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Trails have been groomed today. Visit us at the ranch!

Wednesday morning, -5° to 0°, windy, snowing (heavy at times, 1cm while we were skiing). With a +3° high temp on Wednesday and a bit more wet snow throughout the day, conditions may now be quite different than when we finished at 11:00 AM.
Classic: Bluestem, north Chickadee, west Aspen — very good.
Skate: Group Use Road –The middle of the tr…[Read more]

From Andy Dwilow on Wednesday afternoon:
Teulon was great today. New wet snow sticky and slow, but grooming and signage excellent and trail layout well thought out over the gently rolling terrain. What a gem!

As of last night, Wild Grape and Elm were fast and in surprisingly okay shape considering the weather, lack of snow and heavy usage. Basswood is slower but also in ok condition.

From Al Stewart on Monday afternoon:
I skied classic on 15km of trail at Falcon Ridge at noon today. A bit slow because of all the new snow and -20C temps, but still very skiable. Simply superb scenery, especially on the High Lake Trails.
So beautiful!

Plenty of snow. But just skier tracked. Somewhat wobbly and different heights on one ski than the other. Also not surprisingly slow. I used skin skies probably better with properly waxed ones. That said, it was not crowded, no footprints and as always good to be out. Hats off to park staff. I thought we would not be able to ski this year due to…[Read more]

Went to Grand Beach yesterday (Sunday) afternoon for a classic ski. There were maybe 20 vehicles parked when we arrived, but once we got up the starter hill we mostly skied alone.

We did Beaver and then a short loop on Blueberry. It didn’t appear to have been groomed again after the recent snowfall in the last couple days, but it was pretty nice…[Read more]

Otter Falls trails were in good condition overall today. I skied out to the cabin (which is closed of course for COVID) then around the 3km loop. They appear to have been groomed Friday Jan 15.

The golf course trails were groomed today.

I’m surprised at how well the trails have held up. Overall I would say that conditions are fair but inconsistent is a better way to describe it.

The older more sheltered part of the golf course is the best but still has a few thin spots and some icy stretches. The newer more open areas have less…[Read more]

Classic skied Wasagaming Campground, town connector and South Lake trails today. Great blue wax day. Looks like the new snow late last week was groomed and track set and the snow from yesterday was well skied in. Lots of walkers on South Lake to Ominik Marsh, and mostly keeping off the classic tracks. Plenty of snow for full depth classic tracks…[Read more]

Trails are freshly groomed yesterday and in great condition!

Saturday afternoon Sandilands was very busy with skiers of all ages. The trees were beautifully laden with frost and snow, and the trails were expertly groomed, although a bit thin on some hills (more snow please!). We then skied the yellow and blue trails at popular Quarry Oaks, and found the grooming to be near perfect. Lots of skiers out today…[Read more]

From Al Stewart on Saturday:
West Hawk to Faloma is beautifully groomed. There was a decent snowfall here the other day so the trails are a bit soft. A wonderful winter scene of snow covered Jack Pine and Spruce on the edge of two new chiseled diagonal tracks. The weekend may bring many walkers.

There’s a trail conditions report dated today (Saturday) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/228566080653918/ : “… Red trail in great shape …”

Saturday, -12° to -8°.
Green, Black, Black Extension, Grey, Grey Connector, Purple, Yellow:
Excellent … except Yellow from the wicked descent to near its north trailhead, which is fair — big rocks lurking under the snow on the wicked descent, very high and choppy snow-grabber tracks in the low area. Skiing Yellow from its south trailhead to t…[Read more]

Trails are freshly groomed and are decent.

Skied early-ish morning today (Saturday), trails in pretty good shape given the lack of snow. Some bare patches revealing ice-covered dirt (maybe use your rock skies if you’re worried), overall better conditions than expected. Big clears signs reminding the trails are for skiers only, and I saw no walkers or damage on ski trails. Was getting busy…[Read more]