The best xc skiing on earth

Conditions at Lake Louise are tremendous. Great Divide, Moraine Lake road and Tramline have excellent grooming, tracks, and cold snow to make for easy waxing.

Air temperature was -6 with nary a breath of wind. Absolutely perfect.

Many hilites today – seeing Debbie and Debbie, who were out for their first ski of the season, with big smiles.

-Encountering a pine marten on the trail and watching its antics. I was within 20 metres of it.  A better camera would come in handy for occasions like this.

The snow was fast today. Coming down the hill on MLR I hit a new high of 46 km/hour(without crashing!) Lower Tramline to the train station has a good track and I’ve never experienced it so fast, not even during the Loppet.

Paradise is indeed the correct name for this place.

Just a reminder, there is an update on Chester Lake on the “Trip Reports” page. Frank’s report from yesterday was encouragement for me to ski the Lower Tramline today. Glad I did.

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  1. Hi Bob…wow…thanks for the nice pic you posted of us! Deb and Deb!! We had a wonderful day and then went home and soaked in the Hot tub…was a great start to the season! It was wonderful running into you…and your site here…is really AWESOME!! Hope to see you again sometime.
    Have a great day..

    Deb (I’m the Deb with the blonde hair) 🙂

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