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Goat Creek

Goat Creek was marginal

February 3, 2012

I hope this post will save you from wasting your time, or more importantly, from incurring a broken leg

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Goat Creek day 3

January 28, 2012

You never know how many opportunities you’ll get to ski this marvelous trail, so I’m taking advantage of these good conditions and nice weather to try and get my

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Goat Creek was fantastic; then the snowshoers came

January 27, 2012

We had fantastic weather and wonderful trail conditions today on Goat Creek. Caroline and I skied to the Spray river bridge

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A wonderful surprise

January 26, 2012

After reading Adam’s comment last night about Spray River(aka Goat Creek), I decided to ski there today on the new

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Our goal at this blog is to inform readers of destinations where you’ll have fun, but we also want to hear about the places where conditions are poor so we can make an informed decision. This season, it’s more

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Spray River bridge open; Goat Creek packed

December 22, 2011

Update Dec 23: Goat Creek was trackset today. Spray River east side is also trackset. If skiing from Canmore to Banff, the east side may be a better choice for your final 5K. Chuck has provided the following regarding the grand opening

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Biking Goat Creek in the Rain

August 21, 2011

As you’re probably aware, the Goat Creek trail is closed this summer because of the Spray River bridge being washed out. Before that happened, however, I managed to get in two rides from the Canmore end – and getting caught both times in torrential downpours. Goat Creek is one of my all-time favourite trails, for [...]

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Can’t get enough

March 5, 2011

Goat Creek (Update: See comments for info on West Bragg Creek) We may not see conditions like this for ten more years, so I’m trying to get my fill of Goat Creek. Trouble is, it continues to get better, making me want to go back. Again and again. It was trackset Thursday but already has a covering of new [...]

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Goat Creek, Spray River

February 22, 2011

Ski Goat Creek, stop at the Banff Springs for a Scotch, ski back. That’s what Ian and Richard did on Monday. We ran into them as they were about 9K from Banff and on their way back to the Canmore end(that’s a 36K round trip). They seemed pretty happy. But who wouldn’t feel intoxicated with the wonderful [...]

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