Shannondale

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Hello Cross Country Ski Folks,
Yes, our trails are all groomed and ready for your challenging efforts.
The weather is excellent too!

We are building stamina to last a lifetime!
Put another way,…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Saturday morning:
Yes, the trails will be fresh set this morning
The temp is forecast to drop one degree per hour today.

The wind seems to be unaware of the forecast ho ho!
Yes!
Fresh Snow!
Lets go go go!
Davvid!

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Hello CCSki folks!
Here is a look at the weather:

There is a little fresh snow on the “were fully groomed by Gord” Classic trails.
We will groom the Classic tracks early Saturday morning.
The…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Ho ho! Hi ski folks,
Gord & David here,
Yes, Gord has been packing and Ginzu grooming the trails here!
Gord will be setting the Orange Classic tracks in the morning.
And then all the trails here will be ready for your “self health building efforts”!
Ho ho ho! Where is that global warming when we need it?…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Saturday morning:
Hello Ski folks,
Seasons Greetings to all folks,
Gord and I will be grooming our Shannondale CCSki Trails when needed.
The snow is adequate!
Come and enjoy the challenges, the great outdoors spaces and the fresh air!
Ho ho, And the weather is always changing,…[Read more]

It was a clear, crisp day when 5 Charleswood Ski Club Members arrived at Shannondale to temps ranging from -18C to -16C. The cold was never an issue as we were very sheltered in the valley so very little wind. We were greeted by David, as usual, always a pleasure to have a chat with. David and “Groomer” Gord are magicians who make trails that…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
David and Gord here,
Yes, we have adequate snow to make very good trails. 
Gord and I groomed all Skate and Classic trails today. 
And yes, we are delighted to present the best trails that we can make to all CCSki folks that come . 
Skate Trails are 104″ wide, one pass,  groomed and level, snow comb sur…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Hello CCSki folks,
All trails are excellent with 99.44 one hundredths percent adequate snow.
Where the wind was strongest, skiers tell me that a few tufts of grass is showing.
The weather forecast is included and to be considered eh?…[Read more]

A friend talked to “Gord the Groomer” on Friday evening at 8:00 PM:
“… he reports that the classic track has become quite icy with the extremely warm temperatures earlier in the week. He’s been able to scratch up the skate deck to make a reasonable skate trail but, without a little more snow, hasn’t been able to renovate the classic track. Tha…[Read more]

The snow at Shannondale yesterday was even nicer than last weekend – tracks were firm but hills were almost butter in places. Had another great ski around all the open classic trails, but the skate grooming looked excellent too. Finally tracked down Dave hand off our donation in person and got the full update on life, the universe and everything.

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Greetings to Cross Country Skiers!
Ho ho ho, David and Groomer Gord here,
The Shannondale Trails have a full & just adequate coverage of snow for trail making and skiing.
The ski trails surface is presently a bit crusty .
Gord and David will be grooming the home 80 acres of about 20 kms in the early…[Read more]

Had a great ski at Shannondale on Sunday. Even though the blue trail (a fave) is not fully open yet, there are lots of km of trails ready to ski — I had forgotten there were so many.

They’ve received sufficient snow to make for nice grooming throughout, with good coverage even on all those steep descents. I appreciated the chance to get my cou…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
There has been sufficient snow for Ranger Gord to make good skate and classic trails. 
More than 20 folks have been skiing here. 
The temp and sun have made the trails fast . 
When skiing here, limit your skiing to this first 80 acres, sawhorses blocks are at the limit.  
Properties past the saw horses block…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Hello and welcome.
David and Gordon here,
It’s a new season!
Gordon packed the fresh snow on some of the trails this morning, Fri 12 Nov.
We moved some snow to the skimpy places this afternoon.
And Gord regroomed those trails this late evening.
Generally, Sat 13, you can skate ski where the Northwest wind…[Read more]