Saskatoon is built around the South Saskatchewan, and the Meewasin trails are how you get down to it — the paved spine, and the wilder edges off it.
Saskatoon doesn't hide its river. The South Saskatchewan runs straight through the middle of it, and the Meewasin Valley — sixty-some kilometres of trail along both banks — is the thing that makes the city feel like it's sitting in a landscape instead of on top of one.
These five start on the paved spine and then leave it: up a wooded ravine, down to a sandbar beach, along the quieter east bank where the path turns to dirt. None of them is far from a parking lot. All of them feel further out than they are. Tap any one to open it in Foray if you've got the app, or just read it as a map.
The paved artery of the whole valley, running flat and smooth along the water's edge. Long enough to be a real ride and gentle enough to be a long walk — the kind of path you follow until you've run out of morning. Cyclists, strollers, and dogs share it, and nobody's in a hurry.
A wooded ravine that cuts up from the river on the east bank, dirt underfoot the whole way. The trees close in fast — within a few minutes the city is gone and it's just the creek and the aspens. One of the few corners of town that feels genuinely unmanicured.
Singletrack along the high east bank, looking back across the water toward the skyline. Dirt and grass, rougher than the paved trail below it, and almost always empty. Best in the long light of early evening.
Drops off the bank down to one of the river's hidden sandbar beaches — a short, steep-ish path to a stretch of sand most people don't know is there. Bring shoes you don't mind getting wet if the river is up.
The bottom of the ravine where it meets the valley trail — a short, shaded connector along the creek. Pair it with the upper section for a loop, or just take it down to the water on a hot afternoon.
Trail data sketched from public OpenStreetMap traces. The polylines on this page approximate the actual routes — your Foray app will resolve precise geometry when you tap into a trail. Got a correction? sundaylabs.app@gmail.com.