Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park grooms 34 kilometres of trails for winter use. Since 2019-2020, the park has had new grooming equipment and is now grooming 28K of trails with a single classic track beside a multi-use track — skate skiing, snowshoeing, fat biking, and walking. Snowshoeing and fat biking can usually occur on a skate track without negatively impacting it.
The Dunseith trail south of the Adam Lake shelter and the John Lake trail (6K in total) are narrower, so they are only packed.
There is a new warming hut down at John Lake, where previously there was only a three sided shelter. It features a skylight and the tiniest wood stove ever. The new cabin marks the end of the line; the old trail along the US border is no longer maintained. But less than 1K south of the Vista Trail & James Lames Lake Trail intersection, there is a new Canntastic trail connecting over to the south end of Dunseith. The new map at the trailhead reflects this change, but the small maps at trail intersections do not.
Adam Lake Trails map (January 2022)
The rustic James Lake cabin, 5.5 km from the Adam Lake trailhead, sleeps ~12 people, is free to stay in, but must be booked with the Boissevain District Office 204-534-2028. There are also new Adventure Huts.
The local ski community has an excellent relationship with the Turtle Mountain Park staff . The trails are consistently well groomed.
Turtle Mountain Nordic Ski Club’s Facebook page
Turtle Mountain Nordic Ski Club’s Instagram page
Trail Conditions reported by Manitoba Parks.
Trail reports produced by Turtle Mountain Provincial Park staff can be viewed by clicking the Maps tab, below.
See below for reports submitted by skiers.
Maps List
- March 8 trail report (234.8k)
- February 29 Trail report (235.1k)
Overall Fair conditions, Feb 29 activities included snow-comb of trails, new Set Track
New snow forecasted for the weekend
- February 13 Trail Report (234k)
No improvement to conditions - No grooming since Feb2 - trails hard packed and ice covered - very little new snow - conditions are rate Poor
- February 1 trail report (232.7k)
- January 26 trail report (233.6k)
- January 23 trail report (230.8k)
- January 17 trail report (854.5k)
- January 9 trail report (109.6k)