Grand Beach Provincial Park has 18K of trails that are groomed for both classic skiing and skate skiing.
New in 2020, 6K of the trails are now shared use with fatbiking, snowshoeing, and walking. Trails Map
Fatbiking with appropriately low tire pressure and snowshoeing have minimal negative impact on a skate ski track. However, walking on a skate track often damages it if walkers aren’t single file on the edge that is opposite from the classic track.
Grand Beach Provincial Park staff have faced many challenges in 2022. Four seasonal (summer) staff positions were vacant. High water levels on Lake Winnipeg created major challenges on the beach that consumed much staff time. Several signs have gone missing in the past year. They will be reprinted. Reports of missing signage are welcome from skiers and the public, so the park can try to stay ahead of this issue this year.
Park management has looked into obtaining new ski trail grooming equipment, but they were told by suppliers that there won’t be any grooming equipment available for purchase until 2024. Once availability and price are confirmed, the park will put in a request for the purchase approval. In the interim, staff are working on the old grooming equipment to make sure it is in as good condition as possible
Grand Beach’s Park Manager is mark.sinclair@gov.mb.ca 204-754-5040.
Trail Conditions (interactive map, updated in real time) reported by Manitoba Parks.
See below for reports submitted by skiers.
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Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Wednesday morning we classic skied freshly groomed trails at GB, and found the tracks were good, but a bit shallow in places. The skate deck was loose and uneven, but the soft snow was beneficial on the hills, and the groomer did a nice job of not tracking the hills. Always enjoyable and exciting!
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MikeNannetteGrandBeach posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months ago
Would have skied more than the trailhead and Blueberry – our first ski in 3 years – but the packed overnight drifting snow basically vanished away all of the classic trails so it was a fuller workout tracking it all. Hopefully conditions are better today after more hardy skiers are been around.
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Brian posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months ago
Trails groomed Wednesday after it snowed. Another inch or two of snow fell Thursday. Most of the trails have since been skied (skier tracked) so it’s in great shade. The beautiful forest sheltered me from the 36 km/h wind.
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Shirley posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 1 week ago
We skied the full Beaver pond trail on Mon. 23rd. Certainly agree with previous post, trail that crosses Creek has never been groomed, I don’t think this year. Information of this should be posted at the parking lot and it would be nice if there were MAPS available, as we don’t ski this area very often. There was fresh snow overnight, trail was…[Read more]
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A. King posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 1 week ago
We skied the full 13km Beaver Pond trail on Saturday the 21st. The loop that crosses the creek and back is definitely not groomed and wasn’t marked that it was closed where we entered it at the “7” marker. When we exited at the “8” it said trail closed. Woops! Luckily it was a beautiful day to track our way through a 3km foot path…
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks ago
From Edward Zwingerman on Monday afternoon:
Skied Beaver and Squirrel. Conditions good but not great. Needs a little more fresh snow. Hills are hard packed but not icy so very fast but doable. Safe if you can snow plow. Skate skiing looks a bit better but far from ideal. With the terrain and scenery it’s still worth the drive. -
Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The classic tracks are in very good condition with the odd wiggle here and there. Beware of 2 rocks in the tracks. The skate deck is a mixed bag with some good areas and some not so good.
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Ivan McMorris posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Happy to report that Grand Beach trails are in excellent condition. Classic track is great, skate track is okay, looked like 1 skate skier had been through. Beautiful day in the woods
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yboat posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Jan 3, 2023. Trails are in marginal condition, fair would be generous. Not sure what’s happened to the ability to groom Grand Beach (seem like they started to pack a foundation, and then left it a chunky mess). It’s still a nice trail and forest of course, but the lack of good tracks is a major disappointment.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 4 weeks ago
A post on the A Cross Country Ski Club Facebook group dated January 31 says: “I skied Grand Beach this morning. Track was patchy with lots of snow on top. Some parts seemed skier-made. Regardless, it was a great ski.”.
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Olli posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Skied Beaver minus the beaver dam loop. Classic is skier tracked, but worn, skate has some old base groomed before last snow falls, but not really skiable. Lots of boot marks/hiker damage. Good amount of snow, just needs grooming.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 5 months ago
From Edward Zwingerman on Thursday evening:
Skied Beaver and Squirrel trails today.
The snow was beautiful. Probably groomed a while ago but very skiable. No grooming for skate skiers. Conditions were great for hills, no debris or rocks. Trees were snow laden and picturesque. -
Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 5 months, 1 week ago
2 inches of snow fell on today’s (Thursday) grooming but is now skied in. The Beaver trail is packed but not track set between Jack Pine junction and where it joins with the Squirrel Run.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 6 months, 1 week ago
From Chris Green on Sunday afternoon:
Beaver Trail. Enough snow for tracks but tracks were chopped up badly by a couple hikers. -
Ria Siminig posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 6 months, 1 week ago
Skied Boulder Hill this afternoon, most of the trail is not groomed but had fun lots of fun 🙂
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yboat posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 1 year, 1 month ago
It was optimistic to hope that the province would’ve groomed Grand Beach, or even plowed the road to the trailhead. A single track went out-and-back up Blueberry, not sure where to. And a couple of snowshoers. Great snow cover. Such a shame the province can’t do better with these trails.
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aalguire posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 1 year, 1 month ago
Skied Lester Beach access, then Boulder Hill trail, then South Beaver Pond trail, back to Lester – 11k total. No recent grooming but trails are in pretty good condition. Definitely skiable and lots of fun!
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Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 1 year, 2 months ago
Parks’ answer as to why the north end of the Beaver Pond trail was not groomed this winter:
“North of the creek has been difficult to access with the groomer (due to low water level and access/egress onto & off of creek). 4×4 trucks get back in there in the fall and have made a terrible mess of the trail with large ruts throughout the area. We a…[Read more] -
Julien Bédard posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 1 year, 2 months ago
I was glad to hear the trails were groomed March 10. Unfortunately they were covered with a fresh coat of snow by the morning of March 12. It was a great ski day nonetheless.
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Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 1 year, 2 months ago
Parks has informed me that they plan on grooming the trails today. They are also planning on attending the CCSAM Grooming Workshop at Windsor Park. Let’s hope this leads to new grooming equipment for Grand Beach. The present groomer is from the ’80’s.
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…forgot to mention that the north Beaver Loop is only groomed up to the hut, then snowmobile/skier tracked through the creek and beyond.