Feb 5, 2021 It’s time to re-visit this post from a few years ago Cold Weather Gear. It has 27 comments with helpful suggestions. Also this Cold Weather Glide. That was quite a blizzard which blew through in late morning. Thankfully it only lasted about an hour. I was going…
West Bragg Creek Update from Boomer Groomer Feb. 2, 2021 0630h Today is not the day to be an early bird! Temps were up to 10C or higher yesterday and may have dipped below freezing in a number of areas on the trails making for challenging skiing. Snow is expected…
Tue Dec 22 at noon: The moniker “Snowmageddon” is reserved for the biggest monster snow events of the winter. It’s nice when it comes relatively early in the season because we can expect good conditions for most of the winter. There have been a few winters where I was never…
Dec 21 at 8:30 pm: It looks like this one is living up to the hype. I have exactly 10 cm of new snow on my deck and barbecue. It’s only been snowing for four hours, so it’s coming down at the rate of 2.5/cm per hour. How long would…
There’s not much in the way of new grooming to talk about. From David Percy’s trip report, we know the Parks Canada groomers were working on the Pipestone trails yesterday. “West Elk Pass meadows: fantastic!!! Tons of fresh fluffy snow. Easy traveling.” – Tanya It sounds like the Elk Pass…
Nov 5 @ 12 noon: I’ve checked the various forecasts throughout the SkierBob empire, and the predictions are wildly variable. As the storm gets closer, the forecasts should get more accurate. Coming from the south, there’s an initial blast on Thursday night into Friday starting with rain(hopefully snow at higher…
Update Oct 12: Overnight snow. The photo below is from a West Bragg Creek resident: Update Oct 12: The photo below is from the West Bragg Creek web cam: Oct 11, 2020: I don’t put much faith in the long-term forecasts of the Farmer’s Almanac, but for this winter I…
Jan 31, 2020 A snowfall warning has been issued for Lake Louise and Banff… Snow is expected to intensify in the Lake Louise area this evening. 15 to 20 cm is forecast to fall by Saturday evening. The townsite of Banff will receive rain tonight, but change over to snow…
Jan 13, 2020 It’s -26°C in Calgary this morning with a wind chill of -36. This is the type of weather where we can expect to see rainbows beside the sun(that is, if it’s a sunny day). As we learned yesterday, the temperatures you see on the weather forecasts can’t…
The full text of that saying is… “No such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.” Credit for coining that phrase goes to Alf Skrastins who is also the author of tonight’s featured trip report… “Obviously a lot of other SkierBob regulars were looking at the weather forecasts and grooming…
