“We were being watched”

Even with Steve Riggs’ secondary camera, his photos are spectacular. Yesterday, on the Birdwood Circuit, he captured the rare sighting of mountain goats. Steve posted 27 photos with his trip report, and every photo is amazing.  I’m always fascinated by mountain goats’ ability to survive at high elevations with the…

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Avalanche in mid-flight

Chuck captured some amazing photos on his Mosquito Creek ski trip today. The avalanche is spectacular, but the wolverine tracks are also very interesting. Most animal tracks would not be identifiable after being snowed upon but the three-print diagonal of a wolverine is unmistakeable even after it is a few…

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Who made these tracks?

There are some non-skier tracks we enjoy seeing on the ski trail. I know the ski tracks were made by Rory, but he was wondering which animal made the other tracks on Rolly Road in PLPP. Rory didn’t see imprints of toenails.  Thanks for all the trip reports and photos….

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Friday morning update

It looks like we’ll have a significant snowfall event on Monday and Tuesday if the forecasts are correct.  Mt Shark: All the trails were trackset last night. Do you have your Kananaskis parking pass? Jan 29th:  Periods of snow fell during the day on Thursday at Mt Shark, changing to light…

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Animals along the ski trail

The moose photos from Ray Yong’s trip report reminded me that it’s time to post the animal photos which we’ve collected over the years.   Ray encountered the above moose on Wheeler and remarked, “On Wheeler, had a somewhat one-sided discussion with a couple of moose about respecting the tracksetting. Not…

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Well-fed wolves

I was hoping Chuck would take the cue from MAAD and check out the elk bones in Cascade Valley. What a great thing to see, and it makes me happy to know the wolf pack is out there and getting enough to eat. It looks very fresh with bits of…

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Wednesday morning update

Strathmore golf course John and Wendy submitted reports from Strathmore yesterday. John Bargman submitted this report… “Skied Strathmore Golf course today. Good to very good track setting all around the course. There is an honour system at a cost of $5. Not many people there and fun to ski the…

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