Category: Winter Trail

Christmas Tree Recycling

Recycle your Christmas Tree at the Champlain Park Baseball Diamond, anytime in January!!

It’s now time to collect trees in our neighbourhood at the park, as I am reminded by the appearance of the now traditional Kìchì Sìbì Winter Trail / Facebook post:

Now accepting Xmas trees. Drop off at Remic Rapids parking lot ONLY. Please remove all tinsel and other foreign objects. (But don’t rush it! Enjoy your tree as long as you can.)

The ones dropped off at the park will get used, though we’ll divert some for decorations for the Winter Carnival and rink windbreaks.

[Christmas Trees Recycled around the Rink, January 2024]

Winter Trail Scott Street Connector Survey

The Kìchì Sìbì Winter Trail (KSWT) wants to hear from you!

This brief KSWT “Scott Street Connector” survey was created in partnership with the Wellington Village Community Association as a follow-up to the first survey conducted in 2022.

[Scott Street Connector for the Winter Trail in January 2022 when it opened]

Three years in, we would love to hear from the users of, and neighbours living near, this Trail segment. Your feedback will remain anonymous. Survey results will be shared with Winter Trail partners and used in support of discussions centred on the future redevelopment of Tunney’s Pasture.

The survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete.

Thank you in advance for providing your input, and helping us improve our active transportation connections to the Ottawa River Pathway network.

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf55cuN9SFvbarnC0CadzYxG3RFb0XEn9xs3jcLaC4bjTvhig/viewform

Christmas Tree Recycling

Recycle your Christmas Tree at the Champlain Park Baseball Diamond, anytime in January!!

It’s now time to collect trees in our neighbourhood at the park, as I am reminded by the appearance of the now traditional Kichi Sibi Winter Trail Facebook post:
[Facebook post by the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail people on recycling Chrismas trees - 20241230]

Give your old Christmas tree a ‘second life’ by donating it to the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail. Trees will be used to create wind breaks and safety barriers/cordons at various locations along the Winter Trail at Remic Rapids. Trees can be brought to the North East corner of the Champlain Park baseball diamond or to Remic Rapids anytime in January, 2025. The Winter Trail team will then make sure they get to where they are needed. Some may show up around the rink too!

[Christmas Trees Recycled around the Rink, January 2024]

Thank you from the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail Team, and happy skiing!

Champlain Park Winter Trail Donation

A thank you note via Kris for the Kìchì Sìbì Winter Trail people:

On behalf of the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail, I send a sincere ‘thank you’ to the CPCA for its generous donation to the Winter Trail this year. Without your support, the Trail wouldn’t be as successful as it is today.

Nick Xenos, on behalf of the Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA), presents a $500 donation to Cheryl Caldwell, President of the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail (KSWT) Board, and Trail Manager Dave Adams. The CPCA has been a proud and dedicated supporter of the KSWT for the last several years. The KSWT, a registered not-for-profit and charitable organization, is mainly funded by donations from private citizens, as well as through some local business sponsorships, and modest grants from its partners – the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission. To learn more about the Trail, visit https://www.wintertrail.ca/.

Christmas Tree Recycling

Oops, with the lack of snow I forgot to repost this, but yes, Christmas trees are still welcome. Also see the related tweet from the Winter Trail people.

– Alex

Recycle your 🌲 Tree at the Champlain Park Baseball Diamond, anytime in January!!

Give your old Christmas tree a ‘second life’ by donating it to the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail. Trees will be used to create wind breaks and safety barriers/cordons at various locations along the Winter Trail at Remic Rapids. Trees can be brought to the North East corner of the Champlain Park baseball diamond or to Remic Rapids anytime in January, 2024. The Winter Trail team will then make sure they get to where they are needed.

[Christmas trees stacked up against the baseball diamond fence at Champlain Park, Ottawa, ready for a bonfire or windbreak]

Thank you from the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail Team, and happy skiing!

Signs of Spring Continued

via Kris…

And here, Groomer Peter of the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail can be seen hauling away the bounty of former Christmas trees that had been stacked in Champlain Park. These trees will be recycled one last time as they are chipped and put to use on the winter trail network.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the more than 80 trees that were repurposed around the Champlain Park rink, and along the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail this season!

[2023 Spring, Groomer Pete Loading Christmas Trees for Recycling from Champlain Park]

Scott Street Connector Winter Trail Summary

Just a note to let you know that Kris Phillips (our environment committee lead) has a nice end of season summary video of the Scott Street Connector which connects neighbourhoods south of us to the Kìchì Sìbì Winter Trail. Have a look on Twitter at:

Recycle your Christmas Tree at Champlain Park

Recycle your 🌲 Tree at the Champlain Park Baseball Diamond, anytime in January!!

Give your old Christmas tree a ‘second life’ by donating it to the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail. Trees will be used to create wind breaks and safety barriers/cordons at various locations along the Winter Trail at Remic Rapids. Trees can be brought to the North East corner of the Champlain Park baseball diamond anytime in January, 2023. The Winter Trail team will then make sure they get to where they are needed.

[Christmas trees stacked up against the baseball diamond fence at Champlain Park, Ottawa, ready for a bonfire or windbreak]

Thank you from the Kichi Sibi Winter Trail Team, and happy skiing!