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Comment on Wildlife Sightings by Craig

Craig — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:42:05 +0000

Are you sure it wasn’t a fischer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_%28animal%29

Didn’t think wolverines were this far South.

Comment on Parkways to Open to Cars May 4 by none

none — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:02:31 +0000

Yuk…

I was just having fun bringing my kids up there!

they finally made it all the way up to Blacks!

now, I wouldn’t dare take them up there with all the crazy drivers we now have in this city. Back to the Wii I guess…

Comment on Wildlife Sightings by Dan Quinn

Dan Quinn — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:19:45 +0000

Saw my first wolverine today in the park! Sighted at dusk near the visitors centre – climbing a large tree. Seriously exciting stuff.

Comment on Loop and Looped by Charles Hodgson

Charles Hodgson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:49:38 +0000

I’d actually assumed that (though I perhaps wasn’t clear enough in what I said). Since the last place to melt is near the top of the Fortune Lake hill, and the Fortune Lake hill is part of the “north loop” in a cyclist’s eye, that meant to me the entire parkway system was available for riders.

Funny how through my skier eyes “north loop” equates more to “the doldrums” between P8 and P9.

Comment on Loop and Looped by Jo-Ann

Jo-Ann — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:24:12 +0000

A small correction, the ENTIRE parkway loop is clear for cycling, not just the north loop. It’s pretty cold out there now, though, and those downhills will be pretty chilly!

Comment on Ski Season Over by Darrel Newman

Darrel Newman — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:35:15 +0000

And hiking season begins

Comment on Spring Melt by Jo-Ann Holden

Jo-Ann Holden — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:09:37 +0000

It is wonderful to hear that the NCC plans to promote spring skiing this year! We skiers are also very grateful to Demsis for the excellent grooming this ski season. This year it has been a joy to ski in the park. Does anyone know when the grooming contract comes up for renewal?

Comment on Spring Melt by Bill McGee

Bill McGee — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:42:53 +0000

Went to the Fire Tower from P12, waxless, on Wednesday 7 March. Slow. Trail 40 was fine. Ridge Rd. has skidoo tracks to and from McKinstry, and bicycle tracks(!) between the Wolf trail and old trail 16 along Ridge Rd. A few skaters passed me.

Comment on Rounding Off the Roundtable by Charles Hodgson

Charles Hodgson — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:58:22 +0000

A note on trail #6 from Park Management:

“This information [about trail #6 being re-classified as backcountry and not groomed] is not quite exact. In other words, the NCC hasn’t committed to making trali #6 an ungroomed trail. We are not saying that we will keep grooming it either, we are just reflecting on the different possibilities. If we were to take an official position on such a change, we would go out and get the opinion of a bigger part of the ski community. Keep in mind that even at the Park Dialogue meetings, such questions faces different point of views.”

Comment on Rounding Off the Roundtable by Sean

Sean — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:11:47 +0000

There is a large and growing number of fatbike/snowbike users in the National Capital Region. These are mountain bikes specially built to use extremely wide rims and super large low pressure tires, which spread out the contact patch across loose terrain like sand or snow. These tires effectively float on consolidated/compacted snow rather than sinking in and leaving ruts like regular bikes.

A group of us is hoping other park user groups will support us in our efforts with the NCC to allow winter use on the snowshoe trails only (70/71 & 74/73). These bikes have been successfully integrated into Nordiq areas like Grand Targhee , video below:

Interested to hear your opinions and concerns of why fatbikes should not be able to share in the Park experience on the snowshoe trails.