After 18 days of deprivation, it was wonderful to be skiing on the best conditions, in the most pleasant weather, on the most enjoyable trails known to mankind. After seeing Steve’s photos from West Bragg Creek, I guess my description could apply elsewhere, too. Did someone really access the trails…
Feb 4, 2020 Thanks to Shulamit for the photo. She also remarked… “I thought I’d forward this photo from yesterday at West Bragg Creek. I took this photo just as the sky was clearing and thought that it looked like a big reptile in the ski – we can call…
It’s possible that conditions may have been this good at some point in the past, but I can’t remember when. It was -11°C with sunny skies and no wind at Kananaskis Village at 1:30 pm. I skied the Terrace north – Kovach Lookout – Kovach return to Village loop and…
The phrase “thin but skiable” is one we’ll remember from this low-snow winter. I was losing hope that we’d ever see any tracksetting on these trails,
Fallsalot mentioned playing hooky and “skiing orgy.” Tomorrow would be a perfect day to do it. I wish I had thought of “skiing orgy” because that would have described this wonderful day.
Tracksetter Jeff is out working tonight and sent me another photo of the Kovach picnic table. He remarked…
-Members of the Norseman Ski Club on Aspen trail in Kananaskis- Tomorrow(Saturday) may offer the most choices for skiing ever. Trails in the
“We then broke trail through perhaps 15cm of fluffy fresh powder on Mountain View, until snowmobiles appeared coming towards us. They stopped, and cheerfully explained that there was too much snow for one machine to handle” -Diana
Tracksetter Jeff sent this photo and note: “10 cm at the Village. Still dirt showing through in places but getting better.” You can watch Jeff’s progress in real time on the Ribbon Creek Live Grooming Report.
Update Dec 6 @ 8: 30 a.m: I’ve added 14 new photos to the Emerald lake Lodge contest page. The deep freeze has settled in; it’s -21°C in Canmore this morning.
