Kananaskis Village Area

Kananaskis village and Ribbon creek

March 15, 2013

- Skiers on Terrace link trail – New tracksetting from yesterday was in fine condition for waxless skis. I was using my zero skis and climbed the steep hill

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Skogan pass: hard and fast

February 26, 2013

It’s getting close to the end of February and I still hadn’t skied to Hummingbird Plume so today was the day. We don’t

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Ribbon creek just gets better

February 20, 2013

Update Feb 22: Due to a cougar kill, there are some closures in effect for Ribbon creek west of Link junction, and Link. Check the Trip Reports

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Great snow, wonderful weather, and lots of happy dogs

February 18, 2013

- Everyone and their dog were having fun today at Ribbon creek – It was the perfect day

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Trackset for family day

February 18, 2013

Ribbon creek, Kananaskis village trails were trackset last night. Tracksetter Jeff gives this report: “Ribbon Creek had up to 20 cm of new. Ribbon, Link, Kovach, Terrace Loop reset

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Surprised again

February 8, 2013

For two days in a row I’ve been pleasantly surprised by conditions at trails where I thought it would be too icy. Today it was Ribbon creek

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Marmot Basin trail in Kananaskis

February 1, 2013

If you like fast downhills, here’s a trail for you. The brochure describes Marmot basin trail thus…“provides a good run down from the top.” That’s quite the

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Skogan Pass summit

January 31, 2013

The most fun ever, Part II This is the first time I’ve skied all the way to the summit. The final 2.4K was, to the best of my recollection, not always trackset

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Ribbon creek, Kananaskis Village

January 30, 2013

- Ribbon creek is in excellent condition – I’ll be posting two reports from today. My other trip was to the Skogan pass summit and I’ll post it tomorrow. It was

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The • most • fun • ever

January 26, 2013

Did you know that Skogan pass is steeper today than it was 10 years ago? At least, that’s what Jane told me on the trail today. Maybe she was telling me that the years

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Bill Milne trail in Kananaskis

January 25, 2013

Tessa the springer spaniel, my friend Ruth and I headed to Kananaskis to check out the freshly groomed Bill Milne trail today. It was snowing lightly, and the

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Not pine needles, but fur in the track

January 25, 2013

I found this on Twitter from Banff National Park: “This ski track was the site of a mighty struggle. Can you help us identify what animal left this fur behind?”

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Kananaskis Village & Ribbon creek

January 23, 2013

The trails which were trackset yesterday were in fabulous condition: Terrace, Aspen, and Kovach. Tessa and I also ventured over to Ribbon creek

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Making the rounds

January 11, 2013

- There wasn’t a cloud in the sky today, but there were huge snow plumes on Mt Baldy – I had my sights set on Mt Shark today, but with Spray Lakes road closed,

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Update Jan 11 @ 9:00 a.m. Spray lakes road will be closed today for four hours beginning at 11 a.m. for avalanche control. Barabara gave us a heads-up on this last night. All the trails at Mt Shark were trackset last night. The Banff

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