100 Children Taking Part in Jackrabbits This Year

100 Children Taking Part in Jackrabbits This Year

by Mark Avery and Jason MacDonald We are now at the half-way point of our Jackrabbit lessons! We have had a tremendous turnout this year with 100 skiers taking part! It truly is great to see so much interest in ‘our’ sport. Having so many skiers is great but also...
Sawmill’s Trails Back in Shape After January Thaw

Sawmill’s Trails Back in Shape After January Thaw

by Fred Scheel The skiing at Sawmill Nordic Centre has been very good for the most part. Our new PistenBully is working well and most of our groomers have finished their training on the machine. The January Thaw that we experienced over the last two weeks of the month...
Heads Up When Merging … Even on the Ski Trails

Heads Up When Merging … Even on the Ski Trails

by Tom Hakala, Bruce Ski Club newsletter editor I was skiing at Sawmill the other day and decided to take a shortcut between trails. The transition trail I was on ‘T’s into a main trail right at a curve. For whatever reason I had my head down as I merged into the main...
Bruce Ski Club Goes Strava

Bruce Ski Club Goes Strava

by Mike Campbell Have you ever wondered how fast you ski the trail system, or how today’s ski compares to yesterday, or even how fast you skied the Grunt compared to other skiers in the club. You can find out all of these details through a smartphone app called...
From the President, February 2018

From the President, February 2018

by Mike Campbell Greetings fellow ski enthusiasts! We are at the midpoint of our ski season, and to date we have had almost 60 days of our trails being open for skiing. Grooming has been a real challenge lately, with the lack of snow and January thaw. However, it...

Fri 9 Feb 8:29pm

Skiing this weekend should be exceptional. I skied this afternoon and the classic and skate trails were wonderful.We will touch up the trail tomorrow if need be, Take advantage of these very nice snow conditions this weekend. Enjoy, Fred