Moose Jaw Times-Herald: An almost snow-less Winterfest

Families enjoy activities at Wakamow Valley in mild temperatures

Winterfest was designed as a free family fun day
to get people outside.A horse-drawn wagon ride
makes its way through Wakamow Valley during
Winterfest 2016 on Feb. 21, 2016.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Planning the Winterfest event wasn't easy considering the lack of snow.

Fortunately, Ailsa McKeen, administration and events co-ordinator at Wakamow Valley, had a Plan A and a Plan B so Sunday's free event could go off without a hitch.

"There aren't quite as many activities as we would've liked. We would've liked to bring our snowshoes out. We recently purchased some snowshoes that people can come and use for free. So anytime somebody wants to snowshoe in the valley, they just have to come to our office and they just have to sign out some snow shoes and away they go," she said.

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