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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 1 month, 3 weeks agoFriday 6-9pm. Classic tracks good, icy and some side crust in sunny sections, hard snow in shaded. Red wax worked well over a 15 km ski. GUR skate track looked awesome. Not many people out at the best time of evening. Would have stayed longer to do some skate skiing after dark , but did not pack donuts and coffee. Dumb… Fail…
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Windsor Park Nordic Centre 1 month, 3 weeks agoBasically 0 conditions in the afternoon . Tried some different waxes but nothing really worked well . Finally went with Swix for dry snow and that worked out ok with skate poles for icy places . Suns rays are beating down in sunny areas and eroding the trails and in shaded areas trails are dry still. Probably best to go after sunset and colder…[Read more]
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 months agoFriday 7-930PM. Tracks are holding up very well, but icy in most places. Definitely klister time.
Did the double pole thing on skating skis, with occasional marathon skate on uphill sections. Worked out well. Skate track is hard . A bit slow by usual spring standards , but still very good . Probably will last til May at this rate of melt . Thnx…[Read more] -
Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 months ago3-6:30 PM Fantastic afternoon in BHP . The trails are in good shape, slightly glazed ,icy in most sunny areas, but the suns rays havent done much damage yet. The cool weather is offsetting the usual erosion and soft trails at this time of year. Purple wax gave good grip , alternated with double poling in iced over areas. West Bluestem is great,…[Read more]
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 months, 1 week agoFast trails ,slightly glazed , partly icy in sunny areas which make for good double poling. The skate track has about 2cm of soft snow still not packed down under hard pack, but should make for fast skating once a few more users pack it all down. As evening wore on, I was doing mostly double poling. Very enjoyable spring skiing. Enjoy the weekend.
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 2 months, 1 week agoTraks are good. The evil spruce cones have been covered up by the recent snow. A partially eaten deer carcass on the Aspen trail just 100 yds east of the GUR parking area. Coyotes in the park? Hope not.
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Yup. Lots of tracks in the vicinity of the carcass Friday a.m.
Trails haven’t been groomed in a week but they are very quick [-10c at 8:40 a.m.].
Icy sections. Love to double pole.
Esker hill and the run out to the reconnect with Chickadee – beautiful! -
Sure is coyotes! They must have made the kill last Thursday at 10:30pm. I was out skiing Esker and they starting howling and yipping like crazy! It was quite a large pack and I was surprised how long they were howling. I wondered what was going on.
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Was out til 930PM tonight , heard some barking but not any howling from a group. Was hoping this was a deer injured by a car and made its way back into the woods and maybe some crows or small animals picked at it. Because it was not fully eaten. I think a pack would have eaten most of it. If its a coyote pack Im not sure if the trails would be…[Read more]
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They are in there… I remember skate skiing in a few years ago and stopping for a drink, and 2 were in the bush giving me the stare. there are also Black Bear in the park.. my friend has seen them while MTBing… someone I work with lives in Beasejour has seen dead bear on the side of the road at the 44/49 intersection.. they are all out there!
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 5 months agoTrails have all been groomed and are in good shape.. GUR is fully groomed for skate skiing.
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Assiniboine Park 5 months agoThere are groomed classic and skate trails in the field between the footbridge and Pavilion. Park off the drive near the footbridge and trudge south about 25 feet through foot deep prints to get to them. They are not easily visible from the road.
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 5 months agoTrails are fine. Lime Kiln has been groomed. Skating path is ungroomed 🙁 . Dont know why this wasnt groomed. If enough skaters would come out and pack the 2-3 inches of snow down , would probably be ok, but not counting on that anymore,as in past seasons. Restaurant was open to public. Only a few skiers out today.
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Lots of snow this past week, very frigid temps, many windy days => lots of blowing snow => it made sense to wait until Friday to groom for the extra long weekend. With everything else that had to be done in the park on the Friday before an extra long weekend, perhaps there wasn’t enough time, or perhaps it’s unlikely many people would choose to…[Read more]
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Bert Graef posted an update in the group
Birds Hill Provincial Park 6 months agoSaturday 4-630PM. The west bluestem trail is still in very good shape and well defined and fast . Only slightly glazed with the odd bare patch and still easily avoidable . East bluestem is ok also, but west is the fastest. Used a bit of sticky wax and skating poles to double pole half the time. Lots of traffic on the main road, but Chickadee lot…[Read more]
