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That means groomers such as Cross and Dudley — there are about 10 in all — spend up to seven hours a day on their snow machines, dragging heavy sleds that set the snow along the Trans-Canada Trail and on various side loops. Dudley, president of the association, estimates the system has seen as many as 80,000 visits through the COVID pandemic.‘Granny Groomers’ Judy Dudley and Marlene Cross pose for a photo near Britannia Park in Ottawa.
Cross and Dudley first met at a public meeting organized by Bay Ward Coun. Theresa Kavanagh to gauge support for the idea of a trail network in Britannia. The Kichi Sibi Winter Trail network and Ski Heritage East in Orléans were already up and running with a free community trail network.
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