That's an Excellent Question: Historical Ski Season Start and End Dates.
By: Team XC Ottawa (2009/03/17)
I'd like to know if you and XC Ottawa readers could compile a list of rough starting and ending dates for the xc ski season in the Gats. I think this would be very useful info. And even if people have stories from certain years, and years from the 1970s and 1980s would be cool.
I'll start off with a few years I remember (don't know why I remember more from the 1990s).
If you have any answers, send them to info@xcottawa.ca and we'll compile a list going as far back as possible.
Season | Start | End | Comments |
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1990/91 | |||
1991/92 | |||
1992/93 | ended in mid-April? | ||
1993/94 | |||
1994/95 | around March 15th | Very early end to the season. | |
1995/96 | Nov. 15th | Late April | One of the longest seasons ever, met a guy a few years later who skied April 28th. |
1996/97 | |||
1997/98 | last ski was March 24th | Ice Storm year. Lots of debris revealed in the Spring. | |
1998/99 | mid-April (last ski was April 18th) | ||
1999/00 | |||
2000/01 | |||
2001/02 | |||
2002/03 | |||
2003/04 | |||
2004/05 | |||
2005/06 | |||
2006/07 | |||
2007/08 | Nov. 20th | April 20th | Huge snowfall year, long season, but sudden end. |
2008/09 | Nov. 22nd | ? |
Interesting Reading. . .