Dimitri & Kristina at the Moraine Lake Road/Fairview junction. Mar 17, 2010
Cooler temperatures, some new snow, and fresh grooming has given us a place to ski with good conditions. The air temp this afternoon at the Moraine Lake Road trailhead was -1 and it was snowing lightly. I started out with my waxless skis, not knowing what I was going to encounter. They were probably a good choice initially, because the falling snow was a bit sticky. Other skiers were having some wax problems. If you were skiing on someone else’s tracks, wax would have worked.
Moraine Lake Road. Mar 17, 2010
There was about 2 cm of new snow in the tracks. Upon arriving at the Fairview junction, I could see fresh grooming and tracksetting; as luck would have it, one track had no new snow in it, so I knew Jessica the tracksetter had just been over it. Waxable skis would have performed fine here.
The Fairview split. The right side is the new trail which bypasses the difficult hill. Mar 17, 2010
The Telemark trail had just been single trackset today:
Telemark trail at Lake Louise. Mar 17, 2010
The Great Divide skating lane was rolled today. It had a couple cm of fresh snow in the tracks. I was the first skier so I had to break trail. The falling snow had stopped by now, and I was on waxable skis and everything was working great.
Great Divide(1A) trail at Lake Louise. Mar 17, 2010
What a treat to be skiing on some cold snow again!
Fun to see and hear from you, glad you had a great year . See you next fall.!!! John M