About the Owen Sound Cross Country Ski Club

The Owen Sound Cross Country Ski Club is a non-profit organization staffed by volunteers. The Club is dedicated to providing its members with the opportunity to enjoy classic cross-country skiing in the beautiful wilderness setting of the Massie Hills Trail.

The Club maintains 9.6 kilometers of cross country ski trails through a mixed hardwood forest centred on a side trail of the Bruce Trail. We endeavour to groom the trails twice each weekend and during the week as conditions demand. The Club rents portable toilets that are placed near the main and back entrances to the trails.

The Club Executive consists of eight individuals who do all the paperwork required for operating a non-profit organization, groom the trails, maintain the equipment and generally make sure we can all ski at  Massie Hills.

The current Executive line-up is:

Kelly Rogers, President
Don Eby, Vice President
Bill Oliver, Treasurer
Aimee Vereecke, Secretary
Carl Sadler, Trails
Gary Shute, Trails
Jim Pappas, Member at large
Brian Goodings, Member at large

As mentioned above the Executive are all volunteers. The Executive is acutely aware that the Club needs to collect  annual membership fees in order to survive.

The main cost to the Club are the annual insurance fees paid to Cross Country Ontario, an affiliate of Nordiq Canada. Without proper insurance coverage Grey Sauble Conservation and Grey County would not be able to let the club use the trails.

Other costs include the licence, insurance, fuel and maintenance for the snow machine that pulls the groomer, snowplowing, renting  portable toilets, office supplies and membership tabs. We also try to put away a bit of money each year towards the eventual replacement of the snow machine and grooming equipment.

Please try to keep your membership up to date. Thank you!

See you on the trails!
Kelly