AnthonyKW posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 week, 5 days agoSkied Bluestem this morning. From the stables to Griffith’s Hill was decent, occasionally blown in, but a few skiers had already rediscovered a single track. From Griffith’s to Chickadee parking lot the tracks were almost entirely snow covered and often blown in. It was a bit better from the parking lot back to the stables. The good news: lots of…[Read more]
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Windsor Park Nordic Centre 3 weeks agoSkied at 9 this morning. Trails were being groomed. Green was finished, and Jim was working on Blue. By the end of my ski, Blue Oval, Black Diamond, and Dog Tooth were finished, with Jim heading for Deer Leg. What was groomed was excellent for classic, and the pristine corduroy for skate looked tempting, but far too cold for skate. Those looking…[Read more]
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 month, 3 weeks agoFrom Birds Hill Park: “park staff have started to pack the trails today. More snow will be required to properly track-set the classic trails.”
Good to know! Any word on the Group Use road for skating?
Great question – I wish I knew. What I posted is the only comment they gave me.
Chris, I asked when they anticipate the group use road will be ready for skate skiing. They replied: “hopefully by end of day tomorrow. Staff are working on all the trails.”
Hopefully the spruce trail will also be ready
Chris, Id be surprised if Spruce was ready.. a friend I road race with and I rode our cyclocross bikes down that trail before the weather got cold.. its surprising how deep the ruts are on that trail.. Id guess we need the same amount of snow again to make it smooth.. I could be wrong though…
Thanks for the update!!
AnthonyKW posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 10 months, 4 weeks agoExcellent conditions for classic. No grooming has occurred on Group Use Road or Spruce for skate.
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Grand Beach Provincial Park 11 months agoHas anyone been to Grand Beach or know of the conditions there?
Trails were groomed today. They are on good condition.
AnthonyKW posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 11 months, 1 week agoConditions are excellent at the park. All classic trails have fresh tracks, and so far the wind has had no negative effect. The Group Use Road, along with the little loops off of it, has also been groomed. As of noon today, the Spruce trail had not been groomed.
AnthonyKW posted an update in the group
Grand Beach Provincial Park 11 months, 1 week agoA couple cm of new / blown in snow on trails this morning. Poor for classic and skate at this point.
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 11 months, 2 weeks agoVery good conditions at the park today. -17 and sunny. Skied Bluestem, Chickadee, and Spruce.
Bluestem and Chickadee are in great condition. The left-side tracks have a cm or so of powder that hasn’t been skied in, but the right tracks are well skied in. Green wax was mostly satisfactory, although at times I wondered if blue wax would have been…[Read more]
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 11 months, 3 weeks agoSkied Aspen this morning. The good news was there was at least 5cm of fresh snow on the trails as of 930am. The unfortunate thing was of the 3 other people I saw on the trail, all of them were breaking Park rules on ski trails. 2 people were skiing with off-leash dogs, while the other was dog sledding, weaving in and out of what remained of the…[Read more]
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Sandilands 11 months, 3 weeks agoSkied Purple, Green, and Yellow at Sandilands today. ~1cm fresh snow on the trails.
The recent snow on Purple and Green was well skied-in and these trails were in good condition.
The yellow trail is in need of grooming. It was somewhat skied in, but not enough to prevent the skis from wandering out regularly. Some of the descents on this trail…[Read more]
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 12 months agoSkate skied the Group Use Road and the Spruce trail at the end of Nimowin Road. Temp was -10 with 1-2 cm of new snow. Spruce was in good condition. Trail was firm, mostly level, and reasonably fast. Little evidence of inappropriate use (walkers, snowmobiles). It is shallow in places, with occasional debris and grass poking through. The Group Use…[Read more]
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 year agoAs Chris Ashley said, the classic trails are in great condition. I would add that the group use road was also groomed for skate skiing. It is also in very good condition. Thanks to BHP staff for readying the trails in time for the weekend.
AnthonyKW posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 year agoWent for a chilly, slow ski at BHP. From the Chickadee parking lot, Chickadee looked to be the only trail with skied-in snow. Chickadee was mostly good, relatively speaking. Slow, a little blown in in spots, but as good as can be expected at -27 with new snow, recent blowing snow, and no grooming in a month. Esker, as seen from the point where the…[Read more]
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 year agoSkated the group use road and classic skied lime kiln and esker today. -4 on arrival this morning, -12 when I left.
The group use road is nicely packed. I suspect it has been groomed more recently than the Park’s last update suggests (Dec 18) as there was evidence of hard corduroy in some sections and it was well packed. Much better condition…[Read more]
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 year, 1 month agoClassic skied Esker this morning, and skate skied the Group Use Road and new Spruce trail out and back. The MB Parks update says Esker is “hard packed, bare patches,” (https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/parks/recreation/trail_conditions.html) with last grooming date Dec 18. I found the tracks to be surprisingly good, and fast for -23 (good grip with green…[Read more]
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Grand Beach Provincial Park 1 year, 1 month agoClassic skied Jack Pine, Blueberry, and Boulder Hill. Fresh 10cm of snow on the ground rendering the tracks hard to find. These trails were skier tracked by the four of us there this morning. Poling is decent from previous grooming. Very little in the way of the rocks or debris others commented on poking through anymore. Conditions will probably…[Read more]
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Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 year, 1 month agoSkied Bluestem today. Heading east from Chickadee parking lot, the trails have been wrecked by snowmobilers as soon as Bluestem merges with Aspen. Once passed the ranch, where Bluestem veers off from Aspen to the north, it is as it was: still fairly well skied-in from fellow skiers with sections of good gliding, especially considering no grooming…[Read more]
Anita & I skied Bluestem on Thursday afternoon. We agree with AnthonyKW — it has a very good skier-made track.
Apparently, the snowmobile “damage” on Chickadee and Aspen were park staff. Those trails are packed full width, perhaps in preparation for setting a shallow track by pulling a tracksetter behind a snowmobile (versus using their large and…[Read more]
Where to Ski in Manitoba!
The park should groom it again obviously but they won’t until next week. There should be user fees/seasons passes in place so the park could finance better maintenance and oversight of the trails. Seems to be what’s done in Ontario and Minnesota
Well, perhaps they’ll groom again and we’ll be pleasantly surprised. I do agree that an additional fee for more frequent ski trail grooming seems like a good idea, provided it ensured more reliable / frequent grooming, and I suspect most skiers would be happy to pay. However, we may then have to complain about inappropriate trail use (walking,…[Read more]