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Category: Golden
Ski Races this weekend
Canmore You can rub shoulders with the likes of Canadian Ski Team member Devon Kershaw at the Rocky Mountain Ski Challenge on Sunday in Canmore. Kershaw, coming off a 4-podium performance at the Tour de Ski, including one gold medal, is registered for the 10K classic event. I guess you…
Great ski conditions – everywhere!
Best overall pre-Christmas ski conditions that I can remember I thought that was such a great photo from yesterday that I’ve created a new blog header from it. It was plain to see those guys were having fun and I enjoyed talking to them for a few minutes. Very engaging gentlemen they were. Their…
Report from Golden, BC
Troy Hudson from the Golden, BC Nordic Ski Club sent this in: “There is still plenty of great skiing in Golden with about 18” of snow still on the ground. All trails are skiable still even the lower Raven loop. Raven has officially closed for the year but there are…
Comments on the weekend’s skiing
This warm weather has everyone concerned about the condition of the trails. Are conditions still good at Elk Pass? I see they groomed and trackset it yesterday. Don’t forget, it’s the Lake Louise Loppet tomorrow(Sunday March 7). This event next weekend in Golden looks like fun and it sounds like they’ve…
Comments on the weekend’s skiing
We received about 3 cm of new snow overnight and it sure freshened up the natural-snow trails at the Canmore Nordic Centre. Banff Trail and Meadowview both in good shape; even Bow Trail is a lot better with just a few thin patches and a few places where there are twigs…
West Bragg; PLPP; Ribbon Creek; Golden
Hi Bob, I was out for a ski at West Bragg Creeek this morning. It was a glorious day – bright blue sky and temperatures in the -5 to -10 range. I skied Iron Springs – Elbow Trail – Loggers and Moose Loop. Conditions were generally excellent – most of it was trackset with the…
Snowing in PLPP
New snow – just in time! Update Jan 16: See comments below for the good news. Turns out there was about 10 cm of new snow according to the trail report. At 2 pm in Peter Lougheed Prov Park the trail conditions were much as described on their trail report(icy…
Cascade Fire Road – fabulous conditions!
30K of XC skiing bliss in a magnificent and beautiful place Talk about a trail with great scenery, this is it! Arlene and I couldn’t have asked for a nicer day or better conditions for an incredible afternoon of skiing on Cascade Fire Road in Banff National Park. The trail was trackset…
Canmore Nordic Centre(CNC); PLPP; Golden,BC
Update Dec 4: The CNC website states: “Please note there will be very limited public skiing on the weekend due to two events.” The website shows most of the trails will be closed for the weekend. Canmore Nordic Centre. Dec 3, 2009 I received an email yesterday from John in Edmonton…