PLPP(P Lougheed Park)

Excellent skiing on recent grooming

March 10, 2014

If you can get out to the trails in PLPP soon after they’ve been groomed you’ll have some excellent spring skiing conditions. Yesterday’s grooming on Lodgepole was still excellent at 6 pm today. We were using Skintec waxless skis but it’s possible that red wax might have worked. Braille, being exposed to the sun all […]

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Terrific conditions in PLPP

February 24, 2014

It was -11°C at the hut at 2 pm. The Pocaterra moose was there to greet me. She did not appear to be aggressive and probably would have run away had I walked towards her.

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Cookie race grooming

February 20, 2014

- The view from the Kananaskis fire lookout. - You might have noticed the unusual mix of trails which were groomed last night in PLPP. It’s because the Cooke race

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Busy day at PLPP

February 16, 2014

There were a lot of skiers enjoying the trails in PLPP today. The Pocaterra parking lot looked jam-packed when I passed it on my way to Elkwood.

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Valentine’s day on Blueberry hill and Elk pass

February 15, 2014

I love it when there’s a centimetre or two of fresh snow on top of the new groomingas it maximizes the fun for descending the steep parts of Blueberry hill.

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Filling in the blanks

February 10, 2014

Ski season would seem incomplete if I didn’t ski all the trails in PLPP at least once. On my route through the north end of the park,

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Cold, but wonderful conditions

February 6, 2014

Update: Be sure to read Jody’s comment at the end of this post. I waited for it to warm up, and by 2:30 pm it was -14°C at Boulton creek in PLPP. Considering

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Skiing at its best!

February 2, 2014

What a fantastic day of skiing! The snow was cold, the sun was bright, the tracks were excellent, glide was superfast, no debris, no wind, and easy waxing.

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The inside track(s)

January 29, 2014

- Jen and Sarah at the Amos/Lynx junction - On Saturday, I skied the PLPP north perimeter loop, but I still hadn’t skied some of the “inside” trails such as

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PLPP north loop

January 25, 2014

Today’s skiing was fantastic! I’ve clocked 126K in the past 7 days with all of them being wonderful. We’re enjoying the best skiing of the winter on most

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Here’s what you missed today

January 23, 2014

25K of blissful skiing. If you were stuck in a cubicle today perhaps it’s time to re-assess your priorities. Our decision was easy

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Should be a great day in PLPP

January 23, 2014

Lots of trails were groomed last night in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park(shown in green on the map). The PLPP webcam says the temperature is -7°C at 8 a.m.(which means it’s probably closer to -9 or -10). Goat creek was trackset yesterday to the Goat creek bridge at 7K. Spray river west

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The miracle transformation

January 16, 2014

We’re all feeling a lot more optimistic and positive today. Who wouldn’t after the horrendous conditions of yesterday, followed by the fantastic cold snow

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Some signs of life

January 16, 2014

The Live Grooming Reports are showing their value in situations like we are experiencing right now. With everything carpeted in tree debris, anything with new grooming should be enjoyable to ski. It dropped below zero in Canmore last

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Kananaskis Fire Lookout

January 10, 2014

A couple snowshoers and I were the only ones to make the big climb yesterday. Conditions were perfect with excellent snow coverage and new grooming.

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Blueberry Hill

January 2, 2014

-Glenna and Diane at the Elk pass/Blueberry hill junction- Our first Groomer’s Report this morning encouraged me to head for Elk pass/Blueberry hill today.

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My favourite loop

December 30, 2013

Firm grip, fast glide, cold snow, excellent tracks, nice weather, with lots of smiling faces. Today was one of those days where you could experience, as my friend Chip

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How many wolves were there?

December 25, 2013

After my first ski trip of this winter on new Pocaterra yesterday, I continued on the fresh tracksetting along Lynx, Amos, Wheeler, Whiskey Jack,

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My first adventure on “new” Pocaterra

December 24, 2013

- There’s still some construction debris on the new section of Pocaterra – Jody wasn’t kidding when he said it was a whole pack of wolves, and as Chris

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Jody’s update on PLPP(including wolf sighting!)

December 24, 2013

Tracksetter Jody sent this Tuesday Dec 24 at 8:21 a.m: It was minus six at 7AM at Boulton Parking Lot, with a skiff of light snow overnight. All of the PLPP trails north of and including Whiskey Jack have now been groomed

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