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Grey Hares

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Who are the Grey Hares?

Grey Hares is a group within Nature Manitoba of retired and partly retired people who enjoy nature, new experiences, making friends, being physically active, doing meaningful things, and sharing time with like-minded people.

There is an activity every Wednesday during the day, organized by members of the group. 

We cross country ski, snowshoe, skate, and walk in the winter, and we hike, bike, paddle, and camp in the summer. We also have many different educational and cultural activities, including tours at places of interest.

We carpool to destinations and share expenses. Most activities are free, and some include lunch. Our pace of activity tends to be at the lower end of speed, but we often organize into smaller groups of similar ability. Nobody gets left behind. An activity’s difficulty is rated using Nature Manitoba’s Trip Rating Guidelines.

We are always looking for new places to go, events to attend, experiences to share … and new members. Our lifetime membership fee is only $5, but Grey Hares members must also be current members of Nature Manitoba. We welcome people to try us out before becoming a member, so please consider coming out to one of our Wednesday activities.

For further information, please contact us at greyhares@naturemanitoba.ca.

If you have a current Nature Manitoba membership and you want to join Grey Hares, please contact greyhares@naturemanitoba.ca for e-transfer details.

Grey Hares follows all provincial health orders.

Past Activities

Grey Hares Activities

Tuesday Breakfast

Repeats every month on the second Tuesday 2 times.
January 14, 2025
February 11, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Date: The second Tuesday of every month at 9.00 AM
Location: Smitty’s Family Restaurant, 580 Pembina Hwy (near Grant Ave)
Registration deadline: The preceding Sunday at 6:00 PM. Charles needs to know who will be attending.
Bring: Your name tag.

Contact / Registration: 

Charles Begley -- register at ccbegley@shaw.ca

CBC Manitoba tour

January 15, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Location: CBC Manitoba, 541 Portage Avenue.  There is no on-site parking. Many bus routes stop across the street and at Portage & Spence.

Time: Meet before 11:45 AM. Sign-in and a security check will take a few minutes. The tour starts at noon and will last for 1 hour.

Contact / Registration: 

Kevin & Anita Miller -- register at k.a.miller@mts.net .   Please see the Registration section (below) before registering.

Tuesday Breakfast

January 14, 2025
February 11, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Date: The second Tuesday of every month at 9.00 AM
Location: Smitty’s Family Restaurant, 580 Pembina Hwy (near Grant Ave)
Registration deadline: The preceding Sunday at 6:00 PM. Charles needs to know who will be attending.
Bring: Your name tag.

Contact / Registration: 

Charles Begley -- register at ccbegley@shaw.ca

Camping / Paddling / Hiking at Tulabi Falls in Nopiming Provincial Park

June 9, 2025 to June 12, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

This year's follow-up to the successes of car-camping / day-paddling / day-hiking  trips at Rushing River in 2022 (24 Grey Hares), Caddy Lake in 2023 (32 Grey Hares), and Black Lake in 2024 (31 Grey Hares) is a car-camping / day-paddling / day-hiking trip at Tulabi Falls in

Contact / Registration: 

Kevin & Anita Miller -- register at k.a.miller@mts.net