Kichi Sibi Winter Trail
@wintertrail.bsky.social
A free and welcoming urban winter trail in downtown Ottawa Ontario Canada
Current Trail Conditions: snow is hard but wonderful. Classic tracks are excellent. With the cold over the night, it is beyond the capacity of our grooming equipment to make a noticeable difference so we are going to hold off.
February 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Current Trail Conditions: snow is hard but wonderful. Classic tracks are excellent. With the cold over the night, it is beyond the capacity of our grooming equipment to make a noticeable difference so we are going to hold off.
Managing and maintaining a multi-use urban winter pathway in support of walkers, bikers, snowshoers and skiers is not easy. Does it mean extra grooming? Of course it does! But you’re worth it. Wintertrail.ca/donate @jleiper.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Managing and maintaining a multi-use urban winter pathway in support of walkers, bikers, snowshoers and skiers is not easy. Does it mean extra grooming? Of course it does! But you’re worth it. Wintertrail.ca/donate @jleiper.bsky.social
Saturday plan: the trail is getting heavily used and it is the weekend. We want to stay on top of maintenance. Two machines deployed.
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Saturday plan: the trail is getting heavily used and it is the weekend. We want to stay on top of maintenance. Two machines deployed.
Snow grooming underway in support of @westborobeachca annual winter carnival. For details: www.facebook.com/share/p/18Co...
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Snow grooming underway in support of @westborobeachca annual winter carnival. For details: www.facebook.com/share/p/18Co...
Current Conditions: Stunning.
(Doing a bit of Touch-Up Grooming)
(Doing a bit of Touch-Up Grooming)
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Current Conditions: Stunning.
(Doing a bit of Touch-Up Grooming)
(Doing a bit of Touch-Up Grooming)
Day was spent doing centre lane cleanup.
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Day was spent doing centre lane cleanup.
Wednesday Update: nearly done. Lots of track to go around.
February 11, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Wednesday Update: nearly done. Lots of track to go around.
Wednesday Plan: not a crazy amount of snow but certainly enough to make for a very long wonderful day.
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Wednesday Plan: not a crazy amount of snow but certainly enough to make for a very long wonderful day.
No grooming today. We are going to wait until the storm has run its course.
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
No grooming today. We are going to wait until the storm has run its course.
Current Trail Conditions: Cleaned up the centre lane from Westboro Beach to Onigam street. Reset track where needed. Sun is out and warming up.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Current Trail Conditions: Cleaned up the centre lane from Westboro Beach to Onigam street. Reset track where needed. Sun is out and warming up.
Map of what got groomed. see green
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Map of what got groomed. see green
Done for today. Pretty much everything got touched. See green on map. And it is warming up out there; especially with the intense sun light.
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Done for today. Pretty much everything got touched. See green on map. And it is warming up out there; especially with the intense sun light.
Sunday Plan: despite the cold and the wind, our plan is to provide as much fresh grooming as possible for the afternoon crowd. It is the weekend after all and our grooming team were impressed just how many users were out yesterday.
February 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Sunday Plan: despite the cold and the wind, our plan is to provide as much fresh grooming as possible for the afternoon crowd. It is the weekend after all and our grooming team were impressed just how many users were out yesterday.
Westboro Community Association. Thank you for your support. @jleiper.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Westboro Community Association. Thank you for your support. @jleiper.bsky.social
Saturday Grooming complete. We stayed away from windy sectors. Will be back at it tomorrow.
February 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Saturday Grooming complete. We stayed away from windy sectors. Will be back at it tomorrow.
DYK: Champlain Park Field house is open 10am-2pm on weekends to warm up or depart from. Warm,spacious, clean washrooms….and we groom right up to the door! @jleiper.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
DYK: Champlain Park Field house is open 10am-2pm on weekends to warm up or depart from. Warm,spacious, clean washrooms….and we groom right up to the door! @jleiper.bsky.social
No plans to groom until after the snow is down.
February 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
No plans to groom until after the snow is down.
Minor design changes to the Remic Rapids sector. We are curious to know what you think. (We were finding the corners on classic tracks too tight and made the decision to soften them.)
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Minor design changes to the Remic Rapids sector. We are curious to know what you think. (We were finding the corners on classic tracks too tight and made the decision to soften them.)
Thursday Plan: course redesign happening for the Remic Rapids sector today. Try it this afternoon and tell us what you think.
February 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Thursday Plan: course redesign happening for the Remic Rapids sector today. Try it this afternoon and tell us what you think.
Current trail conditions: still more to do but things are really looking nice out there. And the sun is making a brilliant appearance.
February 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Current trail conditions: still more to do but things are really looking nice out there. And the sun is making a brilliant appearance.
Wednesday Plan: after a day off, we will be out inspecting the entire network and grooming where needed. With weather like this, we want it nice.
February 4, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Wednesday Plan: after a day off, we will be out inspecting the entire network and grooming where needed. With weather like this, we want it nice.
Sunday Plan: Keep the horses in the barn. Current trail conditions are excellent and hitting it with a machine would only make incremental improvements; or at least not enough to justify the fuel costs.
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Sunday Plan: Keep the horses in the barn. Current trail conditions are excellent and hitting it with a machine would only make incremental improvements; or at least not enough to justify the fuel costs.
Grooming done for the day. See green for what got touched today and yellow for what we did yesterday. All good. This puts us in good shape for Sunday.
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Grooming done for the day. See green for what got touched today and yellow for what we did yesterday. All good. This puts us in good shape for Sunday.
Weekend Plan: with the warmer temperatures in the works, we anticipate higher usage. We plan to do some touch up work, and maybe reset some classic tracks, to make it extra nice.
January 31, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Weekend Plan: with the warmer temperatures in the works, we anticipate higher usage. We plan to do some touch up work, and maybe reset some classic tracks, to make it extra nice.
Current k-trail conditions. Still holding up just fine! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
January 29, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Current k-trail conditions. Still holding up just fine! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.