the pandemic hit, their army of builders and resulting trails has multiplied many times over.

“Because of the pandemic, Squamish has a World Cup of trailbuilding going on right now,” says Peter Wojnar, a local fifilmer and occasional trailbuilder.

The effffort hasn’t just been the usual suspects either. Yes, the mix of hired builders and underground builders that have helped defifine Squamish’s legacy

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