Saskatoon Hiking and Skiing Meetup

We'll spend the day exploring the snowshoe trails from the south parking lot of Ebs Trails, 16 kms north of Duck Lake. We'll cover about 10-12 kms.

You can rent snowshoes from Outter Limits on Broadway. You'll have to pick them up on Friday because they don't open until 10 a.m. on Saturday. And call to check first.

Bring snacks, lunch, and something to drink. Dress in layers - the weather is will most likely be cold that day so make sure you have a warm hat, mittens, socks, and scarf or buff. We will however be sheltered as the trails are in the forest.

We'll meet at Tim Horton's in Lawson Heights at 10:00 a.m. to car pool. We should be back in the city by 5 p.m.

If you haven't paid your annual fee of $10 for the meetup, e-transfer to eneudorf@hotmail.com. Bring cash to pay your driver.

Please read event details before signing up.

This is an event for beginners*.

Hopefully there'll be enough snow on the ground to make this a good first ski event of the year. If we're lucky there'll be snow even before December 20th!

Holiday Park Golf Course has roughly 10km of trails, so we will try to cover 7-10 kms, which will take us roughly 2 hours. There's an easy loop and an intermediate loop. We'll do the easy loop first, and then those that want to can try the intermediate loop. The rest can keep looping around the easy tracks.

As the date nears I will give more instructions re: how to dress. Suffice it to say it'll be cold so be prepared.

*Those that have never cross-country (nordic) skied before should YouTube it and watch some videos on "how to". I can give some very basic instructions on the day of the event but I'm not an expert.

If you do not have skis, the best place to rent them is Eb's Adventures (near Idylwyld and 38th), but you will need to book them roughly 2 weeks in advance. Another place is Escape Sports on 19th Avenue, between Ave B and idylwyld. Cost of rental is roughly $30.

After the ski we'll go and warm up over a coffee at the newest coffeehouse in the city, The Colombian, right beside Las Palapas Restaurant on Victoria Street.

If you haven't paid annual $10 meetup fee please transfer to eneudorf@hotmail.com

As always, if you have any questions please reach out.
Edgar