Winter adventures at Silent Lake Provincial Park

From its snow-blanketed forests to its big selection of out of doors actions, Silent Lake Provincial Park is the final word winter vacation spot for households.

Listed below are 5 causes you must cease by this winter:

1.  E-book a comfy cabin or yurt

“Spacious, cozy, and quaint, but fashionable.” That’s how our guests describe Silent Lake’s heated roofed lodging within the winter.

There are ten camp cabins and eight yurts within the park, every providing an opportunity to heat up and loosen up after an extended day of enjoyable.

The 4 yurts in Pincer Bay Campground are a brief stroll from the Bonnie’s Pond car parking zone. Massive toboggans are offered by the park to move your gear. Campers can park their automobile straight on their yurt web site in Granite Ridge Campground.

Guests love the cabins specifically, because the park customized every with a person theme. For instance, “The Prospector” follows a mining theme, highlighting the traditionally important business of the Bancroft space.

Missed out on reserving a cabin this winter? Don’t fear—you’ll be able to nonetheless reserve your keep within the upcoming months utilizing our on-line reservation service or by cellphone at 1-888-668-7275 as much as 5 months prematurely. Choose mid-week dates should be out there, however we advocate reserving early should you’re seeking to plan a go to subsequent 12 months!

2. Winter tenting

For our guests preferring tenting to glamping, Silent Lake’s campground is open for in a single day winter campers.

At Silent Lake, many electrical websites can be found on our reservation system, whereas each electrical and non-electric can be found on a first-come, first-served foundation. Some electrical websites can be found by automobile; different non-electric websites are walk-in. There’s additionally a winterized consolation station with showers, consuming water, and a dishwashing station within the day-use space.

We normally have spots out there, however you’ll be able to name the park at 613-339-2807 to get extra data.

Tenting in winter is tougher than in the summertime.

3. Various cross-country ski trails

Thirty-four kilometres of groomed and trackset cross-country trails wind their approach via hardwoods, cedar swamps, and groves of White Birch.

The terrain is rugged, however very best for household snowboarding.

The 4 ski loops are colour-coded for simple recognition.

They vary in issue from novice to knowledgeable, so there’s certain to be one thing for skiers of all talent ranges.

Curious in regards to the path situations for each snowboarding and snowshoeing? The park offers common updates on the Ontario Parks Snow Report.

4. Snowshoeing alternatives

Strap on a pair of snowshoes, and discover a completely totally different aspect of Silent Lake.

The park makes use of Bonnie’s Pond Path as a snowshoe path throughout the winter season. The path is a 3 km loop previous mature beech timber and a beaver pond, with an elevated lookout over the lake.

We additionally groom the 5 km loop of the Yellow Ski Path for snowshoers.

We all know that not everybody has their very own pair of snowshoes, so concern not: leases can be found out of the Park Workplace.

5. Ice fishing

Chilly climate doesn’t must imply the tip of the fishing season. When Silent Lake freezes over, you’ll be able to head out for some ice fishing motion.

Because the water cools, you could find Lake Trout at numerous depths within the lake, usually alongside contour strains and never removed from baitfish.

Be protected although! Ensure you learn our information on ice fish safely to make sure you’re ready to your winter journey.

Come on as much as Silent Lake!

At solely two and a half hours from each Toronto and Ottawa, Silent Lake is an easy-access hub for winter enjoyable.

You’ll be able to decide up a every day automobile allow on the park workplace which opens at 9:00 am every day or e-book on-line as much as 5 days prematurely.

You may also decide up a seasonal day-use allow on-line, so you’ll be able to go to Silent Lake (or every other park!) to your coronary heart’s content material.

We look ahead to seeing you right here quickly!