Roy O posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months agoMany thanks to those who posted trail reports this winter! They were useful and enjoyable to read. See you all on the trails next winter. As for me, it’s dry land skiing on my Nordic Track until the snow falls again.
L Hanson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months agoThat’s it for the ski season. Time to put the skis into the rafters, clean up the roller skis and hope this pesky snow goes away so that the season can begin
Yes.
No. Roller skis were cleaned/lubed last fall before being put away, and classic skis and skating skis have been cleaned and saturated with a very soft glide wax for summer storage.
Yes, the snow will all be gone by the end of this weekend.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months agoBirds Hill Park, Group Use Road, Monday morning, 9:30 to 12:30, -1° to +4°, sunny.
At 11:00 a front end loader began plowing the road, starting where the road exits onto North Drive. When I left for home, the plow was proceeding west from the road’s intersection with the Chickadee trail. The road surface is now mainly a thin sheet of ice with a b…[Read more] Monica posted an update in the group
Neepawa-Langford Winter Park 4 months, 1 week agoStill skiing Neepawa winter park. Great trails and great weather
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 1 week agoBirds Hill Park, Group Use Road, Friday afternoon, 1:00 to 4:00, -2°, sunny, windy.
The track was generally nicely softened from the strong sun. Icy in the few shaded areas. The overall speed of the track was similar to Monday … moderately fast.
In a handful of places on the road, the track has started to narrow. The first “asphalt barricade”…[Read more] -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 1 week agoBirds Hill Park, Group Use Road (including the two new-for-2018 sections), Monday afternoon, 1:00 to 5:00, 0° to +1°. mainly sunny.
For the first time in two weeks, the skate track wasn’t ice-hard.
At 1:00, many parts were icy and some parts were soft enough for good lateral ski stability and balance.
At 5:00, many parts were still icy, m…[Read more] -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 1 week agoFrom Steve Scoles on Saturday evening:
Crust skied at Birds Hill Park this morning. Fun, but not quite the epic crust conditions we have had in the past at BHP. Skied the Pope Hill area and north (never have been north of that area before and got lost for a bit!). Skied the Folk Fest area and then the beaches, lakes and lookout area. There were…[Read more] Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Mount Evergreen 4 months, 2 weeks agoConditions today (Saturday) at Mount Evergreen continue to be excellent for skate (groomed on Friday) and very good for classic which has moderate rock hard tracks on the front 5.5 km of trails. As Joanne reported the Green Spruce system has not been groomed and skin skis worked well. There is a donation slot in the small building at the…[Read more]
Chris Ashley posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks agoJust did 2 laps of the Group Use Road… In all honesty, I just shortened my glide and had a great time.. Yes its lumpy, yes there’s ruts. some places is like a washboard, but in other places along the edges its awesome… there are no bare spots on it at all.. the most rutted part is at the Chickadee lot entrance, once you get away from there its…[Read more]
L Hanson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks agoSkated the GUR around noon on Thursday. There were no bare spots yet, but it was very icy and difficult to maintain control. I double poled as much as I skated. Still better than a day in the office.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Windsor Park Nordic Centre 4 months, 2 weeks agoFrom Steve Scoles:
Went crust skiing at Windsor Park on Tuesday evening. The crust is not so good in most places, but found a few spots along treed areas that were fun. The St Boniface Golf Course had a few spots that were good. But in general, you have to find the spots and will find most spots breaking through. Also lots of very hard icy areas.…[Read more] Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks agoWednesday afternoon, about -4C and sunny. We classic skied west Bluestem, part of Aspen and Chickadee. Let’s just say it’s still skiable….icy, shallow and hard, with exposed areas and turns deteriorating. We double-poled most of it. Chickadee was really poor (footprints and bare spots), and southwest Bluestem was the best. Had a short skate-ski…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks agoFrom Bert Graef on Tuesday:
Skated 2 loops of the group use trail in the late afternoon. Its very hard in the middle and v rutted, so I mostly kept to the lesser used sides. Its not bad, but would be much better if the park simply groomed it ONCE . We could then have great skiing since the weather is cold and the snow is not soft, EVEN IN THE…[Read more] -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks agoBirds Hill Park, Tuesday afternoon, -8° to -6°, sunny, light wind.
I did a crust skate ski today in a large area south of North Drive.My crust ski was not “fabulous” like Corey Mohr’s report (on Lake Winnipeg near Camp Morton), but it was interesting and it had some highlights.
Last Friday I w…[Read more] -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Camp Morton Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks agoFrom Corey Mohr:
I crusted skate skied Lake Winnipeg near Camp Morton and it was fabulous! -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Riding Mountain National Park 4 months, 2 weeks agoFrom Corey Mohr:
Today, April 2nd RMNP has good spring skiing (until the weather warms) and some sections are melting but the snow cover is fine. Trails are skier tracked as the park received some fresh snow since the last update. Skied on a Grey Owl and Katherine-Compound which were skier tracked and Cairns Cabin was totally tour skiing. Nice…[Read more] -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Mount Evergreen 4 months, 2 weeks agoFrom Joanne Sanders on Saturday evening:
Skied at Mount Evergreen in Kenora today. Main trails were groomed on Thursday, classic and skate. Classic was a bit icy, skate and classic were fast and pretty decent for this time of year. The Green spruce system was not groomed. We had poor grip with our wax, skin skis were working well. Skate skiers…[Read more] Ardythe McMaster posted an update 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Oak Meadow and Skaters Waltz skate trails skied very fast and fun this afternoon. Snow texture varied from fine granular to coarse grain depending on the section. We will see how the snow sets up overnight and may groom it again Saturday morning if the snow gets too hard.
Ardythe McMaster posted an update in the group
Bittersweet 4 months, 3 weeks agoWith a skiff of new snow on the trails we renovated Oak Meadow and Skaters Waltz skate trails this morning with the Ginzu. One bare patch on the uphill to Sunshine Hill, but otherwise we still have a good base on those trails. We’ll ski the skate trails later this afternoon and report. We have no plans at this time to renovate the classic…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 months, 3 weeks agoFrom Bert Graef on Wednesday evening:
Still some good skiing on the skate trail. Leg power must be applied carefully, as surface is very hard and there are some deep ruts . Was a great evening, as wind had died down and wasn’t too terribly cold. Just wished the park would at least groom the trail, as these very expensive grooming machines are…[Read more] - Load More
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Yes, thanks to all that posted reports.. it was a weird season for sure… alot of frustration at the end of the season with so much snow and to have the park not doing any grooming at all when it was perfect conditions… enjoy the summer..and hope for that Haloween blizzard!