Outdoors: Plenty to go around in Algoma

Winter

There is no denying the allure of warmth and shelter through winter, but in Algoma Country hibernating is not an option.

With a thick blanket of snow, hiking trails become snowshoe trails and cross-country skiers enjoy classic or skate skiing along groomed and wooded corridors.

Downhill skiers carve down 750 vertical feet on kilometre-long runs at Searchmont Ski Resort before cosy evenings at the main lodge or slope side chalets.

Winter brings a solid foundation for the ice fisherman.

Whether its snowmobiling narrow trails to walleye and pike lakes or snow shoeing deep into the snow-shrouded wilderness to secluded brook trout waters, getting there is half the fun.

Fresh air, exercise and experiencing the secluded wilderness in her winter disguise is reward enough, but freshly caught trout or walleye cooked up on the ice is a meal impossible to duplicate.

Road trips take on new meaning in winter. A vast network of groomed trails link one snowmobile-friendly community with another.

Full-service cities and remote trailside lodges welcome travelling snowmobilers with open arms as well as open restaurants, bars and motels.

Algoma: it's that beautiful and that bountiful. So come on up. There's plenty to go around.

- James Smedley

Read the full article of the four seasons in Algoma.