Sir Sam's Ski Resort, West Guilford, Ontario, CA Jan 27, 2012 - Courtesy: TheWeatherChannel.com
ALSO: check out What’s Happening This Weekend in the Haliburton Highlands on the slopes and off!
Scroll down and not only have a look at all the current & projected snow conditions in the Haliburton Highlands but learn more about fun nighttime and daytime activities off the slopes and trails as well!
Finally, be sure to check out the Haliburton Highlands weather conditions. I’ve posted the weather forecast through next Thursday and the ski reports talk about specific weather pertaining to different areas of the Highlands as well. Don’t forget to click through to enlarge and read!
Haliburton Highlands Weekend & Long Term Weather January 28 - Feb. 2 2012
Courtesy of the Haliburton Highlands Visitor Centre
Sir Sam’s Ski Rresort, West Guilford, Ontario, Canada Jan 27, 2012
Haliburton Highlands Weekend & Long Term Weather January 28 – Feb. 2 2012
Courtesy of the Haliburton Highlands Visitor Centre
Haliburton Forest Snow Conditions January 28 – 29 2012
Haliburton Highlands SNOW REPORT Jan 28 - Jan 29 2012 *ABOVE* - CLICK THROUGH
Haliburton Forest Snow Conditions January 28 - 29 2012
MAKE SURE TO CLICK THROUGH TO SEE THE FULL SIZE IMAGES & TEXT.
Muscoka Brewery-style Pub Dinner at the Wild Moose!
More yummy-fun times are in store this Wednesday beginning at 6 p.m. at The Wild Moose when they present the Muskoka Brewery-Inspired Pub Style Dinner for your enjoyment. With each savory course you will enjoy a special Muskoka Brewery beer including Muskoka Cream Ale, Mad Tom’s IPA and with desert, Winter Beard. If you go, be sure to stop back here and tell me about your experience! Cheers!
Despite some gnarly weather, south central Ontario is looking as gorgeous as ever. Enjoy these awesome webcam shots as well as having a look at what to expect from Mother Nature this week in the long-term weather forecast for the Haliburton Highlands for Saturday, January 14 through Friday, January 20, 2012. Be sure to click the photos to enjoy their full size!
Haliburton Highlands long range Weather Forecast 1.14.12 - 1.20.12
No matter the time of year there is always something to enjoy doing in the Haliburton Highlands but you knew that, right?
With a cool $200 prize for the first place male and female in the open category, Sir Sam’s Ski & Bike is hosting the first bordercross race of the season. Scroll down and click the 2nd image two times to enlarge to full size and read all about it!
If you are more the indoor, stay-warm type like me you may well enjoy the spirits and good company found at The Wild Moose Pub‘s Single Malt Social. Described as a ‘scotch nosing and dinner experience’ you will experience too, a different 1 oz. single malt whisky explained with each course. I hope they do something similar over the summer while I’m there as it sounds like a great evening! (Scroll above and click the image two times to enlarge to full size and read all about it!)
NOW is the time to give to The Fresh Air Fund—in any way you can:
Summer '94
Literally, all my life I’ve had a beautiful summer place to go.
Thanks to my grandparents, I grew up sometimes spending months on a crystal-clear lake in the breathtakingly beautiful Haliburton Highlands in Ontario, Canada. At the time however, my nuclear family had emigrated to Connecticut–just a stone’s throw from the great state of New York and where I spent the rest of my year. My dad kept the radio on especially in the morning and I’d hear PSA’s for The Fresh Air Fund. It was hard as a child to imagine what it would be like stuck in the suburbs all summer long–never mind the inner city! Later, TV adverts made an even more indelible impression on me that I was exceptionally fortunate as there were many kids who were not.
After over 130 years of giving inner-city children the joy of a summer vacation with volunteer host families and at Fund camps, ‘creating unforgettable memories and fresh possibilities,’ no one needs to remind the not-for-profit The Fresh Air Fund of what a fantastic difference spending some of the summer away from the city can make for children.
Read an excerpt from a recent news story on how summer resources for city youth are going to be even more scarce in summer 2011:
NEW YORK — A rising number of children can look forward to excruciatingly boring school breaks this year as budget crises in places such as New York, Washington, D.C., Houston and Detroit rob them of the activities and programs that have long defined summer in the city for urban youngsters.
Swimming pools are being closed. Recreation centers are locking their doors. Library summer reading programs are suffering. Openings for short-term jobs have evaporated.
Yet, with a shift in perspective, do the kids have to be on the losing end?
‘We can’t afford to have children who don’t have positive places to be during the summer’
In New Orleans, Mayor Mitchell Landrieu this year fulfilled a campaign promise to boost city funding for children’s recreation facilities and summer programs, despite the city’s economic difficulties. While last summer, about 700 children participated in sports and literacy activities through the city’s summer camps for children ages 5 to 18, this year the city is expecting to serve 5,000 campers with the help of local organizations, private partnerships and doubled city funds, said Gina Warner, the executive director of the city’s Partnership for Youth Development.
The city – where nine out of 10 recreation sites were damaged by Hurricane Katrina – will be opening 12 pools this year, up from seven the year before and three the year before that. And libraries will be coordinating with the city summer camps to keep children reading, Warner said.
Warner said that while her city faces the same economic struggles as its counterparts around the country, elected officials see the New Orleans summer programs as not only an investment in children, but also a crime-prevention tool.
“We’re a very tourism-dependent city, and so we can’t afford to have children who don’t have positive places to be during the summer,” she said.
I’m starting a semi-regular feature about what I would do for recreation, meals, and entertainment if I were in the Haliburton Highlands at any given time. When we are at our cottage on Maple Lake I will actually be doing some of the myriad activities that are going on year-round in the Haliburton Highlands. Right now, I can only dream <sigh>.
If I were in the Haliburton Highlands on Mother’s Day, the Pinestone Resort for brunch* is where I’d love to be. Just read the menu or have a look at the websitefor more photographs of why the Pinestone Resort is a superb choice for fine dining & accommodations.
My mom passed away earlier this year and I dearly wish I’d had another chance to have a lovely meal out with her. Don’t put off such a perfect opportunity to show your Mom how much she means to you.
This is a non-paid post in support of the province of Ontario, Haliburton Highlands tourism.
Want to know where heaven on earth is? It’s right here in the Haliburton Highlands!
Hey there! Welcome to the second weekend of April!
This week’s weather looks to be fairly normal with no real temperature extremes–high or low–and a moderate amount of precipitation.
Haliburton Highlands Weekend Weather
Friday overnight will be clear with a low temperature of minus 1 °C
Between Friday overnight and Saturday overnight there is no precipitation in the forecast. Temperatures will reach a high on Saturday of 13°C and a low Saturday overnight of 2°C.
Haliburton Highlands Long Term Weather through April 15
Sunday, April 10 expect a cloudy day with showers. The high will be 15°C and the overnight low 2°C. There may be close to 15mm precipitation accumulation.
Monday, there will be a chance of thunderstorms, the high temperature will be 18°C and the low overnight 10°C. There could be close to 10mm precipitation accumulation.
Tuesday, expect isolated showers, a high temperature only of 11°C and a low overnight of 4 °C. Less than 1mm precipitation accumulation is expected.
Wednesday, you’ll have cloudy periods with a high temperature of 13°C. The overnight low will be 2°C. There is no precipitation in the forecast.
Thursday, it will be cloudy with showers with the precipitation (rain) accumulation about 1-3mm, total. The high will be a chilly 9°C and the overnight low, 3°C. There should be less than 1cm of snow accumulation.
Friday, expect a messy day with wet flurries, a high temperature of 11°C, and a low of 3 °C. There should be less than 1cm of snow accumulation.
Every year the Haliburton Highlands Celebrates Earth Day in awesome, fun, & educational ways and this year is no different:
Here’s more details about one way you can spend your Earth Day 2011:
'Save Our Planet Earth'
This year is the 41st anniversary of Earth Day, a day to celebrate and honour our home–while educating ourselves and others how we can better care for Earth.
In day-to-day living, though we sometimes may feel bombarded with ‘save the Earth’ messages these messages can be especially powerful when applied to our immediate surroundings. Positivity is a large part of the Earth Day Family Festival with topics and activities that sound very worthy of yours and my time: hearing The Good News Earth Report (yes folks, there is good news!) and Our County’s Species at Risk as well as the Eco-kids Quiz and Gaia’s Story “What Is Magnificent’ are some of the ways you can participate and enjoy Earth Day 2011!
Haliburton Highlands: Sunday Ramble with Friends of the Rail Trail: Throughout April and May, members of Friends of the Rail Trail invite all ages to join them each Sunday, in a relaxed friendly walk. http://bit.ly/e7pfd
Haliburton Highlands: Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre: George Conklin’s oil paintings of The Canadian Shield capture the spirit of the Highlands in classic tradition. A must C 4 landscape fans! http://bit.ly/e1Szvh
Check Out the Haliburton Highland’s Holiday Weekend Activities!
Minden Winterfest: Fun Saturday 2.19.11 Activities
Saturday:
There’s plenty of fun in store this Family Day holiday long weekend with Minden’s Winterfest!
On Saturday, enjoy FREE public skating all day at the Outdoor Rink at the Minden Arena as well as Highland Storm Hockey.
Check out the Ice Huts at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery, find out about Biodiversity at RD Lawrence Place or have fun with toys and games at the Minden Hills Museum.
Also on Saturday, enjoy live music at the Rockcliffe Hotel!
Minden Winterfest: Sunday Activities
Sunday Winterfest Fun:
The Family fun continues on Sunday, February 20 at the Minden Curling Club with Family Fun Curling beginning at 9 a.m. with instruction and practice, followed by 6-end games at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Call Linda Litwin @ 705-286-2911 to register!
Don’t miss CASC Magnum Ice Racing, part of the Ice Race Series, at the Minden Fairgrounds beginning at 12 noon.
All that activity should make you quite hungry so head on over to the 4th Annual Chili Contest at the Minden Arena between 4-6 p.m.
Cost is just $5 per person to help choose the winner while enjoying live music by Taylor Broderick.
Get ready to watch the Red Hawk Hockey Alumni face off against the Aurora Tigers OJHA at 5:30 p.m. with proceeds benefiting Red Hawk Athletics.
Also featured will be the Minden Figure Skating Between-game show.
At 7:30 p.m., the exciting Dawson’s Game will be featured. Watch the Minden Fire Dept. face off against the Dysart Fire Dept. with proceeds benefiting the very worthy cause, Campbell Family Cancer Research Centre.
Winterfest on Family Monday
Family Day Monday Festivities:
On Family Day Monday, be sure to be get to the Minden Community Centre for a yummy Pancake Breakfast between 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., hosted by the County Fair board.
While at the Community Centre enjoy FREE ALL DAY, mini-putt, Outdoor Skating and Minnow Racing!
Try out Broomball, an all-ages activity, from 9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m., ‘Shinny’ for ages 11 and under from 10:30a.m. -12 noon, Horse-wagon rides between 11 a.m. -2 p.m. and Old Timers Hockey from 12 – 1 p.m.
Get into a Snow Ball Fight (you read that right!) at 12 p.m., enjoy MOOSE FM Public Skating from 1- 3 p.m., take part in a Wii Shaun White Snowboarding Tournament beginning at 1 p.m. ($2 entry), get ready to do some serious chewing in the Bubble Gum Blowing Contest at 2 p.m., play Shinny if you are between ages 12-18 from 3-4:30 p.m., Zumba at 6 p.m. ($5) and if you still have the energy, join the Roller Derby at 6 p.m. (pre-register or just watch).
All-in-all Minden’s Winterfest in the Haliburton Highlands on Family Day Weekend is about as fun as it gets and as all-inclusive too, with literally something for everyone to enjoy.
Have a great time!
FYI: Thought I’d share as I now live in the States and was not previously ‘in-the-know’ about Family Day:
*Family Day – Statutory holiday in Alberta, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. On 12 October 2007, the Ontario provincial government established Family Day with the first being observed on 18 February 2008. Its creation raised Ontario’s number of public holidays to nine per year. Source: Family Day in Canada
