Nov 22, 2020: It’s good to see that skiers are now using the Upper Lake parking lot in order to access Elk Pass. The photo above shows skiers at the trailhead as they are preparing to ski the pleasant 900-metre trail to Elk Pass. The short access road into Elk…
Nov 21, 2020: With all this early snow, can you imagine how upset everyone would be if grooming in Kananaskis had been cancelled for good? I expect skiers would be out protesting with torches and pitchforks ski poles. We owe a debt of gratitude to Nordiq Alberta for their well-thought-out proposal…
PLPP = Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Purchase your Kananaskis Parking Pass online. The following report was sent to me by Tracksetter James on Sat Nov 21 at at 2:11 a.m…. “Boulton Creek / Fox Creek / Moraine trails were snowmobile packed only. Packers was snowmobile roller-packed. Tyrwhitt was heavily bladed and then…
PLPP = Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Purchase your Kananaskis Parking Pass online. Nov 20, 2020: If you want to read about all the new grooming that’s occurring in the SkierBob domain, make sure you read to the end. Chuck has posted enticing photos of the newly-trackset Kicking Horse trail in…
Nov 20, 2020: The hut is open daily 8:30 am – 8 pm It’s a very unusual occurrence to see more fresh snow at Pocaterra hut than at Elk Pass. I estimate there was around 15 cm of high-density snow from Wednesday night. One skier had broken trail in the…
Just a reminder to purchase your Kananaskis parking pass. Another reminder: if you’re looking for up-to-date trail conditions, check the Trip Reports on the main menu. Some even have pictures. Nov 18: I arrived at the Elk Pass parking lot at 2:45 pm to a temperature of -2°C and lots…
Nov 16, 2020: After a summer of wondering whether we would ever see this incredible machine again in PLPP, Steve Riggs spotted it today on Elk Pass as it was starting out. Steve remarked… “A surprise encounter with the groomer at the end of our trip, on lower Elk Pass…
For readers who are unfamiliar with the acronyms used on this blog, please refer to the Acronym Page. It’s the first item under “Resources” on the main menu. Back Door update As you may have already read, Conservation Officers were handing out tickets to skiers who were parked on the…
Steve Riggs found 20 cm of new snow at the top of Elk Pass! Update from Tanya: There is now plenty of snow at the traditional Elk Pass trailhead if you want to avoid the back door entrance. Tanya remarked, “Plenty to groom in my opinion. Great coverage and not…
Everyone I met today was a SkierBob reader. Of course that only makes sense because they all read about the back door conditions right here. We are getting lots of reports on the PLPP south trails from skiers who are accessing them through the back door. By the way, the…
