This blog reached 1.8 million+ readers this winter, and logged 2.4 million page views. The average winter readership over the past four years was 1.1 million. Since starting the blog in 2008… I’ve written 2854 updates. 28,750 comments have been submitted. I don’t know what possessed me to log every…
It’s time to put faces to many of the names you’ve seen on here who have submitted trip reports and other comments over the years. I’ve collected a large album of photos which I’m displaying in the gallery below. The 86 photos only account for about 5% of the total,…
March 1, 2021: Ski mania continued unabated in February. The daily average of 10,054 unique visits to this blog is up 116% over last year. Since Oct 1, 2020 we’ve received 1.48 million visits. ****** Kananaskis sees record visitors for 2020 Estimated number of visits to Kananaskis Country 2015: 3,597,678 2016: 3,706,633…
When I started this blog in the fall of 2008, my intention was to give condition updates on all the groomed trails within a 75-minute drive from Canmore. The original SkierBob banana republic covered the following areas(with original km of groomed trails): Yoho 43 Lake Louise 79 Banff 77 Canmore…
In a winter where we had to start paying to ski in Kananaskis, this is remarkable. The January Trip Reports page was viewed 36,671 times. I haven’t kept track, but the 611 comments on the page is probably a record for a monthly trip reports page. Thank you to everyone…
The most viewed post on this blog in December was The Death Bridge. The November and December trip reports were viewed 62,382 times. Dog-friendly ski trails page was viewed 4,199 times since the start of ski season. Cross-country skiing is suddenly cool with a lot of people. Of course, long-time…
There’s not much in the way of new grooming to talk about. From David Percy’s trip report, we know the Parks Canada groomers were working on the Pipestone trails yesterday. “West Elk Pass meadows: fantastic!!! Tons of fresh fluffy snow. Easy traveling.” – Tanya It sounds like the Elk Pass…
Oct 26, 2020: Welcome to all the new readers and trip reporters on this blog. I usually go through some “instructions” for our new readers before skiing starts but we’ve been too busy talking about all the good skiing. The Trip Reports page is the first place to look in…
We received no fewer than 22 trip reports yesterday which must be a record. I’m not even counting Steve’s bike report but he still had info for skiers in there. A snowfall warning has been issued for Banff – Lake Louise, but most of it
Mon Dec 31 @ 7:45 a.m. If you haven’t skied yet this year, today is your last opportunity. Luckily we received reports from almost every location that’s suitable for skiing. Thanks to all the trip reporters! Go prepared for cold weather.
