The Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club maintains classic ski trails in the Agassiz Provincial Forest. The trails have gentle inclines and wind through rolling gravel ridges, mature and plantation forest, and surrounded by spruce bogs and the occasional poplar bluff.
The Blue and Red trails were logged in fall 2020. Trail groomer Carl Nilsson tried to groom them in 2021-2022, but stumps and blown-in snow made that impractical, so for now, they are snowshoe trails.
A new Yellow trail connects from the Green trail on the west side of Pit Road and goes south out-and-back. A new trail map has been posted. (See the Maps tab, below.)
So there is now ~8K of trail, and a round trip ski of all the trails would be 9K to 10K, depending on your route through Orange and Green.
The trailhead is located on the south side of PTH 317, 15 km west of Lac du Bonnet or 34 km east of the junction of PTH 59 & PTH 317 (or 80 km NE of the Perimeter Hwy & PTH 59). There is no signage on PTH 317, but the parking lot can be seen from the highway. There is a trail map at the PTH 317 trailhead, and all trails have excellent signage.
There is also a port-a-potty at the PTH 317 trailhead.
Please support the maintenance and grooming of these trails by sending a donation / trail fee to:
Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club
Box 1198
Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
R0E 1A0
or by Interac e-transfer to mzienkie@live.com
The club president is Karen Nilsson, nilssoncarlb@gmail.com .
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Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 8 months, 1 week agoEarly Sunday afternoon we skied Orange, Green and Yellow. We tried to ski Blue, but it was blown in. At -2C tracks were fast and fun with lots of debris that did not stick to our skis. There were a few sun-drenched areas where the tracks were starting to soften, but there’s still ample snow, and these trails should still be skiable into April.…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 8 months, 2 weeks agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Saturday morning:
As of Friday, the Agassiz Provincial Forest trails were still in quite good condition. The light dusting of snow that morning covered the pine needles. It’s been a good season! -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 9 months, 2 weeks agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Wednesday morning:
The cross country ski trails were groomed yesterday. Carl was able to groom the Blue trail as well. -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 10 months, 1 week agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Sunday evening:
The ski trails were groomed yesterday. The Yellow trail tracked very well where the truck had driven down it. The Blue trail is also tracked again. -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 10 months, 3 weeks agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Thursday afternoon:
Pit Road has now been plowed up to the Blue trailhead. The small parking area at the Blue trailhead has also been cleared. Red trail will not be groomed this season unless we get a large amount of snow, as there are deep ruts from the logging equipment. -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 11 months agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Tuesday evening:
The ski trails were groomed on Friday Dec 30. Unfortunately, someone drove a truck down the Yellow trail shortly after. Still skiable, but rough in some places. Yellow loop is good. The Blue trail was also groomed and is quite nice as of today. Red trail…[Read more] -
Earl Isaak posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 11 months agoOrange, green and blue trails are in great shape today!
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 11 months, 3 weeks agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Friday evening:
Our trails were tracked this afternoon. -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 1 year, 8 months agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Wednesday evening:
Carl groomed the trails today and plowed the parking lot. -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 1 year, 9 months agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Tuesday:
The Lac du Bonnet cross country ski trails are groomed. As of this afternoon, the parking lot was still not plowed. We had to park on pit road. The trails were wonderful! -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 1 year, 9 months agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Sunday morning:
Just wanted to let skiers know our trails are groomed. Sounds like we’re in for quite a bit of snow off and on for the next week! -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 1 year, 10 months agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Friday morning:
The Lac du Bonnet (Agassiz) ski trails were tracked yesterday afternoon. However, Blue and Red were not done. Carl had trouble on them last time. So much drifting since the logging and he hit some stumps with the groomer. So, we won’t be grooming them.…[Read more]-
Saturday afternoon we enjoyed a great ski at Agassiz. Conditions were very good, despite the fluffy snow that fell all day. The mid-point parking area on Pit Road is still not plowed, so unless you drive a 4WD, I suggest parking in the lot at #317. These beautiful trails are gaining in popularity, as we saw more skiers today than ever before.…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 1 year, 10 months agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Saturday at noon:
We hope to track the Lac du Bonnet (Agassiz) ski trails today. Got a lot of snow yesterday! If for some reason they don’t get done, will let you know. -
Elise Watchorn posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 1 year, 11 months agoSkied the Agassiz trails today. Brr!
The Red and Blue trails were in good condition — they haven’t been regroomed since the last (reasonably light) snowfall, but they haven’t blown in or drifted up either. Wolf, fox, deer and mouse tracks galore. Great to see these trails resurrected!
The rest of the trails were in excellent condition. Absol…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Agassiz Provincial Forest 1 year, 11 months agoFrom Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Thursday at noon:
The Agassiz Provincial Forest cross country ski trails have been tracked and are ready for skiers. In regard to the blue and red trails where logging was done: we have tracked them but they may blow in quickly and be in poor condition.
