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Cross Country Skiing

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Onondaga County Parks offers some of the best opportunities for Cross Country Skiing in the region.

• Highland Forest tops the list with 20 miles of challenging yet accessible trails, ski and snowshoe rentals, horsedrawn sleighrides and a cozy fireplace at Skyline Lodge which has food service on the weekends.
• Beaver Lake Nature Center’s 9 miles of trails make for a perfect ski or snowshoe outing.
• Metropolitan trails, excellent for first time skiers, are at Onondaga Lake Park while Oneida Shores offers the McKinley Ridge trail and lake access.