During the snowy season, parks can feel like our own personal winter wonderlands. Meandering through snow-covered trails and frozen forests can make an awesome day in the outdoors.
Here’s how to have a fun and safe time on your frosty foray:
Category: Winter
Accessible outdoors at Arrowhead
In today’s post, Patricia Pyrka and her son Finnan share their 2018 visit to Arrowhead Provincial Park.
When you love the outdoors and have a child in a wheelchair, things tend to get a bit more complicated.
So complicated that for the first seven years of my son’s life, we never went on hikes. Winter outings were completely off my radar – try to get big and small thin wheels through snow!
At some point, I had had enough. I decided I did want to take my son out into nature. I wanted him to experience places he had never been to before, and share with him what I loved so much: quiet nature, deep forests, mountaintops, rough terrain trails, and changing weather conditions.
First Day Hike destinations
New Year’s Day is coming up fast — have you picked out a park for your First Day Hike on January 1, 2023?
This 10-park list rounds up some hot spots for your first foray into 2023:
7 reasons to book a winter stay at Quetico’s Log Cabin
Today’s post comes from Laura Myers, a Learning and Education Leader with Ontario Parks’ Northwest Zone.
Nestled under tall pines beside French Lake, Quetico Provincial Park’s Log Cabin provides a quintessentially Quetico experience with the comforts and convenience of home.
Here are seven reasons the Log Cabin is the ultimate winter getaway:
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How to dress for your winter adventure
When it comes to an outdoor excursion during the winter months, clothing can make or break your experience.
If you’re cold or wet it’s going to be much more difficult for you to enjoy your time in the outdoors. Making sure you’re properly outfitted for whatever weather comes your way is crucial. Here’s how to dress for a great day out in the snow!
Under the ice: winter in Lake Simcoe
Today’s post comes from Laura McClintock, senior park naturalist at Sibbald Point Provincial Park.
The sun is shining, glittering off the ice. It’s winter on Lake Simcoe.
From the shore, it appears the lake is ‘asleep’ for the winter months, with no movement to be seen. However, that’s just what’s on the surface. The reality below is quite different.
Winter for the aquatic species of Lake Simcoe is one of necessity and mystery. Let’s dive in.
Your Ontario Parks gift guide
Does the thought of holiday shopping for the nature-lover in your life have you quaking in your snow boots?
Fear not! Pick up some of your favourite Ontario Parks merchandise (and new releases) from the comfort of home with our holiday pop-up store.
But don’t wait: the holiday pop-up store is only open until December 31 and stock is limited.
We’ve created a gift guide to check all your friends and family off your list:
How to make a purchase on the holiday pop-up store
Hey park-lovers! Did you know we are offering online merchandise sales this holiday season?
The holiday pop-up store is an opportunity to pick up some of your favourite Ontario Parks merchandise online.
But don’t delay – the holiday pop-up store is a limited-time offer and we will not be restocking items! The pop-up store closes on December 31, 2021.
Here’s everything you need to know about making a purchase:
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March’s digital download
Keep the beauty of nature in winter right before your very “ice.”
Interested in some more unusual wintry water formations? Check out these examples of wacky winter water!
February’s digital download
Are you hibernating this winter?
This year, you don’t have to go far to get some fresh crisp air.
Nature is right in your own backyard or local provincial park. Participate in some fun winter activities like making snowmen and snow angels, or looking at winter wildlife tracks!