Shannondale

From David Lumgair, Saturday 11:45 AM:
Good day eh!

Classic tracks full shape groomed with new snow,
Skate trails full new snow coverage and groomed,
weather cloudy and freezing, for Sat and Sunday,
“Fresh Air IS Health Care, Help Yourself “!
David!!

From David Lumgair:
Hello Spring CCSkiers,
David here,
Skate Trails have been refreshed by Gord, and are good spring ski doable.
Classic tracks can be refreshed and set when the 2″ or 3″ of promised snow arrives.
Follow the weather , eh!

We do make the best trails possible .
We strive…[Read more]

From Ed Zwingerman:

Saturday AM conditions were amazing, trails on blue Classic were good with only rare bald spots. Orange was the same. By afternoon it was slushy and a bit slow. Surprisingly good conditions for this time of year. If you get an early start it will be a great ski. Always worth the trip for the ski and visit with Dave.

From David Lumgair:

Shannondale has spring ccskiing for Mar 16, 17, & 18. dgl!
Posted on March 16, 2018 by David L.
Good day ccskiers, David here,
Shannondale has a couple inches of 10 day old snow . The 2 skate trails and the 3 trails will all be groomed on Friday. . Only a very few sprigs of grass will show, and we may get them covered. I…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Hello CCSkiers,
David here,

We are told that our Shannondale Trails are great.
Rick Wiens e-mailed yesterday afternoon: “I just completed a loop of the orange over my lunch. Fantastic!! ”

All trails were groomed Tuesday and the sun and weather have not interrupted the excellent trails conditions.…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Hi Fresh Air Enthusiasts!
David here,
Ski trails and Weather and 5″ of fresh snow and terrain, we have it all!
We are preparing for Cross Country skiing, all 30 kms of easy and challenging trails.
We all strive for excellence here!
There is joy in the striving, eh?
David !!!!
Ho ho!

From David Lumgair:

Hello CCSki folks,

Yes, all trail are groomed as of Thursday 7:00 PM, Feb 22, 2018.
Classic Tracks on all 3 trails are set up firm and full shape, and have a white lining after that last skiff of snow.
Both Skate trails were Ginzu snow comb packed on Tuesday and also have a white surface.
I suggest avoiding the approach to…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Hello ski folks,

This morning, A skiff of fresh snow refreshed the ski trails at Shannondale!
Skate trails were snow comb packed today, should be excellent, with exceptions of approaching Tarzan Ridge and.Wilson Meadow.
Some Classic tracks were skied in today.
We will…[Read more]

A report of trail conditions at Saturday’s Shannondale Ski Day:

From David Lumgair:

Greetings CCSki folks,
David and Gord here,

Ski Day is our event celebrating “Healthy Hearts Helping”! and much more too.
Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba will be accepted and receipted.
“Thank you” for your considerations.
[Poster:…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Ski Day cometh to Shannondale, on Saturday, Feb 17, 2018.,
and the weather looks like: Warmer!

Hi CCSkiers all,

David here,

And all trails will be the best we can possibly make them.
And that will be full shape track set on Classic Trails,
And shallow mellow…[Read more]

14 Charleswood Ski Club members skied at Shannondale on Saturday, primarily on the Blue classic trail. Conditions were excellent. It’s amazing how little snow you see along PTH3 on the way to Shannondale versus how much snow is on the trails — perfect, deep, chisled tracks. Of course David greeted us at the trailhead chalet, spent time with us in…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Greetings fellow CCSkiers.

Groomer Dave here,

Yellow and Orange Classic Trails are set up full shape great today !
Blue Classic Trail is in good shape now, and, likely, Ranger Gord or I will groom the Blue Classic by Saturday AM.
Orange and Green Skate trails were Ginzu/Skimmer groomed today, making wide level…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Hi all CCSkiers,

All Trails have new snow.
Both Skate Trails were packed and are Skimmer/Ginzu groomed 102″ wide , with a Shallow Mellow Ripple surface!
All 3 Classic trails have set up full shape today.
The Orange Trails Wilson Meadow has snow enough and are groomed for good skiing on both Skate and Classic!
We are…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Hello CCSkiers of Manitoba,

The Weather forecast looks like this:

And on all 5 trails, we will be grasp grooming, to hold that thar snow in place!
Trail Head…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Fresh Snow! Lets Go! Ski Shannondale!
Yellow Classic and Green Skate Trails set up great at dusk tonight

Hello CCSki Folks,

Trail Head Cabin and the Chalet in the Valley will both be warm tomorrow !

And the weather: not too cold with very little wind forecast here.…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:

Greetings CCSki Folks!

Trail Head Cabin and the Chalet will be warm for both Saturday and Sunday.

The quality of Shannondale Ski Trails have diminished just a little over the past week.
The popular medium skills Blue Classic Trail has pretty classic tracks most all the way..
We have been supplementing the snow on the…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:
Greetings Ski folks,
The temp was about +4 and with light cloud most of the day.
The weather outlook is like this: https://weather.com/en-CA/weather/hourbyhour/l/CAXX8880:1:CA
Cooler tomorrow and cooler again on Sunday.
Our Groomer Guy says the Trails are surprisingly good with some isolated exceptions.
He has groomed the…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:
Good Morning CCSkiers!
All trails at Shannondale will be groomed this morning.
Yes, there is a skiff of fresh snow and the temp is forecast to reach -12 degrees Celsius, with a little NNW wind in the open.
Trails are mostly in the bush, eH!
The hourly weather forecast looks like this.…[Read more]

From David Lumgair:
Greetings CCSkiers ,
All trails have fresh snow and all trails are fresh groomed!
The play area is groomed in front of the Chalet , for playing soccer.
The Chalet fire will have the place real warm.
And we will have weather: https://weather.com/en-CA/weather/5day/l/CAXX8880:1:CA
Yahoo!!
David !!