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Bigfoot spotted in Banff

Now that was fun!! I skied Goat creek and Spray river east yesterday. Excellent snow and fantastic tracks from the Goat creek trailhead to the Goat creek bridge. Just the absolute best.

Cascade Valley

As I started up the big hill at the beginning of the Cascade Valley trail, my wax(VR45) didn’t give much grip in the areas where the trail was sun

Excellent skiing on Goat creek and Spray river

As you’ve already read from Helen, conditions on Goat creek were wonderful. Chuck reported the new tracksetting yesterday and I couldn’t

Trackset for family day

Ribbon creek, Kananaskis village trails were trackset last night. Tracksetter Jeff gives this report: “Ribbon Creek had up to 20 cm of new. Ribbon, Link, Kovach, Terrace Loop reset

Gourmet dining in the backcountry

Did you hear the one about the backcountry skier who stowed a case of 24 beer(in bottles, no less) in his backpack? I heard all about it this weekend while

Goat creek scouting report

This is one of my all-time favourite trails, and I’m reluctant to ski it when conditions are poor. When it’s good, it’s fantastic, but when conditions

A beautiful ski day in Banff National Park

Redearth creek to Shadow Lake Lodge If the weather stays cool, the trail to Shadow Lake Lodge should be in great shape for their opening in 10 days. It was fantastic

Not pine needles, but fur in the track

I found this on Twitter from Banff National Park: “This ski track was the site of a mighty struggle. Can you help us identify what animal left this fur behind?”

Still cold out here

The warm weather didn’t reach us in Canmore and Banff yet. It was -7°C at Castle Lookout where I was skiing leg 2 of the Lake Louise to Banff loppet trail. The snow temp was -10.

Goat creek and Spray river

Greg beat me to it, but I will share some details and photos of my wonderful ski trip on Goat creek and Spray river west, one-way from Canmore to Banff.

Category: Banff