West Bragg Creek
Moose Loop at West Bragg Creek. Jan 1, 2010. Photo courtesy of Steve Riggs.
Hi Bob,
A couple of New Years presents- fresh tracksetting on most of the
trails, from the GBCTA, and warm sunny weather with a temperature
of – 4 at West Bragg Creek, to ring in the new year.
Unfortunately, a visit from the grinch as well- in the form of morons
off-roading on parts of Crystal Line and Sundog on New Years eve.
Despite that, it was a great afternoon ski on Crystal Line-Moose Loop-
Moose Connector-Sundog-Crystal Line.
All in all, conditions are mainly quite good for West Bragg, but vary
from excellent, to poor with minimal coverage in a few spots,
sometimes in the space of 100 m.
I would recommend skiing Moose in a CCW direction to avoid the worst
spot, which is on the twisty downhill near the south corner of the
loop.
The truck tracks were not too much of an issue on east Sundog, in my
opinion. I would also recommend skiing it CCW as the long gentle
downhill is nice and quick, with the fast hard tracksetting.
Cheers,
Steve Riggs
Moose Loop at West Bragg Creek. Jan 1, 2010. Photo courtesy of Steve Riggs.
Emerald Lake
Received the following photos and report from Robson King:
Emerald Lake Dec 31, 2009. Photo courtesy of Robson King
“After reading your description of the trails in Yoho (Emerald lake etc), we decided to spend New Years in Field and give them a try (quite a few reasonably priced guest houses in Field to stay at).
Emerald Lake Dec 31, 2009. Photo courtesy of Robson King
Ski Trip On Sunday Jan 3
Gillian is co-ordinating a ski trip to Cascade Fire Road on Sunday. Cheryl and I will be joining the fun. You can see details here Calgary Ski Club . The trail was in fabulous condition when I skied it last Sunday. Hope to see you!
We’re planning on skiing tomorrow(Sat) in PLPP. If you see us, say hi…you can’t miss our spiffy new toques with “SkiHere.ca” on the front.
We’ve set a new record today at Ski Here.ca with 666 views(and counting). All the best to everyone in 2010!
