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Category: Mount Shark
Saved by snow and cool weather
Animal tracks on Redearth Creek
Tuesday in PLPP
Update: See comments for an update from Jody re: Mt Shark We skied every freshly groomed trail in PLPP yesterday. It meant retracing our steps on a few K, but the tracks were perfect and the snow was, well, not bad. If you had waxless skis, as we did. Whenever…
Mt Shark
Beautiful conditions, spectacular scenery The tracks at Mt Shark were in perfect shape from last night’s grooming. Watridge Lake Road is groomed and trackset all the way to the Spray River bridge. My red Toko was gripping well, Cheryl used VR55. In past years, the grooming would end at the…
Canmore Nordic Centre
Update: Check comments for the grooming update from Jody. With all the posts I’ve been putting up, I almost forgot….I took a quick spin around the nordic centre yesterday. We had about 5 cm of snow around 9 a.m. in the morning, so it helped where the tracks were extremely…
Elk Lakes; Mt Shark; Pipestone
With spring here, it is more important than ever for readers to share information on trail conditions. It could save someone from a frustrating ski experience. That was my original purpose in starting this blog until it morphed into its present monstrosity. Some excellent updates here… Elk Lakes cabin. Mar 21, 2011….
Opinions on Mt Shark
I received this email today, and I agree with Mike that Mt Shark doesn’t seem to be getting much coverage. Is anyone skiing there? Great post and images from the Cookie Race, Bob, looks like you had a great race day. One question sprang to mind recently – I wondered aloud…
New grooming
Confederation Golf Course “New tracks this morning. Enjoy the great winter weather!!!” Tim de freitas ****** K-Country The trails around Ribbon Creek and Kananaskis Village were groomed and trackset last night. There are some trails in PLPP which were trackset on Friday night. Check the Kananaskis trail reports. If you…
What’s new
Mt Shark The Kananaskis Trail report shows every trail at Mt Shark was groomed and trackset yesterday… “Mt. Shark ski trails are in prime condition due to the recent grooming and the 46 cm of new snow which fell over the past week.” LL to Banff Loppet The Lake Louise to…