MANITOUWADGE, ON – Kiwissa Ski Club in partnership with the Community Services Department and the Northern Trails Ski Club will be hosting a Snow Dance Competition to take place at the Kiwissa Ski Hill. What is a Snow Dance Competition? Well, contrary to my vision of it being a Dance [Read more]
Father & Daughter sweep races at Kiwissa by Karina Hunter The Kiwissa Ski Club held their annual Frost Days Races February 12th and in spite of windy, cold weather at the Kiwissa Ski Centre in Manitouwadge, skiing zealots came out and clocked some great times. A slalom style course was [Read more]
Kiwissa prepares for Frosty Days by Karina Hunter In preparation for Frosty Days 2010 Opening Ceremonies at Kiwissa Ski Centre February 12th, skiers, snowboarders and employees at the centre along with members of the Kiwissa Ski Club, gathered at the base of the hill, for a group photograph to [Read more]
All times subject to hill conditions and minimum number requirements. Call for Hill conditions 826-3523 SUNDAY’s @ KIWISSA SKI CENTRE 2:30pm André Robichaud Memorial Run All skiers are invited to gather at the top of the Main Run at 2:30pm to remember Andre Robichaud who was an exceptional [Read more]
Official but nameless by Karina Hunter It’s official, residents of Manitouwadge received notice this weekend in their ‘Ad Bags’ that construction of the new run at Kiwissa Ski Centre was officially completed the weekend of January 23rd, 2010. Traveling parallel to the Bunny Run, the [Read more]
Kiwissa remembers by Karina Hunter Sunday marked the first official memorial run in honour of Andre Robichaud at Kiwissa Ski Center in Manitouwadge. Last weekend, Club Secretary and Rental Shop organizer Linda Hedderson, had decided to take a ski down the Main in honour of her deceased friend, [Read more]
KIWISSA IS OPEN MAIN RUN & BEGINNER HILL ARE OPEN TODAY – NOON to 4:30pm Lift ticket $15/person ALL DAY! Beginner Hill $5/person OR $10/family ALL DAY! MOVIES AT HIGH SCHOOL TODAY & TONIGHT Tuesday December 22nd – Two Show Times 2pm and 7pm FRED CLAUS (Rated PG) [Read more]
KIWISSA SENDING SKIERS TO LOCH LOMOND by Karina Hunte Kiwissa Ski Centre Kiwissa Ski Club, had offered those purchasing memberships prior to opening day, an added incentive this year, the opportunity to have their name entered to win a 2 night stay at the Nor’Wester Resort Hotel, 4 full day [Read more]
Revised article as per request of Chronicle Journal, watch for it this weekend in their pages… White Christmas at Kiwissa by Karina Hunter As Christmas holidays draw near, preparations at Kiwissa Ski Centre continue at full speed. In November, the hill got a kick start on clean-up when [Read more]
Well, I’ll post an article about this soon but for now, here are some photos to hold you over 🙂 Kiwissa employees have been hard at work for almost a week now, 16 hour shifts of snow-making in the hopes of opening the hill by the 20th or at the latest the 27th. Plus big [Read more]
Work party at Kiwissa Ski Hill by Karina Hunter Ed Hedderson, president of the Kiwissa Ski Club is once again directing hill preparations for the coming season of skiing and snowboarding at Kiwissa Ski Club. Hedderson and Rob Scapinello who each volunteer countless hours at the hill were there [Read more]
...word spread fast that anyone wearing a helmet could enter their name into a free draw to win an I-Pod Touch... [Read more]
Emeraude & I joined Lloyd for night skiing at the Kiwissa Ski Club tonight for the first time this year and WOW! it was beyond words… We had gone once last year but Emeraude had not enjoyed skiing in the dark as we had gone down the Bunny (our regular run) which was actually off [Read more]
Last year, 2008, Ontario had it’s first official Family Day which was put in place fufilling an election promise from Premier Dalton McGuinty. It is great to see that, in Manitouwage, this is being taken to heart with the majority of businesses/services (including all the schools, the OEYC [Read more]
"my IV Shunt had been put in without any gloves port-a-cath (which I have under my left side, kind of below my collar bone) being worn and I was a little concerned with the possibility of yet another skin infection (I dealt with many of these before finally having my 'picc line' and then about a [Read more]
