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Trails groomed again this morning, April 8. South-exposed slopes (Black Diamond, Creekside, Foxhole) are icy. otherwise conditions are remaining excellent for spring skiing.

Awesome ski in Windsor Park today, early afternoon, with my skin skis. Much appreciate the post-storm grooming!❄️

Thursday afternoon, -4° to -2°, sunny. Skate. A fair number of skiers, both classic and skate. Very good grooming, but the track ranged from very soft to moderately soft, which of course resulted in some loss of push power and also glide. I sure like skiing in these temperatures … on good snow … and in April.

Basically 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]

April 5: Snow storm grooming update. Even though we ‘officially’ closed 10 days ago, yes, we’ll be doing some trail packing today, followed by a more complete grooming after the snow system has petered out. (looking at forecast highs of 14C and 16C for early next week, with no freezing overnight, the window for decent skiing is becoming very s…[Read more]

Fresh grooming toady for all trails and skate lanes, Completed by 9Am. Excellent mid-winter conditions. blue to -pruple wax recommended. Have a great, sunny day!!

Fresh Grooming is underway as of 8AM Sunday. Trails are expected to be fully groomed by 10AM today.

Trails have been renovated each day this week. Todays conditions art he best yet! Groomers have been working magic with the old and hard snow conditions. Cassic tracks and skate lanes are in excellent condition. Come and have a wonderful, fast ski!

3 groups of people walking on ski trails in WP this aft… 2 families pulling their clhild in a sled while walking on the classic trails… a man and woman came up from seine river and proceeded to walk all along the blue loop then most likely into graveyard loop…

Trails freshly groomed as of Thursday. Classic tracks are in excellent condition, and are fast in today’s sunshine. Skate conditions are very good!

All trails and grids freshly groomed this morning. Conditions are excellent and all trails and creek crossings are open.

Louis Riel Monday: Light snow and high winds forecast for today and this afternoon. Fresh grooming will commence after this system moves on. Nordic center is open regular Monday hours til 10PM

Trails are in excellent condition. Ski-Play area has been freshened up. Moonrise and Big Dog creek crossings are in good, skiable condition. (no longer closed)

Fresh SNOW!! Grooming is underway as of 6AM SUnday. We expect all trails to be completed by about 10AM

Trails groomed Saturday morning. Conditions are very good. Not at all icy like driving the streets of Winnipeg might suggest. Snow is holding up very well. Jimmy’s dip creek crossing still open. Repaired /new lights on Black Diamond, Fox Hole Bump and Jimmy’s Dip. Trail lights on til 10PM daily.

Perfect grooming by 10:00 a.m. – classic tracks, skate deck and hills!!
Thank you Marlow!!

Classic trails are nice and tight. You can tell they have been recently groomed. They are not as icy as I anticipated but there is the odd leaf debris here and there. Overall in very good shape

Icy trails Thursday AM, but skate areas have been scraped. Conditions are good. Moonrise and Bigdog trails are closed due to flooding on the river crossings. Jimmy’s Dip river crossing is holding up well.

Classic groomed Feb 7. Skate freshened up Feb 8. Moonrise closed due to river flooding Feb 9. Downhill segment of Diamond Express trail re-routed / improved Feb 7.