Mar 10 (5M, 3w) by Craig Storey 
from South: Stadium 
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: Suuronen/Mallory Loop, #1: Owl to Morrall (H to X), #4: JHus to Weber Pond (A to K), #4: Morrall to Weber Pond (K to X) [0km], Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
From Claudia Van Wijk - "Back from Whistler in time to join Stefani's final Jackrabbit picnic on Sunday up at Nakkertok. Lucky enough to also fit in a personal ski. Was thrilled to see how much snow there still is here. A few bare spots inspired me to shovel snow last night before the freeze-up. I knew Marc was grooming overnight, so went back to check it out this morning. And I have to say the skiing at Nakkertok couldn't be better. This is on the upper trails, above the stadium up on the ridge and beyond. The highlight though, are the trails north of the OWL Cabin, as there seems to be twice as much snow in this upper reach. Marc groomed the Morral Loop wide enough to allow a skate track next to the classic - spring skiing at it's best."
Mar 7 (5M, 4w) by Sheila Kealey from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: Ice Storm Loop, Sunrise Loop, Jackrabbit Loop, Suuronen/Mallory Loop, Stadium, #1: Stadium to Owl (D to F), Warm-up Loop [0km], Glide Wax: Vauhti blue, Grip Wax:
Surprisingly good conditions on Saturday morning! Fresh grooming and fast between 9-10, then starting to slow over the day with the warm temps. Most trails had thin but decent coverage, with just a few obvious bare spots. Crust skiing on Weber Pond was amazing.
Mar 5 (5M, 4w) by Steven Paradine from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: #1: JHus to Stadium (A to D), #10: JHus to Stadium (A to D), Stadium [0km], Glide Wax: Swix red, Grip Wax: klister
[Skied Thursday Night] There is still good skiing at Nakkertok. The conditions were fast with hard packed snow. The XC Ottawa duathlon was run last night on well prepared trails. Snow is disappearing and there are bare patches starting to show through but skiing should be great for the last Jackrabbit classes.
Feb 21 (5M, 1w) by Steven Paradine from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: Sunrise Loop, Stadium, #1: Stadium to Owl (D to F), #1: Owl to Morrall (H to X), #4: Morrall to Weber Pond (K to X), #24, #8: JHus to Weber Pond (A to L) [0km], Glide Wax: N/A, Grip Wax: Vauhti Orange Fluoro
Wonderful skiing! Main trails are groomed. Back trails around Morrall loop are not groomed but tracks still there from before. Setting out the Mini Hans Weber Loppet. There are some fun bumpy downhills for next weeks course!!!
Feb 17 (5M, 2w) by Craig Storey from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: #1: JHus to Stadium (A to D), Ice Storm Loop, Sunrise Loop, Jackrabbit Loop, Suuronen/Mallory Loop, Stadium, #1: Stadium to Owl (D to F), #4: JHus to Weber Pond (A to K), Warm-up Loop [0km], Glide Wax: Fluoro's required., Grip Wax: Hmm..couldn't guess!
Skied just about all the trails today while towing the little guy and the trails are in great shape. No grooming yet, Dirk's a bit busy but I'm sure it will be groomed by someone soon which will make skiing excellent. The fresh snow covers the tilled, old (fast) snow base and made things slower as the temperature warmed to +2C. There were no icy or bare spots and the trails were perfectly level and obviously well maintained since Easterns. I recommend doing a few loops.
Feb 11 (6M, 3w) by Sheila Kealey from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: #1: JHus to Stadium (A to D), #10: JHus to Stadium (A to D), Jackrabbit Loop, Stadium [0km], Glide Wax: Vauhti blue, Grip Wax: Superbinder/carrot
Excellent skiing this morning at Nakkertok! The piston bully was out early going over the 5km race course early this morning, so you\'ll find it in great shape. There were no classic tracks set (maybe they\'re getting ready for a high school race?), but I was skiing classic and it wasn\'t a problem given the soft surface.
Feb 7 (6M, 3w) by Steven Paradine from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: #1: JHus to Stadium (A to D), #10: JHus to Stadium (A to D), Ice Storm Loop, Sunrise Loop, Stadium, #1: Stadium to Owl (D to F), #1: Owl to Morrall (H to X), #4: JHus to Weber Pond (A to K), #4: Morrall to Weber Pond (K to X), #16, #18, #20, #1 Between Q & Morall Cabin, Jackrabbit - @ Owl Cabin [0km], Glide Wax: N/A, Grip Wax: Teho Binder, Vauhti carrot top covered with Swix blue-green multigrade
Trails are well groomed especially with the lack of snow. Southern trails up to and including Morrall loop (#1,#4) are freshly groomed fast with hard granular snow. Basebinder is needed for skiing any distance. I skied North to Lamouroux and had a riot on the bumpy fast trails - one of the best skis this year. The trails north of Morrall loop are not groomed but are in fair condition with only a few rocks/bare patches and ice showing through.
Feb 4 (6M, 4w) by Steven Paradine from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: #1: JHus to Stadium (A to D), #10: JHus to Stadium (A to D), Stadium [0km], Glide Wax: N/A, Grip Wax: basebinder covered with carrot top
Skiing on Wednesday night the trails were in good condition - excellent grooming with some dirt showing through.
Feb 2 (6M, 4w) by Steven Paradine from North
from North Trails Skied: #1 - A,B,C,D,E,K, Beaver Valley Bridge, Yipe, #13 - J,Y,G,F & Awesome Hill, Thea's Way, #5, Jackrabbit - NakNorth Field [0km], Glide Wax: N/A, Grip Wax: basebinder covered with carrot top
With limited snow and less grooming equipment available the trails are still good for skiing. There are a few icy patches and sections of partially washed out trail. Jackrabbit classes were held here on Sunday 31st Jan.
Feb 1 (6M, 4w) by Jo-Ann Holden 
from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: Ice Storm Loop, Sunrise Loop, Suuronen/Mallory Loop, Stadium, #1: Stadium to Owl (D to F), #4: JHus to Weber Pond (A to K), #18, #24, Jackrabbit - @ Owl Cabin [0km], Glide Wax: old!, Grip Wax: Swix Blue minus 5 to minus 15
(Not really sure exactly which trails we skied on!) The grooming was from yesterday's races and was rock hard, a bit icy actually. But the new snow on top made it quite pleasant, and each loop was more enjoyable than the previous one. There was a high school group having a lot of fun training in the stadium, elsewhere the trails were very quiet and relaxing.
Jan 31 (6M, 4w) by Craig Storey from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: Sunrise Loop, Jackrabbit Loop, Suuronen/Mallory Loop, Stadium, #6 [0km], Glide Wax: Vauhti Speed Green, Grip Wax: Vauhti Super Binder + Blue Klister base, covered with Vauhti K18
The next few days would probably be a great time to ski at Nakkertok. Today was the mass start classic race at Eastern's held there. The conditions were excellent as they were able to make the thin base into nice level and well formed tracks. It was fast and firm with a few dirty and icy spots, but nothing that can't be stepped around. These trails are just fun to ski!
Getting grip today wasn't hard, keeping it on was and making it fast was. The snow was abrasive and a binder required. Haven't heard of Vauhti K18? You will. Think Carrot on steroids.
Getting grip today wasn't hard, keeping it on was and making it fast was. The snow was abrasive and a binder required. Haven't heard of Vauhti K18? You will. Think Carrot on steroids.
Jan 29 (6M, 16h) by Sheila Kealey from South: Stadium
from South: Stadium Trails Skied: #1: JHus to Stadium (A to D), Jackrabbit Loop, Stadium [0km], Glide Wax: Vauhti green, Grip Wax:
Bundle up! Teams are arriving as far as Yukon for the Eastern Canadian Championships. The Nakkertok crew is doing a great job getting the courses race ready. The stadium area was looking great this morning. The 5km race loop track is generally a pretty hard surface - some areas a bit icy, and some ice chunks that will probably be worked out once the final grooming is completed. The windblown snow (e.g., Powerline climb) is sandpaper slow in some spots.
