Photo description:

RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS LOCAL - St. Vital Slide Manitoboggan Photos of the slide and its various special features. Manitobogga, a multi-level toboggan slide located at St. Vital park, has received an Award of Merit at the 2022 Prairie Design Awards and a 2020 Award of Excellence from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 2019, as well as by the International Paralympic Committee, in acknowledgment of its barrier-free and universally accessible design. Innovative design features include two chutes at different heights. The iced chutes, with banked-up sides, make for a fast slide, metal grates on the steps to discourage snow accumulation, there is a universally accessible ramp. The structureճ upper canopy is incised with motifs that riff on Mary Maxim sweaters and their warming connotations. A a ground-level warming area, with an interior painted a welcoming red. For story on Winnipeg hosting Winter Cities Shake-up Conference, February 15-17, 2023, which features designers, planners, entrepreneurs, tourism operators, cultural workers, community organizers and happiness experts talking about how cities and their citizens can make the most of winter. Feb 9th, 2023