Latest Kanata Nordic Grooming Reports..
Mar 9 (5M, 3w) by Devashish Paul 
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from Trails Skied: Kanata Lakes [2.4km], Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
As a follow up to Yves Fortin's recent Trirudy posting about conditions in Gatineau Park, I have to say my smiling muscles are sore too from the amazing skate ski conditions on the Kanata Lakes Golf course.
As many of you know, this land is public access from Nov 15 to April 1st as part of the historic agreement between the Golf course and the city of Kanata for this area to be used in Kanata's old "30% Green space requirement".
Anyway as day temps warmup and then things freeze over, we end up with a nice hard packed crust with just enough "bite" to keep things in control. Skiing is fast, furios and exhilerating. The beauty is that unlike being restricted to a road, trail, path or lane, you have the freedom to do the sport in any direction with the usual limitations that society imposes on us. I kind of equate it to open water swimming in a Lake where the only thing that restricts your path is perimeter of the lake and you can do "whatever you want".
Anyway, get out there early in the morning before the meltdown starts, because once things get slushy your just "break through" into the mush and then it just is not as much fun.
Enjoy while it lasts. I figure there just a few more days of the fun left! You live for days like these!
As many of you know, this land is public access from Nov 15 to April 1st as part of the historic agreement between the Golf course and the city of Kanata for this area to be used in Kanata's old "30% Green space requirement".
Anyway as day temps warmup and then things freeze over, we end up with a nice hard packed crust with just enough "bite" to keep things in control. Skiing is fast, furios and exhilerating. The beauty is that unlike being restricted to a road, trail, path or lane, you have the freedom to do the sport in any direction with the usual limitations that society imposes on us. I kind of equate it to open water swimming in a Lake where the only thing that restricts your path is perimeter of the lake and you can do "whatever you want".
Anyway, get out there early in the morning before the meltdown starts, because once things get slushy your just "break through" into the mush and then it just is not as much fun.
Enjoy while it lasts. I figure there just a few more days of the fun left! You live for days like these!
Jan 30 (6M, 4w) by Marlene Alt from YMCA Bonnenfant Centre
from YMCA Bonnenfant Centre Trails Skied: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 2/3, 3, 3A, 3B, 3C (Green), 4, 5 [6.31km], Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
Trails were rolled last night but there isn't enough base to set tracks at this point (this week's snow got blown over to the neighbouring farmer's field!) There are icy spots but skating should be okay.
Jan 29 (6M, 21h) by Marlene Alt from YMCA Bonnenfant Centre
from YMCA Bonnenfant Centre Trails Skied: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 2/3, 3, 3A, 3B, 3C (Green), 4, 5 [6.31km], Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
The training loop and parts of the field were groomed in the evening Wed Jan 27. Trail 1, 1A, 5 and 3 were groomed but not trackset. The base is hard with a machine groomed mix of fresh and granular snow cover. Conditions are good, however, there are some icy locations on the field and parts of trail 1 are flooded below relatively thin ice (in the swamp area, and at each end of the hydro line trail). Hills should be avoided. Dirt is exposed in limited locations.
This information is from Kanata Nordic (www.kanatanordic.ca/).
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