The following comment was submitted by Jamie Carpenter: If the effort to preserve trail grooming in Kananaskis is successful I certainly hope it will not be limited to PLPP. This summer and fall’s huge spike in trail use would suggest that grooming at Ribbon Creek and Mt. Shark – in…
Dec 31, 2019 Happy New Year to all my readers! There are some nice comments on the trip reports today. I enjoyed reading about RichieRich helping the two new skiers at West Bragg. Also Martin and Jip politely explaining to the hikers that they would get more enjoyment on a…
You’ve got one last chance to ski this year. Last night, Tracksetter Jeff groomed the Skogan Pass trails including Skogan Loop, Sunburst, High Level, and Hummingbird Plume. (Click on the map for a larger image) There are three possible ways to start up Skogan Pass.
Peter and I couldn’t have asked for a nicer day or better conditions for skiing Skogan Pass to the summit.
With so many wonderful trails in the Ribbon Creek system in excellent condition, it’s difficult to decide which one to ski next. Yesterday, it was a sensual delight to ski Hay Meadow
I had only planned to ski up a little ways on Skogan Pass so I could tell my anxious readers how far you had to walk to reach skiable snow.
Snowfall warnings are in effect for the mountains and from the sounds of the trip reports, it has already started in most of the places where we ski, but nothing yet in Canmore as I write this at 7:30 pm. It appears that Calgary and West Bragg
Thanks to all the rock pickers on Skogan Pass! As more skiers snowplow over the trail, more rocks appear. I was busy digging one of them out of the Screamer when
I didn’t ski Skogan Pass today, but Tracksetter Jeff sent the above photo and the following report: “Great snow on upper Skogan Pass and Skogan Loop 25-30cm, so good I was able to trackset all the trails above High Level right to the top of the Pass. Lower Skogan is…
I bike to the top of Skogan Pass every summer, but I need to get in better shape to make it to the summit. It’s been two months
