{"id":22018,"date":"2026-04-05T13:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/?p=22018"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:58:12","slug":"my-adventures-at-kawartha-nordic-with-the-canadian-ski-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/2026\/04\/my-adventures-at-kawartha-nordic-with-the-canadian-ski-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"My adventures at Kawartha Nordic with the Canadian Ski Patrol!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ernest Ogunleye, Kawartha Zone patroller (eogunleye1745@outlook.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As an alpine skier, I have been a patroller for four years at Lakeridge Resort. Every year, I have said I would pay a visit to Kawartha Nordic for a cross-country skiing experience. One of those years they had no snow, but the other years I could not get my act together. This year, I decided to seize the initiative and visit the founding location of the Kawartha Zone.<\/p>\n

I drove north of Peterborough on February 22, 2026, to a rendezvous with a new skiing discipline. The weather conditions were perfect, with no wind, great snow, superb visibility and a ski-friendly temperature. I met up with Kawartha Nordic Patrol Leader, Mark Wickham, and he graciously took me through a quick course in cross-country skiing. In no time at all, I was gilding along tracks, making turns, powering through uphill sections and negotiating downhill sections with controlled descents. All this within a training area next to the Kawartha Nordic Lodge.<\/p>\n