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And yet more snow on MLR

Moraine Lake road has received another 10 cm of high-density snow since yesterday’s packing. I imagine the Great Divide also received a similar amount. Unfortunately, no packing was carried out today

MLR was packed again today

At 4 pm it was raining in Lake Louise village, but thankfully at the elevation of Moraine Lake road it was snowing. It would have been another difficult wax day, but we were using the

More snow on Moraine Lake road

There’s about 8 cm of new snow on MLR since it was last packed. Snow was still falling when I hit the trail at 11 a.m. this morning, and it was the heavy, moist variety that makes it difficult to wax.

Good skiing on Moraine Lake Road

You’ve probably already seen Chuck’s report and photos, but I’ll post a few more pictures which will let you see the snow conditions we encountered on Moraine Lake road. The trail is packed

Guess the trail

– Guess the trail #1 – Every fall, while we’re waiting for the snow, we play “Guess the trail” on this blog. Preliminary indications look like we’ll be skiing on them soon rather than guessing about them. Let’s get started

“Absolutely terrific”

Those were the words of the U.S. women’s national ski team coach Matt Whitcomb when I spoke with him late this afternoon on Frozen Thunder. He said this snow and track is phenomenal.

Snow is on the way

– Skiing at West Bragg Creek in early November with the Calgary ski club – This looks like an up-slope storm, so get ready to do some skiing in Calgary and maybe West Bragg Creek. The Weather Network

When will skiing begin?

Not soon enough in my opinion. Anyone else getting the itch? Today I will be digging out my ski clothes and wax bench. If the past is a good indicator, it looks like we’ll have skiable snow

Countdown to ski season

The days are getting noticeably shorter, the nights are considerably cooler, and we’ve even had some snow at higher elevations. We’ll get our first taste of skiable snow in mid-October

First ski at Ribbon Creek

A day to die live for. I arrived at Ribbon Creek just in time to hear Ross and Jurgen(a SkiHere reader) tell me how much fun they had. They regaled me with stories of the incredible snow on upper Kovach. So good,

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