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Moraine Lake road will be packed Wednesday

Snow-vember is here! I couldn’t contain my curiosity and took a spin up to Lake Louise this afternoon and ran into the grooming/tracksetting team

Snow! Just an appetizer…

Real snow from the sky! I returned to Canmore late this afternoon and was greeted by 2 cm of snow in my back yard. I managed to get a couple laps of skiing on Frozen Thunder as dark was falling. It was still pretty good on my waxless skis. I could see a lot

Announcing…The new blog!

You don’t know how much I’ve been looking forward to this. Soon to be skiing, and back to blogging about it…with a much-improved blog! Did anyone notice the changes in the blog? After all the time I spent over the summer

Canmore Nordic Centre

The best conditions I’ve seen in mid-Nov The Snow Gods made us wait a few extra days this year, but they have rewarded us handsomely for our patience. The conditions on the natural-snow trails at Canmore Nordic Centre are as good or better than I saw them at any time last…

My first time at Lake Louise

It’s almost here With ski season around the corner, it’s time to start blogging again. I’ve already received a few emails from people, excited about the upcoming winter, asking for advice on new gear. I hope everyone had a nice summer and got to spend lots of time in the mountains….

A waxless ski day at Lake Louise

Another 10 cm of fresh snow We had plans to ski the Great Divide today, but upon arrival it was buried in about 10 cm of fresh snow. That, despite being trackset just yesterday. The tracks had been skied in pretty well on Moraine Lake road(MLR) so we skied there….

First time on XC skis

A perfect day at Lake Louise It was a beautiful day as Abraham and I led an enthusiastic group of 17 skiers on a trip up Moraine lake road. Conditions just keep getting better. The trail had been trackset and groomed last night and we couldn’t have asked for better weather….

Comments on today’s(Sat) skiing?

I didn’t get out on the trails today(Sat), but would like to hear from anyone who was. How are the conditions? We have about fifteen people on board for tomorrow’s trip to Lake Louise and I was wondering what we could expect. Would also like to hear from anyone who was…

Life is good!*!

Guess what we found today!? (See Nov 13 update at bottom of this post) We arrived in the late afternoon(4 pm) to find the most beautiful snow conditions we’ve ever seen at Elk pass in November. It had been trackset earlier in the day and the tracks were firm and well set-up. Pisten Bully tracks:…

Updates: Lake Louise, Redearth Creek, Open House, Trip on Sunday

Lake Louise There’s lots to talk about, so let’s get started. After the big snowfall on Tuesday, the trails were in great shape on Wednesday at Lake Louise. Moraine Lake road was groomed and trackset, the Great Divide(1A Hwy) was being worked on during the day. We checked it at 3…

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