CURRENT UPDATE: Friday, January 27th 2012, 10pm
The trails are not in good shape at the moment, but they should get better over the next couple of days. We had quite a bit of rain after the snow today. What we really need is a couple of inches of snow and colder temps. We are getting snow now, but on Saturday it will be too warm for any grooming.
My plan is to try and do some grooming Sunday morning if the temps are below freezing. I wouldn't recommend skiing on Saturday, but maybe by midday Sunday we will have some portion of the trails in OK shape for skiing. Stay tuned. If in doubt, just give us a call.
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In the mean time we've been busy. We had another challenging year with the rain events in May and Irene in August. Our trails were hit hard by the rain storm in May. We have spent as much time as possible repairing the ski trails, but there is still work to be done that will have to wait til next summer, especially in the Northwest quadrant.
We will have some trail closures, and a new trail opening this year. In total we hope to provide 17km of groomed trails just for skiers, as well as the 3.5km VAST trail through our property.
The beaver pond at the North end flooded during the May storm and again when Irene came through. The bridge site at the North end is no longer safe to cross and has been closed indefinitely. For a number of reasons we have arranged to have a logging operation at the North end of our property this winter. Next year we hope to re-open the trails in this area.
This means the trails that are north of junctions 38, 39, 21, and 14 will be closed. We will have trail closure signs at all of these junctions. PLEASE respect this closure - it is for your safety. If you are entering the trail network from the North, use the VAST trail down to junction 14 and then get onto the ski trail network.
Isis, our friendly Newfoundland has been eagerly waiting for the winter snows.  |
Beaver Brook Farm Ski Trails is starting its 13th season of operation. Our goal is to create recreational opportunities within our working forest environment. In the winter that means providing high quality cross country skiing and snowshoeing on 20 km of well groomed ski trails. As well as assisting the local VAST snowmobile club on trail 145 that runs for 3 km through Beaver Brook Farm.
There is no trail fee, everyone is welcome, and trail maps are provided. The only thing we ask is that you leave your dogs at home and don't come out with just boots on - they do a lot of damage to the trails. Our hours of operation are from 8am to 4pm daily. Snowshoers are always welcome and in fact encouraged because they can really help pack the edges of the trails. Skate skiers are also welcome. Early in the season, the trails are groomed without tracks and all trails are open for skating. As the snow levels deepen and we start to double track certain trails, those are the ones we ask skaters to avoid.
Contact us anytime via email at: bbfskitrails@pivot.net
A big THANK YOU to our Fall trail work party volunteers pictured below.
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