Dec. 23, Still No Skiing

Sorry folks, but we still don't have enough snow to ski on. Over the past couple of days, we've received just a light dusting of new snow, so the ground is white, but it's definitely not enough to ski.

Do the snow dance!

Rather than getting more snow, we have been losing it with these mild temperatures. The week ahead looks to be mostly mild, so it's not likely to add to our snow base. The trails are ready, as soon as we have sufficient snow.

Sat. Dec. 8, 2018 - Still not enough snow

The temperature is nice, at -6, and we had a dusting of snow overnight. But there is still not enough snow on our trails for skiing. Keep your fingers crossed, and do the snowdance!

Dec. 5 - still no skiing

Over a week has gone by and we're still in a non-skiing mode. In fact, we've lost snow everywhere, so there are a lot of bare spots.
One thing we did, beginning December 1, is implement a closure of part of the Bruce Trail main trail to hikers, so it will be open only to skiers once the snow arrives. An alternate route for hikers and snowshoers has been opened, as well as the winter-only Peter's Path snowshoe trail. So, if you're a hiker as well as a skier, come on out and have a look at these new walking trails, just for a change of scenery.

November 24 - No skiing please

In spite of my post last weekend that our snow cover is not sufficient for skiing, I'm seeing evidence (ski tracks) that people have been here skiing over the past couple of days.
Although we have snow on the ground, it is very thin. There are rocks and roots just below the surface. At this time, I DO NOT RECOMMEND SKIING HERE. I don't want anybody getting hurt, so please wait until we have sufficient snow cover.
This afternoon, I cleared a large tree that had fallen on a downhill section of the trail. While I was there with the saw, I took down two other standing dead trees so they won't fall on the trail later on.

November 17 - there is snow, but not really enough

Someone skied here today and it wasn't me. But I don't think it was a very satisfying experience. We have about 10 cm of snow on the ground, but the bottom 5 cm is very wet - almost slush - sitting on unfrozen ground. If I were you, I'd wait a while before skiing here.

Map Updated

I have now placed an updated version of our trail map as a page in this blog. I'm sorry that the definition is not better. The blog required the file to be in jpg format, which doesn't give very high definition. A clearer version of the map, in pdf format,

is available on the Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club website.