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Home Archive by category "Floods of 2013"

Category: Floods of 2013

Bridge patrol

-Evan-Thomas bridge on Bill Milne trail in K-Country(looking north)- It appears that work has been completed

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September 21, 2015 September 22, 20150

Lillian and Galatea Lakes

Galatea creek, reclaimed bridge #1 (Photo by Alf Skrastins) More bridges have been finished! Alf Skrastins sent me this email:

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September 10, 2015 September 12, 20151

Boulton creek trail reconstruction

I’m happy to report that Boulton creek in PLPP will be skiable this winter. The trail is presently being worked on with

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August 23, 2015 October 23, 20181

Boulton creek trail is inaccessible

Update Dec 12, 2015: The Boulton creek trail has been rebuilt and is once again skiable. I thought we should remind skiers about the flood damaged Boulton creek trail which is reported to be inaccessible. I have talked to many skiers this winter who have skied on Boulton creek trail, starting…

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January 1, 2015 December 12, 2015 Kananaskis, PLPP 1

Goat creek/Spray river bridge update

– Chuck is fording the Spray river with the almost-repaired bridge in the background – There is one last obstacle to having the entire

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July 24, 2014 August 23, 2014 Banff, Goat Creek, Spray River 3

Fantastic news re: Ribbon creek

– A newly completed section of Ribbon creek. –  One of my favourite trails, Ribbon creek, is reborn after being destroyed by the 2013 floods. Thanks to Alf for this

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July 18, 2014 July 21, 201413

Name that bridge

Chuck O’Callaghan has put together a portfolio of damaged and replaced bridges. If you’re a regular reader, you may have seen all of these at one time or another.

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January 3, 2014 January 4, 20145

Fantastic news!!!

 – Whiskey Jack trail(file photo) – We’ll be skiing on Whiskey Jack this winter. Yes!!!! It has been repaired!

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October 25, 2013 October 27, 2013 PLPP, Whiskey Jack 2

Bridges in Banff post-flooding update

Intrepid skier and biker Chuck has some good news about the Spray River and Goat Creek trails: “Today I biked from Banff to the Goat Creek trailhead (and back) to see what trail conditions might be like this winter. I was pleasantly surprised. The only remaining difficulty is the bridge…

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October 23, 2013 February 23, 2021 Goat Creek, Spray River 2

$60 million for K-Country repairs

 – Pre-flood Ribbon creek. It’s sad to know we’ll never see this sight ever again –  On  Twitter from the Rocky Mountain Outlook…

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October 23, 2013 October 23, 2013 Ribbon Creek, Whiskey Jack 4
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