| Five Winds Backcountry Ski & Snowshoe Club |
Wilderness Skiing and Snowshoeing Day Trips from Toronto |
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Our winter season is over. A big thank you to all our members for a truly fabulous winter! And thank you to everyone who tried us out for the first time! We regularly had great turnouts on the bus to make this a very successful season!
For everyone who made connections with our club and with members, let's continue the spirit of Five Winds through to next winter by having outdoor and wilderness experiences. Buy and sell equipment on our Gear Board, share wilderness ideas through our Google group, and follow us on social media for our activities.

| Do you want to love winter? Do you want to discover southern Ontario's wilderness and let someone else do the driving? |
The Five Winds Backcountry Ski & Snowshoe Club is a GTA-based wilderness outdoor club. For over 50 years, we’ve enjoyed our network of about 200 kilometers of backcountry trails in the Muskoka and Gibson River forests. In winter, we go each Sunday on coach buses for all day backcountry cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in groups based on skill-level. In the other seasons, we also hike, backpack, and camp, as well as maintain our trails as stewards of the land. | Five Winds in the news! Click here to see the Globe and Mail feature article on our club. Or if you don't have a subscription, here's a view of the February 7, 2026 print copy. |
Five Winds News: Latest news about the Club
Snow Updates - We receive frequent Snow Updates for the general vicinity of our trails, state of ice etc