Birds Hill Park has 38K of classic trails. The Group Use #1 Road loop (5.2K) plus two new-in-December-2017 additions (~2K) and the new-in-December-2017 out-and-back Spruce trail (~5.5K) are groomed for skate skiing and skijoring (and kick sledding … and dog sledding on the Spruce trail).
Trail map
Approved Trails Plan
Please do not ski on trails that are designated for other uses. Skiing on horse, snowmobile, and walking trails does not have the same negative impact as horses, snowmobiles, ATVs, and walkers have on ski trails, but it does add to the level of conflict between different users.
There is a warm-up building at the stable area that is available for park users during regular park hours — it has a common area and two wheelchair-accessible washrooms / change rooms, and there are some vending machines.
Birds Hill Park’s new (2018-2019) District Park Supervisor is Joanne Podolchuk (Joanne.Podolchuk@gov.mb.ca 204-654-6730).
There are signs at the Chickadee and Riding Stables trailheads that inform park users that groomed ski trails are for cross country skiing only.
Birds Hill Park Patrol: 204-792-1849
Trail Conditions reported by Manitoba Parks.
See below for reports submitted by skiers.
Group Admins
Chris Ashley posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 18 hours, 39 minutes agoSkated BHP and Classic this morning. The skate lane is hard packed with a very thin skiff of fresh snow on it still from the other day. Conditions were pretty quick. Only a few spots where couldnt get an edge to push off… Classic did 2 X bluestem… conditions varied from good kick n glide to ice and double pole, debris is hit and miss as…[Read more]
L Hanson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 day, 18 hours agoOn Sunday afternoon the GUR was starting to get softer and squeakier, but skating was still moderately fast and there are no bare spots. We should have two or three days left.
Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 day, 19 hours agoLime Kiln, Esker and Blue Stem are in near perfect condition with only the odd leaf in the tracks.
Yep. classic tracks looked amazing… I ended up trying to skate with the wrong wax and ended up fighting the suction factor.. I wish I would have gone classic today…
Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 days, 12 hours agoSkied Lime Kiln, Chickadee , and Bluestem. Great conditions. Avoided all the discouraging debris on the first few hundred meters of the Chickadee trailhead by using other trails to bypass the initial mess, or by going the wrong way for a while . The evenings are absolutely perfect time to ski . No traffic or crowds at all. A small smattering…[Read more]
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 3 days, 16 hours agoFriday afternoon, -3°, cloudy.
Skate Ski on the Group Use Road, including the two optional loops.
Very nicely groomed, perfectly firm track, and nice snow consistency, but the track is littered with forest debris in a number of places from yesterday’s strong winds, and the snow is dirty (pine needles) in many places, which makes it slower than…[Read more]-
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 days, 7 hours agoFrom Corey Mohr:
Excellent spring skiing! I classic skied both Aspen and Bluestem tonight (Thursday) at -3C. Three blow downs of some older poplars were across the trails but you could ski around. With the high winds there is a fair amount of debris, etc. I used skins but could have used a blue or violet hard wax. Nothing is transformed, some…[Read more] Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 4 days, 18 hours agoBHP trails were all nicely groomed today (Thursday), however high winds blew lots of debris into the classic tracks, and avoiding leaves, pine cones and sticks was tricky. The skate track looked fabulous.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 5 days, 20 hours agoWednesday late morning to early afternoon, -5° to -3°, partly sunny.
The classic tracks were much slicker than yesterday, so we needed one grip wax warmer (-0° to -1°). They will be icy after refreezing … except that they’re forecast to be refreshed with ~5cm of wet snow tonight. -
Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 6 days, 20 hours agoTuesday morning. -6° to -5°, sunny, very windy.
Classic — Bluestem, Chickadee, Esker west of Chickadee: Perfectly formed, very firm tracks with occasional sections of pine cones and other forest material that sometimes stuck to Anita’s -1° to -2° grip wax. The tracks will possibly be glazed by tomorrow, which will neccessiate and even sti…[Read more] Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week agoMonday afternoon we skied Bluestem, Chickadee and Esker. Tracks were fast, firm and fabulous! Aside from a little leafy debris here and there, conditions were excellent…hope it lasts awhile!
Chris posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 2 days agoGroup Use trail and the groomed alcoves are excellent today. 10/10.
L Hanson posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 3 days agoThe GUR was freshly groomed and fast on Friday afternoon. Skating was the best it’s been all season
Roy O posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 3 days agoSkied Aspen trail this morning. Trail was perfectly groomed! A great ski was had by all.
rgallos posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 3 days agoSkied the Esker/Yellow Ridge and Lime Kilm yesterday around 5:00 pm. The trails were nicely groomed.Hard packed and fast. Great fun>. Unfortunately, someone decided to enter the Lime Kilm with a snowmobile and destroy part of the trail as you enter the forest after the non-tree/open area. This extends up to a least the junction were you have the…[Read more]
Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 4 days agoTrails are all groomed. :)) Left the Park at 8pm. The skate trail looks flat and awesome. Nice work BHP staff.
Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 5 days agoWednesday night we skied Esker and the north loop of Chickadee. Despite being ungroomed, tracks were still surprisingly good, even on Chickadee where we expected to see lots of footprints.
CCSAM Admin posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 6 days agoMessage from Birds Hill Park District Manager:
Please be advised the groomer is repaired, it’s anticipated that all trails will be groomed by the end of Thursday.Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 weeks, 3 days agoWe skijored and kick-sledded on the Spruce Trail on Friday afternoon. The trail was blown-in at the northwest loop, and generally chewed up by footprints, snowshoes and ski marks, but there’s a hard-packed base beneath the newest snow, and it was great for skijoring on this nice day.
Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 weeks, 4 days agoWe skied parts of Chickadee, Esker and west Bluestem Thursday afternoon. There is lots of blown-in snow in open areas, but some intrepid souls have skied through the drifts, setting decent tracks. Still good skiing in spite of not being groomed…..well skied in.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 weeks, 5 days agoFrom Joanne Podolchuk, Park District Manager, Birds Hill Provincial Park:
Please be advised that our groomer is currently down for repair. Grooming of ski trails in Birds Hill will unfortunately not happen this week. We anticipate grooming to resume next week.They should have a back up plan when that groomer breaks down (which seems to be a regular occurrence these days). Perhaps a grooming device that hooks up to a skidoo?
I just hope they keep grooming this year despite the anticipated warming temps next week.. last year as soon as it warmed up, they quit grooming and we were still skiing on the group use road for a month after the fact.. lots of snow this year…
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I was expecting icy sugary conditions but was met with a layer of fresh snow.. I got a 2 lap shoulder workout… tomorrow AM will be rocket fast with the -8 overnight low…
I’m willing to bet that we have more than 2 or 3 days, even with +7/+8/+9 temps and sunny. Packed snow melts slowly and there’s a quite a bit of it on those trails.