Bragg Creek residents braved the cold Saturday to raise money for a local hot-spot. The second annual Winter in the Woods festival was held inside -- out of -- of the hamlet's community centre.

The inaugural Winter in the Woods festival will run from noon to 8 p.m., featuring a Bragg Creek Bears hockey game, a family skate, skills competition and other unique contests like human curling.

An estimated 1,250 vehicles visit the Bragg Creek trails on a nice winter day like Monday, adding up to thousands of trail-users each week, said Schiebel, who spoke to Postmedia Monday after ...

Winter equestrian trails have been added recently, says Schiebal. "The attractiveness of West Bragg Creek is that it's so close to the city and … still free," he said.