Category: Winter fun

Silent Lake Provincial Park camp cabin
Ontario, Provincial Parks, Winter fun

Loving winter with a cosy cabin at Silent Lake Provincial Park

Ever since encountering pictures on social media of cosy looking cabins, surrounded by piles of thick, fluffy snow and a warm glow emanating from the windows into the surrounding forest, we’ve wanted to experience that side of winter for ourselves. Well the good news is that a number of Ontario Parks are home to such cabins, meaning that a winter cabin experience is closer than … Continue reading Loving winter with a cosy cabin at Silent Lake Provincial Park

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Ontario, Provincial Parks, Winter fun

Winter at Arrowhead Provincial Park

The perfect winter getaway from Toronto Winter in Arrowhead Provincial Park has upped its game this season with the opening of a new visitor centre. We visited this past week to check it out as well as the activities which make it one of the top parks in Ontario for winter fun! Ice skating Arrowhead has become well known in recent years for having one … Continue reading Winter at Arrowhead Provincial Park

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Arrowhead cross country skiing moose pose
Ontario, Outdoor activities, Provincial Parks, Winter, Winter fun

Cross-country skiing in Arrowhead

Arrowhead Provincial Park’s winter activities don’t stop with its skating trail, it is also home to a network of cross-country skiing trails. We put on a pair of skis for the first time in Canada to check them out. My first and only skiing experience had been just as traumatic as my first ever skating lesson. As with anything that required coordination, my one and … Continue reading Cross-country skiing in Arrowhead

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Ontario, Outdoor activities, Provincial Parks, Winter, Winter fun

Skating at Arrowhead Provincial Park

Picture a quintessential Canadian winter scene, snow covered evergreens as far as the eye can see, big fluffy snowflakes falling and a beautiful torch lit skating trail winding through the middle of it all. And there you have the Arrowhead Provincial Park Ice Skating Trail. It continues to be named as one of the top winter experiences in Canada, it even makes BlogTO’s top skating … Continue reading Skating at Arrowhead Provincial Park

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Ontario, Toronto, Winter fun

Snow tubing in Barrie, Ontario: Snow Valley vs Horseshoe Resort

Last weekend we rented a car and headed an hour north of Toronto to Barrie, which sits on the western shores of Lake Simcoe. We didn’t visit for the lake though, we were there for the ski hills and to partake in a spot of snow tubing. For those who don’t know, snow tubing is where you sit in a giant rubber ring and slide … Continue reading Snow tubing in Barrie, Ontario: Snow Valley vs Horseshoe Resort

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