When a mild winter threatened the 2024 Ontario Winter Games cross-country ski events, the Thunder Bay community came together to make sure the athletes would have enough snow to compete. As the race at Lappe Nordic Centre went off without a hitch, officials and participants said the massive effort is a testament to Thunder Bay’s deep love of nordic skiing.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Thunder Bay snowmobile enthusiasts are waiting on more snow so they can get on the trails.(Submitted by Adrian Tessier)
There has been good news and bad news for the Thunder Bay Adventure Trails Snowmobile club this fall.
The good news is the club s membership is up.
After several years of struggling to grow their membership, 2020 has delivered.
Adrian Tessier, President of the Northwestern Ontario Snowmobile Trails Association, said the Thunder Bay club saw its membership nearly double this fall. We re slightly over two hundred members, said Tessier. Whereas last year, we were around 120 or something. We re thinking with COVID, a lot of people are staying home. They re not wandering around with the U.S. border closed. They are not riding into the [United] States. They re buying permits and the sales have certainly reflected that.