Cross country skiing at the Exhibition Grounds in Courtenay, BC

 by Keith and Heather Nicol

We usually cross country ski at Mount Washington but with the cold temperatures and recent snowfalls we have been cross country skiing at the Exhibition Grounds in Courtenay. This area has some wide open fields so gets lots of sun and we have set some tracks in one area. The powdery snow has meant that the tracks needed a few passes to compact but now we have some nice tracks to ski which are just 5 minutes from home. If readers have other places where they ski locally in the Comox Valley let us know since we are interested in trying out some other areas which may have some ski tracks on them.  Not sure how long the local cross country skiing will last this year but rain is forecast for Sunday , January 2. So we plan to get out some more today- Dec 31 and again tomorrow before the rain changes everything.  See you on the trails.