March 18 - 22 Ski Report

Thursday March 19 - Dave Meservey, Bill, Barry & Pete met at 10:00 for a ski up Kawartha to Wolf where Bill decided to ski on Wolf to Trillium because snow was clumping on his ski, we continued to ski on Kawartha to Owl where Pete skied back to Wolf & Trillium, Barry & Dave skied Kawartha to Trillium where they met Bill before meeting Pete at Adam Scott. Barry & Dave skied Adam Scott, Fisher & Beaver while Bill & Pete continued down Trillium to Beaver. All these trails had been groomed & trackset but while the new snow was a bit sticky overall the conditions were still very good.  We met Bill McKnight & John Crawford & his daughter-in-law & grandson in the chalet.

                                                               Kawartha at Red Fox

 Wed March 18 -5 skiers met in the chalet for a ski. As the photos show amazingly we had a superb day of skiing. We skied together on Peanut, High Rd, Beaver, Trillium to Kawartha. Barry Arndt & Peter continued to ski up Trillium for a ski on PL & Owl returning on Kawartha Wolf, Trillium & Beaver to the chalet. Pete & Dave skied Kawartha, Wolf, Trillium & Beaver, completing the Tanney Loop. All the trails we skied had been freshly groomed & trackset.  

                                    Dave skiing on Kawartha, a winter wonderland!

Pete, Barry, Peter, Dave Calvert & Arndt at Beaver & Trillium

Ski Report March 9 - 15

Tuesday March 10 - Ii was a lovely spring like day so instead of skiing I cycled 13 km on city streets.  

March 10 selfie, I need a longer arm!

Sunday March 15 - I skied in the afternoon. The trails were covered in powder snow that fell after they had been groomed. I skied Peanut, High Rd, Beaver, Trillium, Adam Scott, Deer, Olympic & Jam. The snow was starting to stick to my waxless skis near the end but the skis were still gliding. This could be the last ski day of the season, stay tuned!!

Ski Report March 3 - 8

 Tuesday March 3 - Today 9 skiers met in the chalet for a ski up Kawartha to Owl where we split into 2 groups. Peter, Gord, Dave Messervey & Bill Hardwick skied Owl, PL, Trillium, Adam Scott, Fisher & Beaver for a ski of 16 km. Dave Calvert, Blake, Dale, Garry & Pete continued up Kawartha to Trillium to Beaver & a return to the chalet for lunch after skiing 11km. As the photos show conditions were very good as Kawartha, Trillium & Beaver had been groomed. Warm temperatures & rain are forecast for the next few days so will wait to see what happens to the snow base on the trails

                                                        Kawartha @ Red Fox

Kawartha @ Wolf

Thursday March 5 - I met John Crawford & Bill McKnight in the parking lot as they were leaving.

The  trails were a bit soft as the temperature was 4 C but my waxless skis were still gliding nicely. I skied up Kawartha to Red Fox which had been groomed so with the soft snow it was a relatively easy ski on this winding, narrow trail to Trillium & up to Adam Scott which had been groomed for a ski all the way down to the Laderach cabin then Deer & it's steep downhill run to Kenner, Rabbit & up to Beaver for a relaxing ski back to the parking lot. 

 

Red Fox

Ski Report Feb 24 - March 1

Tuesday Feb 24 - 11 skiers met in the chalet including John Cameron, Barry's cousin & Gord a friend of Peter's. Arndt described the conditions as the best yet. Everyone skied Peanut, High Rd, Trillium to Wolf. Peter, Arndt, Dave Messervey, Bill & Gord skied Wolf, Kawartha, Owl, PL, Trillium to Wolf where Bill & Gord continued to ski down Trillium while the others skied on Wolf to Kawartha S for a return to the chalet. Pete, Dale, Barry, John, Dave Calvert & Blake skied up Tanney for a ski down Kawartha to Wolf where Barry, Dale & John left to ski on Wolf to Trillium to Beaver while Pete, Dave C & Blake continued on Kawartha for a fun ski down to the chalet.  

                                                      Peter & Arndt on Owl  

                                                      skiers @ Kawartha & Peanut

                                    Dave Calvert & friends on Kawartha at Owl

                                              John Cameron skiing down Kawartha

                              Barry, Dale, Dave & Blake on Kawartha at Wolf  

Thursday Feb 26 - Once again conditions were superb, all trails were groomed after an overnight snowfall. Pete skied up Kawartha to Red Fox which had been groomed to wind up & down thru the woods to Trillium, up to PL, Owl & back to Kawartha for a return to the chalet after a ski of 16.5 km.  

a PL gully 

Sunday March 1 - Another good ski day ay KNSC. Pete skied Kawartha, Wolf, Trillium, Kenner to Fisher for his 1st ski in 2 years down & up 2 steep gullies to Adam Scott, Deer, Sugar Shack & Beaver for a ski of 14 km 

Adam Scott downhill slope that starts at Fisher

Dave Messervey, Arndt & Dale also skied & Dale sent me these photos 

 

 

  

Dec 3/25 - Millbrook Valley Trails hike

 On a brisk overcast wintery day we met at the Millbrook Mill Pond for a hike on the linear 3.0 km Baxter Creek Trail & the 1.4 km Grand Trunk pathway. The Baxter Creek trail starts at the edge of the woods on the SE corner of the pond park. The trail had a cover of hard-packed snow as it winds it's way thru deciduous & cedar woods, wetlands & beside the creek eventually crossing the 4th Line to The Grand Trunk pathway that leads to the 1865 GTR bridge. On our return we walked around the small pond to the path on the eastern side of the fishing pond thru the parking lot & across the 4th Line to the Baxter Creek Trail & a return to Millbrook for lunch at Moody's. In the wetland areas there are many boardwalks & 2 bridges over the creek. We recommend walking thru the parking lot to access the trails south of the 4th Liner rather than the continuation of the Baxter Creek trail

 Peter Hamley, Barry Diceman,George Post, Frank Marett, Dave Messervey, Gordon Powell

                                                                      Baxter Creek

Railway bridge over Baxter Creek

Thursday Nov 27/25 - South Drumlin walk

 Pete MacLoghlin, Barry Diceman, Dave Messervey & Blake Frazer did a 5 km hike on the Trent U South Drumlin Trail. The weather cooperated until a light snow squall struck on our return walk beside the canal. The trail begins at the bend of the Rotary trail from Nassau Rd & after a 100 metres starts to climb gradually up to a ridge overlooking the canal that takes you eventually thru an old orchard down to the Thompson Creek dam & south to a city park. At the NE corner of the park there is a rough trail that leads to a peninsula on the east shore of Thompson Bay. From there we walked to the SE corner of the park onto the 13th green of the Peterborough Golf Club. On our return we walked on the trail between the canal & the drumlin which ends after passing under the Nassau bridge at a wide gravel path that goes to Nassau Rd. If the weather had allowed we might have continued walking south on the golf course to the gravel path on the west shore of the canal that ends at Parkhill Rd 

                                     

                                                 Thompson Bay from the peninsula trail

                                            

                                                                 golf course 

                                          

Swans on the Thompson Bay shoreline

Thursday Nov 20/25 - Christine Bentham Hike

We decided to take advantage of another gorgeous fall day by exploring the trails of the 137 acre KLT Christine Bentham nature preserve just south of Burleigh Falls featuring a mature deciduous forest, 1200 feet of shoreline on Clear Lk & large limestone ridges. Starting from the parking lot on Juniper Pt Rd we walked the 0.7 km Juniper Point Trail to the 2 km circular Michael's Limestone Ridge Trail where we walked on the eastern section down to the Kawartha Park Trail for a short hike to the 1.5 km Ruth's Wetland Explorer Trail which takes you to the Clear Lake shoreline & wetlands before returning to the Kawartha Park Trail for a return to the Limestone Ridge Trail where walked on the western section to the Juniper Pt trail & a return to the cars for a walk of 5.0 km.  After the hike we had lunch at the Canoe & Paddle pub in Lakefield. The trails are well marked & maintained with boardwalks & bridges over the wet sections. These trails can also be accessed from Kawartha Park Road. Roger's Trail is another path from Kawartha Park Rd that goes to Clear Lk & continues along the shoreline to Sandy Point. 

                

               Blake Frazer, Alan Ingram, Barry Diceman , Pete MacLoghlin on the Clear Lk shoreline

        Barry, Blake, Alan, Frank Marett at the Juniper Pt & Limestone Ridge trails junction 

Clear Lake inlet on Ruth's Wetland Trail