That’s a wrap on the 2024-25 season. A massive thank you to our supporters for helping make our trail possible. 🙏🙏🙏

Our GoFundMe is so close to raising $11K for our trail this season. Wow! Thanks to all who have donated to support our operations and our goal to purchase new equipment. Any donations made to our volunteer run trail are greatly appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/grooming-o...

Our volunteers are out this evening getting the trail ready for the weekend. 🙌❄️

Report from the RWT this morning: conditions are awesome. Thanks to our team for grooming last night so that the trail would be in great shape today.

It was a dream to groom tonight and will be a dream to use tomorrow!

Saturday morning RWT grooming is underway. You can click here for live updates: nordic-pulse.com/centres/CA/O...

Tomorrow’s RWT Loppet: 🕙10 am start (check-in opens at 9 am) 🎿 A 2km or 11 km loop (not timed) 😀 It’s a FUNdraiser for the Rideau Winter Trail, with a focus on the FUN! ⏳Deadline to register is tonight at 8 pm 📋 For more info and to register: zone4.ca/register.asp...

Only two day to go! Trail and weather conditions look very good for Sunday and we hope you can join us for this fun community event that starts at 10 am. Please note that registration closes on Sat at 8 pm. Here is the link with more info and to register: zone4.ca/register.asp...

After cutting down many large snowdrifts this afternoon, our team was out tonight cleaning everything up and setting fresh classic tracks. Conditions should be good tomorrow, and will continue to improve this week as we get ready for Sunday’s Loppet.

The stickers for our Loppet participants have arrived!

We are expecting great conditions for our Loppet on Sunday morning at 10 am. Join us for this community ski (2 km and 11 km loops, both non-competitive), followed by cookies and hot chocolate. For more info and/or to register: zone4.ca/register.asp... 📷 from our 2024 Loppet

Snow is firming up nicely this morning but drifting is going to be an issue. Thanks so much to our team for their work over the weekend. We have a great base for our Loppet on Sunday.

Morning track setting from Donald St. to Bank St. completed. ✅ Happy Family Day!

Great to see all this snow, but the heavy amount poses some challenges to our volunteer team. We’ve rolled the trail twice today and again tonight. We think we’ll be able to set classic tracks between Donald St. and Bank St. early tomorrow but we shall see what the wind does tonight.

@rideauwintertrail.bsky.social tried the new pilot section of trail in Vincent Massey park today and found the sign! The trail was great.

Excellent conditions reported on the RWT this morning.

Cleaning up everything for tomorrow. A beautiful evening out. Note the proximity to Hurdman Station - it’s so easy to access the trail by public transportation! #rideauwintertrail #trailbyrail #ottawawinter

Please join us for this fundraising event on Sun, Feb 23 at 10 am. Fingers crossed - conditions are looking good (and nice winter temperatures, too!). All funds raised go to the RWT, to help us continue to bring the trail to the community. To register: zone4.ca/register.asp...

We enjoy seeing photos of trail users out enjoying our (second) trial of an expanded trail from Donald St. into Vincent Massey Park! 📷: Kelly McGurrin

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Lots of drifting snow last night made going a bit tricky in places but after multiple rolls, tracks were finally laid down from Donald St. to Vincent Massey Park. Here is a map of the temporary proof of concept. Let us know how you enjoy it (tags us in some photos to let us know it’s been used!).

Our shovel elves have been busy today, moving snow under bridges between Donald St. and Vincent Massey Park (even smoothing it out by side stepping it with skis, as needed!). Our team will be out setting tracks tonight and really appreciate this work by the shovel elves.

A huge thank you to our supporters, who play such an important part in the successful operation of our volunteer run trail. 🙏🙏🙏

Here’s Groomer Pete going under the Bank St bridge and on the way to Vincent Massey Park this morning. Whoo hooo! ✅ First roll of the day is done. ✅ A second one is planned for later this morning with tracks to be set this evening. We

The @rideauwintertrail.bsky.social groomers right now looking at the forecast (ok maybe me too)

📢 Lots of snow coming! We plan to do another extended grooming of the RWT to Vincent Massey Park on Thurs or Fri. We will post updates on social media, so stay tuned! We’re working on the logistics of making this extension more permanent.

Thanks for the @rideauwintertrail.bsky.social just across the Billings Bridge from my house. This is just the Western loop Bank to 417 including Mt. Hurdman. #ottSki

The RWT is completely run by volunteers and we rely on our fundraising to bring the trail to the community. If you’d like to make a donation, we appreciate contributions to our GoFundMe. 🙏 to our donors and to those considering offering their support! www.gofundme.com/f/grooming-o...

Ready for the weekend? The RWT is!

Friday night trail refresh in progress. Thanks to our volunteer team for getting the RWT ready for the weekend! ❄️

Evening track setting underway.

RWT board member @matfleury.bsky.social has reported that the conditions on the trail are great today! #rideauwintertrail #ottawawinter #urbantrail

The trail was groomed last night!

On Feb 23 we will be hosting our second RWT Loppet. Starting in front of the Rideau Sports Centre at 10 am, participants can choose between a 2 km or 11 km loop (non-timed). All ages are welcome to join the fun. For more info, please visit our website: rideauwintertrail.ca/rwt-loppet

Memories from our 2024 inaugural Loppet. Looking forward to the 2025 RWT Loppet on February 23!

Fresh corduroy and newly set classic tracks this evening - enjoy!

A bit too much snow for our Ginzugroomer, so we’ve switched to the roller for our first pass. We’ll be back this evening to set classic tracks!

Hello from the RWT this morning. The trail has been touched up.

We managed to find a little bit of snow this evening! Should be great in the morning. That being said, conditions are highly variable. Tracks may be down to the grass in some places.

Happy World Snow Day! Many thanks to our friends from the Ottawa Outdoor Gear Libray, Bird Friendly Ottawa and all who came out to enjoy a Sunday afternoon on the Rideau Winter Trail. #rideauwintertrail #wintercapital #ottawawinter #ottawaw

Happening tomorrow! ❄️

Track will be set on most of the trail network tonight. If it doesn’t see much traffic overnight, we hope the snow will firm up for some good classic skiing tomorrow.

Welcome back, snow. We have missed you. ❄️

We have some fresh snow! It’s not a lot, but we are going to head out later this afternoon to see what we can do with it. Stay tuned for an update.

Célébrez la journée mondiale de la neige le 19 janvier!

Happy new year, everyone! Great to see fresh snow falling to start 2025. Once we have at least 10 cm on the ground, we will get the trail ready for you to use once again. Our volunteers are ready!

🗓️ Save the date! After a sold out successful inaugural event last year, we hope to see you at 10 am on Feb 23 for our 2025 fundraising Loppet. Details to come in the new year.

Our pilot extending the trail under Bank Street, past Carleton University and into Vincent Massey Park was well received and we will try to do this a few more times during the season in order to evaluate cost and operational implications. This map shows one of our trial layouts.

Why drive to Vincent Massey Park when - with our pilot trail expansion - you can ski (or walk or winter bike or snowshoe) along the beautiful Rideau River to Vincent Massey Park? #ottawawinter #rideauwintertrail #wintercapital #ottawawintertrails

A complete trail refresh this morning and a bit more exploration in Vincent Massey Park for trail users to check out. Let us know what you think!