The Sandilands Ski Club grooms 36K of classic ski trails in the Sandilands Provincial Forest.
Sandilands Ski Club’s Facebook page (club member’s trail conditions reports, etc)
The two major parking lots (trailheads) will be cleared regularly. These are located across highway 210 from the Marchand Wayside Park and at the Yellow trailhead on highway 404. The Black trailhead lot may not be cleared.
You can purchase an annual Sandilands Ski Club membership (season trail pass) on the Membership page at sandilands.ca.
If you are not a Sandilands Ski Club member, a $5 day pass (trail fee) must be purchased in Marchand at the General Store on Main Street opposite the Wilderness Gate Lodge.
Non-members (of a CCSAM club) must sign the registry located at the Marchand General Store prior to every outing. Skiers who have not signed in before skiing are considered unauthorized trail users. All skiers acknowledge the risks associated with skiing and assume all risks in their participation
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Please enjoy our trails and thank you for your support!
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Sandilands 4 months ago
From Edward Zwingerman on Saturday evening:
Skied Sandilands: Grey, Green, Black. Enough snow, some debris, not recently groomed but nonetheless very good skiing conditions. Surprisingly very few skiers enjoying the wonderful conditions.? -
Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Sandilands 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Trails were very good to excellent here Sunday. The Red Trail has not been groomed past the Horse Pond.
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Alison Steele posted an update in the group
Sandilands 5 months ago
Fantastic ski on the exciting hills of Sandilands Monday afternoon! We skied the green and south leg of the black trail in a counter-clockwise direction…..so fun! Tracks were very good, although some tree debris, and footprints in the tracks on NE Black. The SW black trail was in better shape, and the views were amazing. Thanks to the Sandilands…[Read more]
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Sandilands 5 months ago
From Edward Zwingerman on Saturday evening:
Skied Sandilands today. Grey, Green, and Black. Nicely groomed, snow is perfect, hills are not icy. Beginning of Green is closed due to erosion on the hill, but easy to get around. Nice sheltered area to ski.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Sandilands 5 months, 1 week ago
13 Charleswood Ski Club members skied Sandilands’ Black, Green, and Grey trails on Saturday. Excellent conditions. Great weather.
As mentioned at http://sandilands.ca/the-trails/, the eastern section of Green-Purple was not groomed (and won’t be). Fortunately, the Grey trail is nearby and can be used to complete the big Green loop.
The wood…[Read more]
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Chris posted an update in the group
Sandilands 5 months, 1 week ago
Sandilands has groomed the majority of its classic tracks. sandilands.ca has specifics. Trails received about an inch of snow since last groom, but tracks are good overall. Parking lots are plowed.
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Chris posted an update in the group
Sandilands 6 months ago
Sandilands Ski Club Update:
Sandilands Forest trails are packed and waiting for more snow for tracking to begin. Quarry Oaks Golf Course has roughly half the trails tracked. See website for specifics. -
Elise Watchorn posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 2 months ago
We skied Red, Orange and Black today. Typical spring skiing: crispy in the morning, and then soft in the afternoon. There is still lots and lots of snow, and trails are mostly in good shape.
A section of the Black/Green trail had been torn up by walkers. When we got back to our car, we found a note on the windshield (written on a mask, ew) which…[Read more]
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Elise Watchorn posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 2 months ago
Everybody and their dog was out at Sandilands today, skiing every which way. Conditions were decent, with fresh snow over Thursday’s grooming. Nearly everything had been well skied in, and glide was good. Exceptions were Black (hadn’t been skied since the last snowfall) and Blue (hasn’t been skied in a looong time). Beautiful day!
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 3 months ago
https://sandilands.ca/the-trails/ says that all trails except Red and Orange were groomed on Friday.
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Earl Isaak posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 4 months ago
There is lots of snow, and a good firm base everywhere. We skied on the Green, Black, Red and Orange trails. There was fresh snow on the tracks, and on Black the tracked trail was pretty much invisible. Cold conditions and new snow made climbing hills easy, and we could double-pole down the steepest hills.
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Kevin Miller posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 4 months ago
https://sandilands.ca/the-trails/ indicates that the Green/Purple/Grey/Black/Yellow were groomed on Saturday.
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Floyd Reichel posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 4 months ago
Yesterday’s grooming on the green, black, yellow, grey and grey connector was excellent. There are a couple of new trail diversions (to bypass issues I’m guessing) on the northeast section of the green trail.
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Elise Watchorn posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 5 months ago
Purple, Green, Black, Grey and the Connector were excellent today. A pair of walkers had left footprints in places, but they stayed off the tracks and (mostly) off the pole plant zone. Snowy forest was gorgeous and the -19°C weather felt so much warmer than the last while.
We didn’t venture across the roads, but the Sandilands website in…[Read more]
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I did the Yellow trail in a clockwise direction and noticed that a new trail has been cut which bypasses the old narrow gully descent to the Yellow/Blue junction where removing your skis and walking down had been the practice the last few years. The new downhill is wide allowing for a person to snowplow safely so now you can actually ski down. Bonus!
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JRutledge posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 5 months ago
Skied the North end of the Grey trail and the Green trail. Grooming was very good with the addition of all that new snow. That fresh dry snow did make for a slower ski. Beautiful Sunny day!
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Smartin posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 5 months ago
Did a combination of green, black and purple today. Groomers were out and i think they got the core area plus yellow done. I can’t verify the red though.
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Smartin posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 5 months ago
Went this morning after reading Chris’ post and we were blessed with good trail conditions. Hats off to the grooming team that did a lot with little to work with. Rock skis not needed if you go on the groomed parts. We got in 12+ km without issue. Looking forward to tonight’s snow!
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Chris posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 5 months ago
I got a Christmas gift from the groomer in the form of a phone call and can provide some good news for Sandilands skiers. Partial grooming of the main trail network is complete. Details updated on website as soon as I got the call, but here’s the latest. Grey loop, grey connector, and green loop starting from yellow parking lot to southern warming…[Read more]
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Smartin posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 5 months ago
Just to confirm, there is not enough snow in Sandilands as of yet. Also, the Sandilands trails need a little more snow than normal due to the extreme ruts caused from ATV induced erosion on the hills over the years. I’m guessing another 15-20cm of snow would be needed before they could even think about grooming, but that might not even be enough.
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Spencer posted an update in the group
Sandilands 1 year, 5 months ago
Does anyone have a recent report on Sandilands?
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http://sandilands.ca/the-trails/ should be accurate. The guy who updates the website is diligent.
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Thank you!
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