Please also see

• Peter Sim's excellent descriptions of ski trails near Winnipeg.
• Darryl & Ed's Excellent Adventures while ski touring around Manitoba.
• Trail condition reports submitted by Manitoba skiers.

Some comments about some popular parks:

Beaudry

• Beaudry Provincial Park has 16K of classic trails. 

Birds Hill

• Birds Hill Park has 38K of classic trails, and the 5K Group Use Road loop is often groomed for skating. Since 2003-2004 there has been a new heated building at the stable area that is available for Park users during regular Park hours -- it has a common area and two wheelchair-accessible washrooms / change rooms, and there are some vending machines. Contact info: www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/popular_parks/birds_hill/info.html at the bottom of the page. Birds Hill Park's office phone number is 222-9151.

Grand Beach

• Grand Beach Provincial Park has 16K of trails that are groomed for both skating and classic. Contact info: www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/popular_parks/grand_beach/info.html at the bottom of the page.

Whiteshell

• South Whiteshell trail (part of the Trans Canada Trail -- 12K, links the town of Falcon Lake to West Hawk ) -- double tracked classic skiing, and has a little of everything -- demanding uphills, technical downhills, and cruising sections.
• West Hawk classic trail network (heads from West Hawk over to Falcon Ridge Ski Area, and then connects to the South Whiteshell trail).  In total, there is over 40K of trails.
• The classic intermediate 7K trail at Rennie (located at the Alfred Hole Goose Sanctuary) is an intermediate trail. It has a warm-up shack and outhouse about 1/2 way, with a lovely view over Jean Lake. The scenery and variety of terrain are awesome -- up rocky hills & down into marshy areas, with many evergreen trees.
• A great beginner-intermediate trail is at Seven Sisters. The trailhead is just in front of Jennifer's Restaurant on the main road of the town. The trail was historically 4K long for classic skiing. In 2006 they expanded it, and there are now three loops: a short (3K), a medium, and a long (7K) option. It is a fairly easy trail, but it has a variety of terrain and some really fun hills that allow for a long fast glide. The trail is mostly in the bush, but it passes the Seven Sisters dam where the Whitemouth River meets the Winnipeg River, so there is lovely open water to look at. There's also lots of wildlife: white tailed deer, rabbits, and bald eagles. The groomer is very meticulous, and quickly re-grooms after a dump of snow or after some snowmobiler has wrecked the trail.
• The classic intermediate 8K trail at Rainbow Falls (located between Jessica Lake & White Lake) crosses snowmobile trails and highway 307 in several places.
• The Pine Point Rapids trail, located between Betula Lake and Nutimik Lake, is a scenic 6.5K intermediate trail. It has a couple of intermediate hills on the way to the nice new warm-up cabin at the open water of the Whiteshell River. There is also an optional short hike up to a peak that overlooks the area. The surrounding forest has an astounding number of fallen trees from the windstorms that have plagued Manitoba the last few years.
• There is a 7K intermediate trail at Otter Falls. The trail is pretty, with big trees. This trail has only one or two intermediate hills on the return from a well equipped warm-up cabin that is shared with snowmobilers.
• Many Whiteshell Provincial park trails are not groomed as often as many other trails in the province.  
• See http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/popular_parks/whiteshell/winter_adventures.html  Click on Park Maps. 

Spruce Woods

• Spruce Woods Provincial Park has 60K of trails that are groomed for classic. Contact info: www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/popular_parks/spruce_woods/info.html at the bottom of the page.

St Malo

• St Malo Provincial Park has 6K of trails that are groomed for classic. Contact info: www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/popular_parks/st_malo/info.html at the bottom of the page. Trail map.

Turtle Mountain

• Turtle Mountain Provincial Park has 41K of trails that are groomed for classic. Contact info: www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/popular_parks/turtle_mtn/info.html at the bottom of the page.

   This page was last updated on March 12, 2009