Sandilands

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.?

Trails were very good to excellent here Sunday. The Red Trail has not been groomed past the Horse Pond.

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]

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.
“Worth the drive”.

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]

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.

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.

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]

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!

https://sandilands.ca/the-trails/ says that all trails except Red and Orange were groomed on Friday.

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.

https://sandilands.ca/the-trails/ indicates that the Green/Purple/Grey/Black/Yellow were groomed on Saturday.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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]

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.