As reported by our grooming team

 

Dawn Mountain

Saturday April 12, 2025
(day of last grooming for the season)

We are now closed for the season. The trails are available for non-motorized recreation such as walking and biking during our off-season.

If you go skiing in April, please watch for thin and bare spots and sinking on the trails due to spring melting. Expect more hazards as the melting continues. Watch for solid ice, icy conditions, rocks, exposed ground, uneven frozen snow, and slushy conditions. Timing is tricky.

Also, please note the following: The bridge on Caribou south end will have snowmobile tracks on it, so beware as this will make skiing more risky. That trail is not maintained as we have closed our lower trails now for the season for any maintenance.

Classic: Spring conditions with some shallow sections and dirt patches to avoid. Generally, icy in mornings, slushy in the afternoons.

Skate: Skate conditions are variable.

Grooming: All upper skate lanes were renovated with the SBS and ginzu groomer on Saturday April 12. Check board (photo) for our last April 12th grooming report of the season.


Your Grooming Team

Dawn Mountain Snowshoe Trails - CLOSEd

April 13th, 2025

The snowshoe trails are now CLOSED.

Thanks for a great season!

Here is a link to our trails fees or snowshoe trail map. Included in your club membership

Use the trails at your own risk.

We do not allow dogs on any of the Dawn Mountain trails, including the snowshoe trails.

Please keep your snowshoes on at all times to the trailhead and on the snowshoe trail and when crossing ski trails as walking on the trails creates holes in the trail.

When crossing ski trails, please walk on the side of the ski trails and step over any ski tracks (grooves in the snow) to keep them intact for the cross-country skiers. Thanks!

Don’t forget to pay your trail fee (included in Golden Nordic Ski Club membership) to support the maintenance of the snowshoe trails.

 

Golden Golf Course Trails - CLOSED

The Golf Course ski trails are now CLOSED.

We hope you enjoyed the season. There’s still great skiing at Dawn Mountain Nordic Centre.

NOTE: The golf course club has closed the ski trails on March 3rd so they can start plowing out their golf spaces for summer season.

Please help keep the golf course trails dog-free as this ensures continued permission from the golf club to use these trails in winter for skiing.

Link to golf course trail map.

Please bring some cash (free for members of the Golden Nordic Ski Club) to deposit into the donation box (suggested $2) at the trailhead to help with the snowmobile fuel cost.

Please note:

  • The golf course is set for classic skiing only.

  • Please no dogs or walking on the trails.

  • There is no outhouse/washroom facility at the trailhead. The nearest washroom is at the intersection of Kicking Horse Trail and the Golf Course Road at the CBT trailhead.

Grooming at the Golden golf course is done by volunteers of the Golden Nordic Ski Club.

Thank you for your support!