Update Nov 9: The Great Divide trail(aka 1A Hwy) was groomed and trackset late this afternoon all the way to the Lake O’Hara parking lot. Chip and I are heading up tomorrow to check it out – and I’m taking my bear spray! John the groomer has a warning: “Hi Bob; watch…
Faaaabuuulous!!! Our group had a wonderful ski on Moraine Lake road at Lake Louise today. They had some fresh snow which had been groomed and trackset. Saw lots of people with smiles on their faces. It’s hard to believe we have conditions like this on Nov 7. When you look…
Cross country skiing on Moraine Lake Road at Lake Louise
SkiHere.ca declares ski season is on!!! The snow Gods have smiled upon us Moraine Lake Road was groomed and double trackset today(Monday). Yesss!!! Conditions are fair to good up to the creek(2.6K), really good for the last 6K. Your poles will hit pavement consistently up to the creek but only occasionally after…
Crusty thin snow The conditions were marginal on Moraine Lake Road yesterday. The first 2.6K up to Paradise Creek were sketchy to say the least. Lots of pavement showing, with previous tracks being almost melted through to pavement. It melted a lot in the 2-3 hours we were there. See…
Oct 13, 2009: The Canmore Nordic Centre website says: Skiing will be available tomorrow (Wed Oct 14th) on a 300m loop of man made snow in the stadium. Oct 14, 2009 Update: Very good conditions on 400 metres in front of the stadium for skating or classic.
Early season snow on Ribbon Creek and Pocaterra
How’s this for Oct 9? Hi Bob, I checked out the snow conditions at the Ribbon Creek trails today. There was about 15cm at the elevation of the Nakiska day lodge (1500m elevation). At 1900m elevation, there was 25cm of snow depth and at 2100m elevation, the snow was 40cm…
Welcome to Ski Here! This blog is dedicated to giving first-hand accounts of cross country ski conditions in Calgary, Kananaskis, Banff, Lake Louise and Yoho. I skied at Lake Louise on the Moraine Lake road today. It was snowmobile packed with a couple centimetres of new snow over the packing. It…
