Kevin Miller

Birds Hill Park, Wednesday mid-day, -10° to -8°, sunny.
Excellent skate skiing on the Spruce trail.
There is no change to the grooming on the classic trails. All are good to very good.
Kevin & Anita Miller

From Kathleen Brown, Birds Hill Park’s Park Manager, on Friday afternoon:
The Spruce trail and Group Use Road have been groomed. We did have a hydraulic hose break on the groomer while grooming this week. Therefore, on the Group Use Road there are some rough patches where we had to get equipment in to get the groomer, as well as clean up the f…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Greeting CCSKI folks,
Snow conditions are firm and white, and not icy.
And the weather looks ideal:

A little fresh snow has been blowing & has partially filled some of the Classic tracks.
We will…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Hello CCSki folks,
Trails are real good!
Shannondale Skate and Classic trails are mostly fresh groomed, Friday evening and Saturday morning.
For organized activities, check CCSAM website: http://www.ccsam.ca/
Cross Country Ski Association of Manitoba – CCSAM
Trailhead Cabin and the Chalet in the Valley will…[Read more]

From Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Wednesday morning:
The cross country ski trails were groomed yesterday. Carl was able to groom the Blue trail as well.

13 Charleswood Ski Club members are skiing at Turtle Mountain this weekend. On Saturday, we were fortunate that the temperature was just below zero to near zero, so the icy snow was softish in many places. Where it was hard-icy, it was treacherous.
Thursday’s grooming was a half trail width, which including one classic track. The classic tracks…[Read more]

9 Charleswood Ski Club members classic skied the 5K+5K Creek Trail and 5K inner loop on Friday afternoon near 0 degrees. Excellent conditions. Thanks for grooming on Thursday, Phil Froese!
A few sunny areas of the Creek trail were moist at the end of our ski, so they are probably now icy.

From David Lumgair n Saturday morning:
Heart and Stroke Foundation Ski Day Feb 18 2023!
Greetings CCSki folks,
Yes,” Fresh Air Is Health Care, Help Yourself!”
And we can help others too, we can aid research into heart and stroke ailments with donations to The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba
Opportunities are here at Shannondale, north of…[Read more]

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Good day to CCSki Folks,
Saturday Feb 11 and Sunday Feb 12 are race days here at Shannondale!!
Come, watch and enjoy the CCSki folks having fun and doin’ their best!
Skate Race start time is Saturday 12:00 noon, and Classic race start time is Sunday 11:00 AM.
The words from the organizers are to have no…[Read more]

From Syd Jones, Birds Hill Park’s Park Operations Supervisor, on Friday afternoon:
Trails have been groomed today and are in good shape.
Please come out and enjoy Birds Hill Park this weekend.

From Edward Zwingerman on Saturday evening:
Skied Sandilands: Grey, Green, Black. Enough snow, some debris, not recently groomed but nonetheless very good skiing conditions. Surprisingly very few skiers enjoying the wonderful conditions.?

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Hello CCSki Folks,
David here,
The weather looks real good for Feb 3 and 4:

Ho ho ho, lets go go go!
Groomer guys were out groomin’ today.
They were doin’ both Skate Trails and Classic trails.…[Read more]

From Syd Jones, Birds Hill Park’s Park Operations Supervisor, on Friday afternoon:
Trails have been groomed today and are in good shape.
Lets hope the windy conditions don’t cause any issues on the trails.
Please come out and enjoy Birds Hill Park this weekend.

A post on the A Cross Country Ski Club Facebook group says:
Skied Assiniboine Park on Sunday. Bumped into the trail setter which was cool and from what I could see I was the first person to use. Guess it pays to ski when it’s -40;)
I believe these are the first tracks of the year and so it was pretty slow/soft as the tracks aren’t packed from use…[Read more]

From Susie Strachan, Snow Motion Winter Dog Sports Club of Manitoba:
The Snow Motion Classic will be held on Sunday February 19 at Birds Hill Park’s Group Use Area 1 trail (“Group Use Road”). We have booked the trail from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM that day with Parks.
We are also holding a mock race for our club members on Sunday February 5 at 11:00 AM…[Read more]

From Karen Nilsson, President of the Lac du Bonnet Cross Country Ski Club, on Sunday evening:
The ski trails were groomed yesterday. The Yellow trail tracked very well where the truck had driven down it. The Blue trail is also tracked again.

From David Lumgair on Friday evening:
Greetings to outdoor enthusiasts!
Gord and David here.
Lotsa snow is here.
Many fellows are preparing the trails at Shannondale in preparation for:
https://www.ccsam.ca/event/provincial-championships/ on Feb 11 & Feb 12.
Trailhead Cabin and the Chalet in The Valley are intended to be warm for Saturdays and…[Read more]

From Syd Jones, Birds Hill Park’s Park Operations Supervisor, on Friday afternoon:
Victor’s team worked hard today to prepare the park for the weekend.
The roads have been plowed and trails are ready for use.
The fresh snow should improve the trail conditions. We apologize now for any problems the windy conditions cause. We tried to control t…[Read more]