Not this again

 

We had a nice little run of cold snow, pleasant weather and good trail conditions. It’s over for now.

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This warm weather(and rain in Canmore) is going to be brutal for the ski trails. The extent of the damage remains to be seen.

I imagine our first trip report of the day from GraemeP will be the precursor of many such reports: wet snow and needlemania. In the mornings, icy trails.

I’ve covered a lot of ground snow so far this winter, but still have a few trails that I haven’t skied on yet this year such as Pipestone. I’m hoping that at least Lake Louise will survive. From the sounds of today’s Groomer’s report from the Chateau grooming team, things are okay.

Environment Canada is predicting 10 cm of snow in Yoho tonight and temperatures remaining below zero.

West Bragg Creek update from Groomer Jeff: “Warm temps and high winds have caused rapid deterioration of conditions on most of the trail system. Pine needles are accumulating in forested areas, and snow ranges from soft to ice crust depending on location and time of day. Numerous ice flows are plaguing the area…” Check the Groomer’s Reports for more details. 

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  1. As Bob noted, this intense Chinook is proving to be brutal for ski trails. This is particularly true of the more easterly ski trails like West Bragg Creek, Sandy McNabb, Ribbon Creek or in Calgary parks. These photos from WBC tell the sad story.
    https://goo.gl/photos/TYjUnixp3D75Bgrw5
    Skiing is not recommended here at this time. It’s going to take a pretty big snowfall to make these trails skiable again. And it there appears to be no snow in the forecast for these areas for the next 2 weeks.
    Makes you wonder what conditions are like at the un-groomed Chester/Sawmill trails?

  2. I’m in Yoho right now and things still look good. Lots of fresh snow today – so much so that there are ski tracks right through the town of Field. I had to clear about 6″ off my car there. I’m thinking the Emerald trails will be wonderful once trackset again. Also had a wonderful nighttime ski in perfect tracks there on Saturday night.

    I’ll be very interested to hear how PLPP is holding up as I’m hoping for a nighttime ski there on Saturday night.

  3. Going to try M.L.R. on Thursday. (Downhill tomorrow at Sunshine). I’ll let you know . . . .

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