Our digital registration page is up and running. Click HERE to join. This year, at the AGM, members stated a desire to freeze membership fees again for this year. So, the cost to join remains the same: $75 for a family, $50 for an adult individual, $25 for students and Jackrabbits (who aren’t part ofContinue reading “Join the club!”
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Start of New Season
The snow will soon be here so get yourself geared up for another exhilarating season of skiing on the alluring, scenic trails of Point Murphy’s Provincial Park. As always you can expect the ski trails to be very well groomed by our many decidated grooming volunters. As a small club we take much pride in theContinue reading “Start of New Season”
Club Executive for 2025/26
Your 2025-2026 TVCCSC Executive team members are: President: Andrew Lynch Vice President: Chris Henderson Secretary: Lynne Underhill Treasurer: Brenda Cerson Membership & Social Coordinator: Richard Brousseau Trail Coordinator: Phill Brackenbury Grooming Coordinator: Bob MacDermid
Trail etiquette
As more and more people head to Murphy’s Point to enjoy some time in the outdoors, we thought it would be a good time to remind everyone of winter trail etiquette. Ontario Parks has published an article on their blog. Here is a link to that article. We have also added an Etiquette page toContinue reading “Trail etiquette”
Membership registration is open!
It’s white out there…time to sign-up to the club for the 25-26 season. Follow this link to register through Zone4. Great news, fees have not changed from last year!
Track your distance, win a prize!
Track your skiing this season. Any style, anywhere. (NOTE: snowshoeing counts, too!) Starting on January 1st 2026 a new form will be activated to allow you to enter the date, distance, and location of your outing in this form. We will tabulate the results as the season progresses and post a leaderboard on the websiteContinue reading “Track your distance, win a prize!”
New grooming status app
Great News! The Tay Valley Cross Country Ski Club has partnered with Nordic Pulse, an app-based cross country ski trail grooming report system! It provides trail condition reports from ski areas across North America on one platform and streamlines grooming reporting for ski areas. Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Assisted GPS (AGPS) toContinue reading “New grooming status app”
Trails are ready
According to our Trail Boss, Phill, club members and the executive have put in about 100 person hours of volunteer labour in preparing trails (another round of branch clean-up happened this weekend) and buying/ prepping grooming equipment for the upcoming season. The Board members (old and new) have spent many more hours meeting, planning andContinue reading “Trails are ready”
Trees planted!
The trees were planted at Lombardy Public School on May 5th, as the first initiative of the ski club Green / Eco fund to help offset the carbon released by fuel used for trail grooming. One hundred and fifty trees were purchased from Ferguson Forest Nursery and planted by students to provide shade trees andContinue reading “Trees planted!”
Trail conditions
For the latest trail conditions at Murphys Point, you can consult the ski club’s Facebook page. Our groomers update the conditions and let skiers know if they have groomed. You can also check out the Ontario Parks Snow Report page for any of the parks that are open for snow sports. The constant temperature swingsContinue reading “Trail conditions”
Tay Valley Cross Country Ski Club 