Manitoba trails · Compound Short Loop
Compound Short Loop
A 3.1-mile out-and-back in Manitoba, with 131 ft of climbing. Reaches Pudge Lake.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 3.2 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Pudge Lake (lake)
Getting there
Compound Short Loop access — parking nearby. 50.66216, -99.89664 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:27 a.m., the sun rises at 8:00 a.m. and sets at 6:49 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:22 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.3-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 28 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:28 a.m. — 8 h 21 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Compound Short Loop — 3.3 mi loop, 254 ft gain
- Compound Short Loop + Compound Long Loop — 5.2 mi loop, 366 ft gain
- Compound Short Loop + Compound Long Loop — 5.2 mi loop, 132 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Arrowhead — 1.2 mi
- Clear Lake North Shore — 1.4 mi
- Cowan Lake — 4.8 mi
- Bead Lakes — 10.5 mi