Who We Are
The Five Winds Backcountry Ski Club is a four-season outdoor club. During the winter months, we enjoy cross country skiing on marked, ungroomed wilderness trails, off-trail snowshoeing and winter camping. Each Sunday, from January to the end of March, a luxury coach will take us to different areas of our trail system. During the spring, summer and fall, we enjoy activities such as hiking, backpacking, trail clearing, and camping. Read more...
Upcoming Events
| Current PhotosPhotos: January 6, 2019 Photos: February 3, 2019 Photos: March 3, 2019 To View More Photos: select the Photos page NewsFive Winds News: Latest news about the Club (public website). Club News: This is on our Members Only section of our Club News containing additional news/events/information. (Five Winds Members must login first to view). | UpdatesBus Updates - Our bus captains will give you the latest info on the bus, where we are going, if there is space still available for walk-ons, and/or snow/weather conditions. Snow Updates - We have many members who have homes or cottages near our trail system, so we will receive frequent Snow Updates on how much snow we have in the general vicinity of our trails, state of ice conditions. Trail Updates: This is an area for trail captains and all members to post any comments about our trails such as blow-downs and location, chainsaw work needed, trail cleared, missing signs, etc. (Five Winds Members must login first to view or post.) |
Join the Club(New Memberships) Click the above link. ***Note: New paid memberships may take a few days to process before access to Members' only sites, sign-ups and benefits are activated. If you have any problems, please email: skifivewinds@gmail.com*** Get ready to explore the backcountry | For Membership Renewals 1. Login (top left-hand corner) ***Note: New paid memberships may take a few days to process before access to Members' only sites, sign-ups and benefits are activated. If you have any problems, please email: skifivewinds@gmail.com*** |
This year, we are planning to have Sunday Bus off-trail snowshoe events each week ( as well as some snowshoe/winter camping events). Short notice events such as ski, snowshoe, hikes, trail clearing, backpacking trips and winter camping will be sent by way of the Members' Google Group.
Buses run every Sunday starting in January until the end of March or until the snow disappears. Our first bus will be on Sunday, January 6, 2019.
While many of the cross-country ski resorts have now closed for the season, we are still running one more bus on March 31st to the Five Winds area. There is still plenty of snow and ice to be had in the area.