Enjoy the outdoors with your dog(s). Mushing is Dogsledding, Skijoring, Canicross, Bikejoring, Scootering. One, two, three or a whole pack, we can all mush!
Mush Larose is an association of dog-sledders and skijorers based in the Larose Forest, Limoges, Ontario. The Larose Forest is a multi-use community forest on the outskirts of Limoges approximately a 20 minute drive east of the city of Ottawa. With the cooperation of the county of Prescott-Russell Mush Larose members have enjoyed exclusive use of part of the Larose trail network over many winters.
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There is still snow on the western trails, not ideal but workable. With the current temperature forecast short distance and smaller teams are a safer approach. I think we can still hold a 4 dog, 4 or 5 mile race on Sunday. The parking lot is currently mixed gravel/ice, so we would…
The trails were solid with granular surface today. Nick re-groomed the heavily travelled trails before leaving, so for those of you crazy enough to go out early in the morning before the freezing rain, the surface should be hard and fast until 9 am, especially with a little fresh snow…
We still have a freezing rain forecast for tomorrow morning so we will postpone the event to March 4th. There is still a good base of snow at Larose, so hopefully enough of it will survive this week’s temperatures. • Dana
The forecast still has freezing drizzle from 9 am to noon on Sunday. I suspect we will have to postpone the event. The group will decide today at the Forest Day. There will be a post later this evening confirming. Possible reschedule depending on the weather – details TBD.
Nick is scratching the parking lot now and a sand truck is coming in to make it safe for the visitors. He has groomed the trails. They are granular snow, fast, but he thinks it will work, especially as the day progresses and the warmth makes them a bit softer.…
Nick says he thinks he may still be able to groom trails for the weekend, especially if we get a little snow on Friday, so keep posted and don’t make other plans just yet! • For Larose Forest day, we have all the trails around the parking area as the…
We had an interesting visitor at this years Mush Larose Race For Rescue. Carol Anne Meehan braved the cold weather to report on the fun we have skijoring with our dogs. Here you can visit Carol Anne’s Blog post https://www.carolannemeehan.com/new-blog/ Direct Link to main story video: https://vimeo.com/251552633 Direct Link to interview…
South Korean student visitors to Prescott-Russell, and their Canadian hosts, were given dog sled rides today at Larose forest at the request of the forestry manager and council. Despite somewhat chilly temperatures, and underdressed visitors (running shoes and jeans are not awesome at -15°C), a fun time…
The Larose Forest has been updated https://mushlarose.ca/larose-forest-trails/ The first change from last year is the re-opening of the ‘ravine’ trail between JGL and End Loop. This trail was used in the past but has been abandoned for several years. From the trail reports that have been posted, care and caution should…
There has been many requests for some skijoring/canicross/bikejoring instruction a first small team harness dog sport seminar is being organized for January 9th 2018. This will be a good introduction to anyone curious about harness dog sports or for anyone who has already started harnessing there dog but would like…
