NORWAY – It may be winter but the new recreation trail at Lake Pennesseewassee Park is ready and waiting for fitness buffs.

“People can use it for snowshoeing,” said Deb Partridge, Norway’s Parks and Recreation director.

The trail, which is awaiting the installation of chips, was started several years ago as Magna Melheus’ Eagle Scout project, Partridge said. “He blazed it with the help of his troop and with the Planning Board’s OK,” she said.

When funds were not available to install fitness stations, the New Balance Foundation pitched in with a donation that allowed the purchase of eight stations. The stations include educational signs, a sit-up/push-up bench, spring-up, chin-up, step-up/leg stretch pods, horizontal ladder, curved balance beam, beam run, handhold/leg lift, jump-touch beam and parallel bars. It is designed for ages 12 and older and provides a circuit to round out the large-muscle group exercise routine.

Partridge said the fitness stations and surfacing were installed by New Balance Factory employees Brian Fleming, Don Pruyne, David Zutter and Bill Marshall. Others participating in the installation were Mike Thompson of Double T Fence in Oxford and his father, Earl, Landscape Structures consultant Joel St. Pierre and Partridge.

Elements of the trail were purchased from O’Brien & Sons of Medfield, Mass., the same company that provided playground equipment to the town.

The trail entrance is at the far side of the parking lot. The trail winds around trees between the boat landing and the playground areas.

Partridge said the fitness elements are probably not usable in cold weather because they are made of metal, but the trails are open for snowshoeing and cross country skiing.

The park is open to anyone and includes two beaches, a basketball court, sand volleyball court, a boat landing, picnic tables and benches.