One race ends, and another begins. I haven’t spoken to the organizers of the Lake Louise to Banff Loppet but from my observations it has been an unmitigated success. Over 280 participants at last count, and probably double that doing it unofficially. Just like many other events and fundraisers, the…
After skiing at Lake Louise yesterday, I stayed overnight in Field at Truffle Pigs Lodge, wanting
We had excellent trail conditions and perfect weather for skiing at Emerald Lake. The Alluvial Fan and the Emerald Connector were trackset yesterday,
It’s going to be a beautiful day on the ski trails here at Emerald Lake and Yoho National Park. The temperature is -12°C and the sun is shining on the tops of the mountains. The high for today is -4. Jeff did the tracksetting last night
If anyone wants to make the drive to Yoho, all the trails will be in great shape tomorrow(Wednesday). This is the email I received this afternoon from Marilyn at the Kicking Horse Ski Club:
No doubt you’ve heard that we are expecting upwards of 40 cm of snow starting Wednesday evening. The Snow Forecast is predicting 41 cm at Ribbon Creek and 49 cm in PLPP. If the snow materializes, it will take a few days
I’ve posted the “Win 2 free nights at Emerald Lake Lodge” contest. You can enter with a comment, or a photo. The photo can be of anything and anywhere. Likewise the comments,
This photo which I took on March 9 shows the avalanche path but not the recent avalanche. This update is from the Kicking Horse Ski Club: The slide path got dropped on Sunday! We have up to 30’ of snow & debris blocking the summer walking trail. It did reach…
The skiing today, surrounded by some of the Rockies most impressive peaks, with spectacular blue skies, was beyond expectations. The 2 cm of new snow which was predicted was only a skiffin the new tracks. The air temperature at 10:20 a.m. was -14 but felt a lot warmer with the…
The Emerald Lake trails were being packed late this afternoon while I was skiing on them. Tracksetter Hans finished packing Tree Hugger, Horse trail, Alluvial Fan, and the trail across the lake.
