https://ccsam.ca/members/chris-ashley/activity/ Activity feed for Chris Ashley. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:20:25 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.4.0 en-CA 30 hourly 2 bd684ecaf13171e82855afdf8d03c04c https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/9982/#acomment-9983 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:24:13 -0500 How about the GUR for skate?

In reply to - Alison Steele posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park Monday afternoon Aspen was freshly groomed, but Bluestem and Esker were not. Tracks are still good although getting wide in a few spots. Lots […] ]]> 20dd5022afb27140b1eb0992b1f5bfb8 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/9811/ Sun, 26 Feb 2023 23:23:35 -0600 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…

]]> 0 3acb8a49a6f14a4a75feb656ca0631c8 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/9665/#acomment-9668 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:13:35 -0600 Parks says it was groomed but it wasn’t…I was there Sunday, and it was in the same shape it was the previous weekend.. similar was stated about Spruce Trail for skate as well.. seemed they did some classic on Friday and didnt bother with the skate trails..

In reply to - Kevin Miller posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park Birds Hill Park, Tuesday afternoon, -10°. Skate ski on the Group Use Road and the two internal bays: 5+ cm of snow has fallen on the park […] ]]> bba89abb924336b8bdb9cff89671f1df https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/9658/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 23:01:50 -0600 Sunday skate at BHP, evident it hasnt been groomed for a while.. the report says it was groomed on the 20th, but it sure didnt seem like it.. hard packed up the middle, loose snow on the edges… in all honesty looked the same as it did the previous weekend I was there.. still good conditions and no boot traffic which is always a nice bonus…

]]> 0 5902e311e4444c80880f4ec4f2b12450 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/9132/#acomment-9144 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 23:14:00 -0600 Probably got a bit to go.. once all that fluffy snow settles, there really isnt much out there.. packing and grooming would at best be on grassy snow still.. not to mention all the gravel cart paths in the golf course… we need that same amount again Id suspect…Some people have been out to Beaudry, and there was a picture I saw of Larters with…Read more

In reply to - Novice Skier posted an update When will Windsor Park be open? Has it been groomed yet ]]> b757ac8739e811c2e9dff30f4c7a1c03 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8879/#acomment-8884 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:33:28 -0500 Good to see Im not the only one who feels the same about the brown piles… as a responsible dog owner at least knock it off… dogs don’t do their deal and run at the same time…

In reply to - Kevin Miller posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park 15 members of Nature Manitoba’s Grey Hares skied Aspen, Chickadee, and west Bluestem on Wednesday from 11:30 to 2:00. We saw the groomer and […] ]]> 94de5bb0b019f718c6be078eb93b1a08 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8879/#acomment-8880 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:53:48 -0500 Anything done to the GUR or just classic trails?

In reply to - Kevin Miller posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park 15 members of Nature Manitoba’s Grey Hares skied Aspen, Chickadee, and west Bluestem on Wednesday from 11:30 to 2:00. We saw the groomer and […] ]]> ce2b4c6bd124d162300cfc852d7a7b4d https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8815/#acomment-8821 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:34:51 -0600 Call em what you want.. they destroy groomed ski trails…

In reply to - Kevin Miller posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park The following posts appeared on the A Cross Country Ski Club Facebook group on Monday: “With the warmer weather, we have run into hikers (even […] ]]> d114eef4a808bbf7d91c435ca000858f https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8815/#acomment-8817 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:35:57 -0600 3 weeks + still to ski, and the trails are already done for… Didn’t BHP actually have a skier enforcement? I thought I heard something about that… I can’t see it being useful when said hackers..er hikers think they own the ski trails…

In reply to - Kevin Miller posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park The following posts appeared on the A Cross Country Ski Club Facebook group on Monday: “With the warmer weather, we have run into hikers (even […] ]]> 2a9d44bb35b5aeb173626fb6f13c89ab https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8802/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:02:38 -0600 Skated BHP Group Use Road, all good.. track is firm up the middle from use which is expected, still some corduroy along the edges.. fairly quiet in in there at 330 today.. 2 people walking there dog up the side of the road on the corduroy..I just can’t be bothered saying anything anymore…its pointless…

]]> 1 cc7d53a196fbcb059851399638ad39b0 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8758/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:35:45 -0600 Skate at BHP is excellent.. still some corduroy left on the edges.. center was firm with the a small dusting of snow.. and yes… there was hacker err hiker marks down the skate lane…

]]> 0 4df98f0b8360f082983879ddc8733324 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8552/ Sun, 30 Jan 2022 01:51:20 -0600 BHP trails are great are great with minimal debris in tracks (Chickadee/Aspen/Esker) Very light snow falling but didnt effect glide (still using CH4) used the skins today , some drag, but minimal.. should really quit being lazy and get the waxable skis going…

]]> 0 3a2b45956c9e205e9d7fa41e60cdb9ca https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8378/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 01:11:50 -0600 Just did 3 classic laps of Wildwood.. track is there but in several places starting to get blown in (mostly along oakenwald and the inner loop where its more exposed to the wind).. Skate lane narrows in places and overlapped the classic trap from the blowing snow.. deep snow along the right most track as well for poling.. its all from the blowing…Read more

]]> 0 442057411c0e3239991c8f0facb1ca26 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/8186/#acomment-8206 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:35:54 -0600 Where is the entry point etc for this? Thanks

In reply to - Brett S posted an update A new skate ski and classic ski system has been groomed at the old Southwood Golf Course by the University of Manitoba! Grooming was completed December 31. ]]> 79c8200f60f4b697023dc678deea6201 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/7026/ Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:40:47 -0600 0 cc89087d8b0c4bd73d56d18cc7b51d32 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/6346/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:49:06 -0600 Blue stem and Aspen this aft still holding up well… downhill is hard packed… some darker areas exposed on downhill I basically skidded around the corner to follow bluestem.. Aspen shows its wear in places… parking lot full, but Blue and Aspen were pretty quiet this afternoon.. lot half empty around 330 when I left.. park patrol sitting right…Read more

]]> 1 739262e2d9699b244f12283818c129f5 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/6315/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:20:42 -0600 Skated BHP Group Use Road.. overall good.. it is hard packed and needs snow and a grooming for sure.. best part of the whole day was the park official at the Chickadee parking lot entry stopping you as you went in and asked if you were there to ski or walk…

]]> 1 4d55537f632b6917dc8054730f739b92 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/6259/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:58:14 -0600 0 60e606be0c906610799a4eb6bd9f8454 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/6185/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:15:23 -0600 Birds Hill absolutely packed but no one hiking on trails!!! YAAY!!! Now we just need more snow.. My first classic ski of season as Ive been skating.. you can def tell the trail system has taken a beating and we need more snow.. for the most part OK, about 45 mins into my ski could feel things softening up. Need snow…

]]> 0 78e35f9f5f7878381ccf7e3470cb49a2 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/6044/#acomment-6055 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:44:30 -0600 The free for all precedence has already been set, no going back now! The problem the way I see it is, we didnt get snow early this year, the ski trails were never groomed, so the hakers basically overtook the XC trail system and Group use road.. now they more or less feel they own it. The only thing that’s gonna stop it is for parks to step it up,…Read more

In reply to - giardino19 posted an update Have read many reports regarding misuse of ski trails at BHP. In our time there this year it is obvious more signs won’t help. The STAFF has to be out communicating with the public at […] ]]> c2ef97064388c39712536a1c7c53c59b https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/6034/#acomment-6041 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:34:52 -0600 Yep.. get used to it unfortunately.. we can all rant and complain all we want here, the park can put up signs, electric fences etc etc nothing will change. There is a comment down the page where a skier encountered 3 people walking on Aspen who more or less say they know they are walking on a ski trail and don’t care… the signage obviously…Read more

In reply to - sigurdson.b posted an update BHP Chickadee and Aspen were sidewalks early 800 AM this morning after Sat and Sunday, Chickadee pretty well destroyed. Is this normal for BHP….I encountered a few walkers on the […] ]]> af1ac282d5b234f7c560a8aea056f0cb https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/6005/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:33:12 -0600 0 c848032f57502b2ecedcf12963c0886e https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5921/#acomment-5922 Sat, 26 Dec 2020 01:31:12 -0600 Thanks for the update Anthony… was planning to get in some good quality skis from Sat-Mon at the park, but I’ll head elsewhere now… Merry Christmas!!

In reply to - AnthonyKW posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park Was at the park yesterday. The GUR was in perfect condition. Today at 430pm it was as bad as I have ever seen it. Footprints that have sunk […] ]]> 3ae7a3afaf2c7d1270214174a9777878 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5870/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:34:43 -0600 Drove through St Vital Park on way home..classic tracks were there, but blown in where its open…

]]> 0 b1695b19e7aba5413115c00d8c5644cb https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5847/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:30:16 -0600 City of Winnipeg webpage says city park trails are open.. don’t know if anyone can verify? Might stop by St Vital park on way home and take a peak.. also any updates on Grand Beach? The way that system was moving Grand Beach/Pinawa area should have been hammered hard…

]]> 0 b5844125c15dbbd35c880af95d81fe70 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5783/#acomment-5784 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:02:02 -0600 Just got an email from Joanne as well.. seems they have a plan… more snow please

In reply to - Kevin Miller posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park Early this morning I was contacted by Joanne Podolchuk, Birds Hill Park District Manager. Park staff will start packing ski trails today, but […] ]]> f39ccb0a9514529952e4e68ef5c018a2 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5777/#acomment-5781 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 22:32:53 -0600 Too me, it seems that the Group Use Road is the least “understood” to be a ski trail.. we are never going to get rid of people on there for sure, but if the park would put signs up saying hikers stay to the right or something.. I hope the classic trails don’t get hammered this year with walkers.. theres no classic track set so maybe I can see why…Read more

In reply to - Chris Ashley posted an update in the group Birds Hill Provincial Park BHP Skate on Group use Road… while as other posts have mentioned, for the lack of snow its actually good… minus the fact that I was out […] ]]> 9cd9646631d85fb67af2a127918c9d7e https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5777/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:59:30 -0600 BHP Skate on Group use Road… while as other posts have mentioned, for the lack of snow its actually good… minus the fact that I was out numbered by about 10 to 1 with the amount of people walking on the road.. conveniently right up the middle where the skate track is… some girl when I was leaving made a comment along the line “there are…Read more

]]> 2 528dc71d07cec196d5bd8cff7df7a515 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5681/#acomment-5767 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:12:18 -0600 Looks like a we’ve got some decent snow coming between today and Wednesday, so hopefully we will get a nice XC trail Christmas present…

In reply to - Brett Smith posted an update Brand new to cross country skiing. Bought classic skin skis from Sampson’s a few days ago and eager to get out and learn. Played hockey most of my life and snowboarded so I’m hop […] ]]> 5fcea922caf5e9a9e10e7bc7012a0d72 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5681/#acomment-5684 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 18:03:18 -0600 Most of the trails around here are pretty flat in the city, so all depends on where you live and how far you want to drive..Wildwood and Windsor Park are flat, Windsor Park you can go in and out of trails along the Seine River for some more fun.. Wildwood is flat.. Birds Hill Park is also very nice once groomed, there are over 40km of groomed…Read more

In reply to - Brett Smith posted an update Brand new to cross country skiing. Bought classic skin skis from Sampson’s a few days ago and eager to get out and learn. Played hockey most of my life and snowboarded so I’m hop […] ]]> a283fff86d4e3690cf46d7a8db7201c5 https://ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/information/activity/p/5646/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:59:19 -0600 Can anyone comment on the La Salle river these days??

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