Birds Hill Park has 38K of classic ski trails: Bluestem, Aspen, Lime Kiln, Esker, and Chickadee.
The Group Use #1 Road (5.2K) plus its center connecting road (.5K) and its two interior options (1.2K + .6K) is groomed for skate skiing and skijoring, as is the out-and-back Spruce trail (5.5K one way).
Trails map
Approved Trails Plan
There are 5 trailheads for cross country skiing:
– Riding Stables parking lot, north end: Esker and Lime Kiln trails (classic).
– Riding Stables parking lot, south end: Bluestem and Aspen trails (classic).
– Chickadee parking lot: Chickadee, Bluestem, and Aspen trails (classic). Group Use #1 Road (skate ski / skijoring).
– Group Use #1 Road access at the locked yellow gate (winter parking lot): Bluestem and Aspen trails (classic). Group Use #1 Road (skate ski / skijoring).
– Nimowin parking lot: Spruce trail (skate ski / skijoring).
The Riding Stables trailheads have a warm-up building that is available for park users during regular park hours. It has a common area and two wheelchair-accessible washrooms / change rooms. The warm-up building is attached to the restaurant.
The other three trailheads have pit toilets.
Please do not ski on trails that are designated for other uses. Skiing on a horse trail, snowmobile trail, and walking trail does not have the same negative impact as walkers, snowmobiles, horses, and ATVs have on ski trails, but it does add to the level of conflict between different users.
There are signs at the trailheads that inform park users that groomed ski trails are for cross country skiing only. This sign and this sign .
The Birds Hill Park Patrol works on weekends: 204-792-1849
Birds Hill Park’s acting Park Manager is Melissa Bergen (as of 2021-Feb 22) — Melissa.Bergen@gov.mb.ca 204-654-6730.
Trail Conditions reported by Manitoba Parks.
See below for reports submitted by skiers.
Group Admins
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 11 hours, 44 minutes agoSaturday 330-730PM. Started off doing Lime Kiln trail ,used the short cut to Esker, and back on to Chickadee . Was fine , just some bare spots in places. Ranged from slightly spongy in sunny sections to hard in shade. Still fairly decent classic skiing. Used red/silver mix of klister which worked ok. Switched to skate near sundown, and the track…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 17 hours, 12 minutes agoSaturday morning, -1° to +5°, sunny.
Classic: Anita doesn’t have anything to add to Brent’s report. Interesting that she was skiing for two hours and didn’t even know he was skiing at the same time. She knows him extremely well.
Skate: I counted skate skiers and lost count after 40. There were also a few skijorers and a couple was k…[Read more]
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Brent posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 19 hours, 54 minutes agoSkied all the classic trail Saturday morning. They are in great shape, still a lot of snow. The first part of Chickadee has a couple bare spots that are starting the creep across the trail. Otherwise only a handful of one leg lifts required.
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 day, 13 hours agogood afternoon session doing some classic and skate. Park still has excellent trail conditions that will last all weekend. Some walkers were on trails, I guess they think skiing is over. Lots of snow in the park, and skate pack is fast close to zero. Best to go early mornings or evenings this weekend. Tshirt weather!
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Seen very few skiers out this afternoon. Maybe 4 classic and 2 skaters in 2 hrs . A few more were out after work. These are very very good conditions if you have waxless skis or use klister. I am amazed that so few skiers come out when temps get above freezing. These are actually some of the best times to ski. Will the park and other non…[Read more]
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Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 day, 20 hours agoLate Friday morning we skijored the Spruce Trail. With the temperature just above freezing, conditions ranged from very good to icy, depending on sun exposure. There is still a good base, and only a few bare spots along the edge. Hikers and fatbikers have left more prints near the south end of the trail.
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B&P posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 days, 13 hours agoWe skied Aspen this afternoon, after it was groomed – we thought it was great!
GUR and the bays were all very nicely groomed for skate skiing.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 days, 17 hours agoFrom Melissa Bergen, A/Park District Manager, Birds Hill Provincial Park on Thursday afternoon:
Our groomer went out this morning to try the trails and was unsuccessful. We started to groom Aspen and it was ruining the previous groom as there is just not enough snow. We retracted as best we could over that section, and no other grooming was…[Read more]-
Lime Kiln and Esker were really fast this morning, then at 12:30 I skied Aspen after the groomer and a few skiers had been on it. Aspen was very good, but not as quick (slick) as the ungroomed trails. Spruce trail is ungroomed, but the groomed GUR had a few V’s on it. The sun and +5C this afternoon may end things soon, so get out & enjoy! Many…[Read more]
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Gord Buhr posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 days, 21 hours agoGroomer was out this morning but it was after my ski.
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Arni Jakobson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 3 days, 3 hours agoUltra fast trails! We were night skiing last night and with the temp and the really quick trails, we could have stayed out there all night! Riding good skin skis, never a problem with grip on the tracks in any icy conditions! All the grip in the world. Enjoy speedy tracks and get your fill before the weekend for sure. Nice to see a bunch of…[Read more]
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 3 days, 10 hours agoNight skied in BHP till around 9pm. Conditions are quite amazing even though trails havent been groomed. A mix of double poling and striding with some Rode light purple ( an amazing wax), worked well.. Would have stayed much longer, but food and energy ran out. The clear night before was pitch dark, but it seems when there is some overcast the…[Read more]
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Paul R posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 3 days, 16 hours agoBlue Stem this afternoon was fastest it’s been all winter- last snow has melted into tracks and you can ice glide and double pole forever – Summit could use a groom as its getting scary – 90 degree turn in back half of blue stem is fairly crazy too
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Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 3 days, 19 hours agoLate Wednesday morning classic trails were super-fast, but still holding up well. Esker hill was so much fun that we did it twice! Many skiers with big smiles – enjoy before the upcoming warm spell…
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Arni Jakobson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 days, 3 hours agoSkate skied the GUR late Tuesday afternoon and the skate track is near perfect right now! I would only suggest that if you’re moonlight skiing, to watch out for the glazed areas that are only slightly icy. Fast and very fun yesterday! I will definitely be going be going back tonight to classic ski as well as the trails are in awesome condition…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 days, 15 hours agoTuesday morning, 1° to 2°, sunny.
Classic — Aspen, Chickadee, west Bluestem: The well-formed tracks were snow, not icy, and the snow was much colder than the air temp.
Skate — Group Use Road, including the two interior bays: The centre of the road was very firm (and fast), but the snow surface was soft enough to edge in and push off f…[Read more] -
Eric Sokolowski posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 6 days, 14 hours agoSunday 4 P.M. classic west bluestem was very good thanks to the new snow.No bare spots and very little debris.
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AnthonyKW posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 6 days, 18 hours agoAnyone skated the GUR at Birds Hill recently?
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quite a few skiers out in the GUR today, the fresh snow had been worked in. Only the odd slip on the ice below where it hadn’t been skied in yet, it was a bit slow -16C when I was there
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Chris Ashley posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 1 day agoDid bluestem this morning.. tracks are still excellent.. watch out for lots of pinecone debris especially in the first km or so of the trail.. I used skins on a compacted/ice mix and they worked out OK.. they were a little draggy at times, but I had the binding set forward..could probably back it off and got some more glide..at about the 7km mark…[Read more]
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 2 days agoExcellent conditions this afternoon in BHP. A light dusting of snow made the icy tracks less slippery, although they are still a bit glazed in some areas . The skate track looks perfect . Full moon makes for great evening skiing. Enjoy while it lasts.
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Arni Jakobson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 4 days agoAspen was extremely fast yesterday! 4:36/km yesterday on average over 7 km and that’s also using skin skis. I didn’t have one problem with grip yesterday on the skins, which doesn’t come as a surprise. The only time i have any issue with skins, are conditions with freshly fallen snow. Fast fast fast conditions out there and you don’t want to…[Read more]
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L Hanson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 4 days agoThe GUR was icy in places and fast. Poling was easy, but planting a ski was often a challenge.
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