PUBLISHER’S LETTER
IN LIKE A LAMB
W
inter once again is on its way, but this time it’s making us wait for the fun to begin. As we wrap up another year, in your hands you have the winter issue of Ottawa Outdoors and it holds the key to adventure to come. If you just can’t let go of your two-wheelers then you’re gonna love learning about fatbiking through the winter. These fat tires give you the ability to bike on trails around the region (p. 26). And for a bonus, head over to (p.22) and read about how a couple of guys rode their fatbikes across Greenland in the company of a guide and sled dogs. Amazing! The other amazing winter activities to try this year include both DAVE BROWN cross-country skiing and ice-skating actually through the woods! Both the Pontiac in Bistol, Quebec and Arrowhead Provincial Park have the trails PUBLISHER Editor-in-chief all marked with tiki torches so you’re sure to enjoy the experience. Ottawa Outdoors If alpine skiing is your passion then take notice of the local ski hill ads ottawaoutdoors.ca as well as solid advice from Chris Lennon (p. 10). Our resident expert Allen Macartney continues to educate our SHOW OWNER outdoors minds with tips and advice. In this issue he shares: the uses of The Outdoor & Adventure Travel Show WD40 (complete with a humourous illustration, p. 16); new trail treats adventureottawa.com beyond GORP, p.17; and how safety blankets will do as they promise p.38. And lastly he keeps us safe in his Surival column about surviving an PUBLISHER automobile crash p.36). Fish, Hunt & Ride And as much as our region is a haven for outdoor adventure, let’s not fishhuntandride.ca forget our Ontario and Quebec neighbours. Over on (p.11) and (p.18) Katharine Fletcher provides you all sorts of details on what to do in the Eastern Townships and beyond Gatineau Park. There are some beautiful deep-country experiences waiting for you this winter. Jump in. Lastly as Ottawans love to travel enjoy not only that fatbiking through Greenland piece mentioned above, but take a gander at (p.29) and explore Borneo’s mysterious Mount Kinabalu. So there you go. Cover-to-cover of outdoor adventure. Articles to educate you and a list of outdoor clubs (p.27) to connect with to have experts lead the way. Winter is coming, be adventurous, be a lion out there!
THE TEAM
OTTAWA
OUTDOORS MAGAZINE
March 19-20, 2016
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