The Manitoba authorities will as soon as once more provide free park entry for your entire month of February so Manitobans and guests can benefit from the numerous winter actions obtainable in provincial parks, Surroundings, Local weather and Parks Minister Jeff Wharton introduced in the present day.
“In Manitoba’s provincial parks, winter is a season value celebrating,” mentioned Wharton. “Our authorities is happy to make it simpler for Manitobans to take part in invigorating, pleasurable winter experiences surrounded by our province’s pure magnificence.”
Automobile permits usually are not required in any provincial park in February, however Snopasses are nonetheless required for snowmobiles utilizing trails. Entrance charges nonetheless apply in nationwide parks.
Provincial parks have groomed trails for quite a lot of actions together with cross-country snowboarding, fats biking, snowshoeing and climbing. Paint Lake, Spruce Woods and Turtle Mountain provincial parks additionally provide outside skating areas, hockey rinks and toboggan hills. Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park has ice-fishing shelters on Lake Winnipeg which might be free to make use of.
Manitobans are inspired to examine path situations earlier than visiting parks. Path maps and up to date stories will be discovered at: https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/parks/recreation-and-activities/trail_conditions/index.html.
Path customers are reminded to solely use trails for designated actions, maintain canines on leash and practise the ideas of “Depart No Hint.”
Park interpreters in Birds Hill, Spruce Woods and Whiteshell provincial parks provide quite a few guided packages to complement customer experiences. Highlights for the month of February embrace wolf howl hikes, snowshoe treks, ski clinics, quinzhee constructing and ice fishing. Occasion particulars and registration data will be discovered at www.manitobaparks.com.
Lecturers can even e-book free guided discipline journeys to Birds Hill, Spruce Woods and Whiteshell provincial parks, together with digital packages to convey park interpreters into school rooms.
Annual park car permits might be obtainable for buy starting on March 1. To buy a allow, go to: www.manitobaelicensing.ca.
For extra data on winter actions and interpretive packages in provincial parks, electronic mail ParkInterpretation@gov.mb.ca or go to www.manitobaparks.com.
