The Pasadena Ski and Nature Park was founded by: Rex Burton, Lois Burton, Mac Turner, Mac Robertson, Judy Skinner, Wally Skinner, Kay Hounsell, Henry Hounsell, Ginny Cruikshank, and Peter Cruishank in the winter of 1977. This group of cross-country ski enthusiasts came together and started a club, which would see astonishing growth over the next thirty years.

In the early years the club had no permanent location or designated trail system. The members skied mainly on woods roads, power lines, large field in Pasadena, and in South Brook Park where they were able to enjoy night skiing and jackrabbit programs. Even though the club was very small and had no designated trail system in their early years they were a big part of cross country skiing in Newfoundland and Labrador as was demonstrated when they hosted the Newfoundland marathon in 1978 only a year after the club originated.

During the winter of 1982-1983 the club began developing its formal trail system with the development of Snowflake Lane and the Looper Trail. The club continued to expand on their trail system with the help of funding from several government agencies, which provided the recourses necessary to cut and develop a new trail every few years. By the year 2000 the Pasadena Ski and Nature Park had a complex that featured over 13km of wilderness and Ski trails and a chalet made from an old woods camp that had been purchased in 1992.

Over the years members of the club have struggled to keep the trails up to their standards in terms of grooming. The club spent most of the seventies experimenting with homemade grooming equipment that was towed by volunteers using their snowmobiles. Despite their best efforts these home made devices did not render a very high quality trail. In the early 1980’s the club purchased their first snowmobile and manufactured groomer and has been progressing ever since. The club now owns two top of the line ginzugroomers, and a Centaur.

In the year 2002 members of the club decided to it was time to expand their operation and began a proposal to ACOA for a new lodge, trail, lighting system and essential equipment. This process took about four years before the club members began to see results of all their hard work. In the fall of 2005 construction began on the new state of the art chalet and it opened in March 2006 just in time to host the Newfoundland and Labrador winter games. In January 2007 the Pasadena Ski and Nature Park opened its final trail, the Caribou, a 5km addition to their already existing trail system, giving the club19 km of groomed trail for their members to enjoy.

The Pasadena Ski and Nature Park has come a long way over the past thirty or more years, blossoming from a small group of people who shared a common interest into an organization that will provide ski and nature trails to enthusiasts near and far for years to come, as well as providing economic well being to the western region of Newfoundland and Labrador.