Category: Dirt Path - Howie's 3D Urban Exploro

3D Segments

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This is a collection of Strava segments that are found within the Greenbelt in Ottawa:

Click on the blog post, or the Read More caption to see detailed maps and a description of the segment
The segments are not being presented for the express purpose of KOM hunting, but rather in order to highlight some novel and interesting options for urban exploration.
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There's at least 3 of pages of segments here- navigation at bottom of page will allow you to toggle back and forth. Howie has 1400+ segments on VeloViewer to comb through, so more will be added over time.

Ski Hill Skibabble

6/7/2021

Location: Ski Hill Park, Gloucester off Ogilvie near Montreal Rd.
https://www.strava.com/segments/28736785

Is "Naskapi Ridge Park really a park, or is it 100 backyards? I don't know but it's fun as hell to ride and the drop down Ski Hill Park is a fast, straight shot, well, down an old ski hill I guess.

Listen to "I wish" by Skee-Lo and see if you can hear him say skip-skibabble. Then the segment name will make sense (Ski + Skibabble, clever yo?). In fact that song may have been on the charts when Frankenbike was new, so this delves super deep in terms of meaningful connections.

Jasmine Valley Wall

6/7/2021

Location: Jasmine Crescent, Gloucester near Ogilvie
https://www.strava.com/segments/28736638

This doesn't look so hard on paper, with a net elevation decrease of -0.5% gradient, but I have yet to make it the entire way up the climb without unclipping and walking at least 1/3 of the hill at the end.....check out the map to find the secret valley from the Land Before Time.

Shreddy in OTT

6/5/2021

Location: North-south between Carling and Byron
https://www.strava.com/segments/13205761

There's a corridor of green space that starts just a little northeast of the Carling Executive Park and runs north-south, or vice versa, between Carling and Byron. This segment covers a good portion of that.

I include it in an hour long loop I do some days after work. You can see that here, which will help identify where you can pick up the trail: https://veloviewer.com/routes/2836265595361473230

Who's Cooking Johnsonville Brats?

6/5/2021

Location: Between Johnson and Hawthorne Road north of Hunt Club
https://www.strava.com/segments/27279022

Although not a destination in of itself, this backyard bonanza is a handy connector that takes you from the hydro roads that run along Walkley, as well as the Alta Vista green-space corridor and gets you to Hawthorne, which is relatively close to the trail heads of a number of the Pine Grove Greenbelt trails. I often cut through the industrial park via Belgreen to get to Ramsayville Road at Russell Road to pick up the trail there, as per this route (although I rode this in reverse): https://www.strava.com/routes/2834134702407759590

island Park heading to Gov Land Single Track

5/3/2021

Location: Island Park at Sir John A. MacDonald Parkway
https://www.strava.com/segments/7264271

Colonel Atilla Altikat was on his way to work on August 27th, 1982 when he stopped at a red light on Island Park at the river parkway. He was killed by an Armenian guerrilla, who fired nine shots into his car. Despite this being one of several violent incidents related to ongoing conflicts between Armenians and Turks that spilled over into Canada, to this day Altikat remains the only foreign diplomat assassinated on Canadian soil. There is a monument to Colonel Altikat near where he was shot that you may have seen, as it is very large and very distinct.

Porcupine Ridge

4/20/2021

Location: Aviation/Sir George-Etienne Cartier Parkway near the Aviation Museum
https://www.strava.com/segments/28093477

I got a bit lost in the Rockcliffe Air Force Base area recently and ended up riding down this segment and found myself sort of in the middle of the on-ramp that goes from the Aviation Parkway to the Sir George-Etienne Cartier Parkway. I was out of time that day, but made it a point to return to ride up it.

the missing link

4/14/2021

Location: Greenbank and Craig Henry in West Ottawa
www.strava.com/segments/25326678

There are literally hundreds of Strava segments called the "missing link". This particular iteration is a half a kilometer of hydro road. It's basically hard packed grass tire tracks, and it breaks up the paved bike paths that abound in the area.

Secret Way

3/30/2021

Location: Mer Bleue behind strip mall at Innes at Blair
https://www.strava.com/segments/20805155

You'll be pleasantly surprised to know that tucked just behind Big Al's Aquarium Superstore and Corbeil on Innes Road, is the gateway to Narnia.

Clever Pig Park

2/26/2021

Location: Palmer and Cunningham in Alta Vista near Kilborn
https://www.strava.com/segments/27277696

I typically enter Cunningham Park off of Palmer Avenue. This tiny little park is located in the heart of Alta Vista near Grasshopper Hill Park. At 400m in length this is a super short segment, and it's one of those little known stretches of dirt path that are so fun to ride on. I like to add it on to shorter rides that take in the woods near Pleasant Park and the Greenspace near Kilborn and the Heron Corridor.

Escape From Alta Vista

2/26/2021

Location: Alta Vista at Hospital Link Road
https://www.strava.com/segments/27278946

This segment takes you from Alta Vista at the new Hospital Link Road and follows the hydro road all the way to Industrial. There are other segments that take in parts of this area, but the last portion that crosses over Russell Road and drops you in behind the fire station on Industrial is not so obvious.

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