Snowfall updates

Dec 20, 2019 It’s snowing heavily in the mountains. So far only a sprinkle of rain in Calgary. Cross-country skiers are jumping for joy at the promise of many new trackset trails! Look for further snowfall updates as tonight’s Trip Reports come in.  Avalanche awareness…thanks to MaSid for this reminder…

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Snowmageddon Day 2

Update from Groomer Jeff at West Bragg Creek Nov 27 @ 5:15 pm: “48 hrs of snow and counting…Groomers have been literally going the extra mile over the last two days trying to keep up with the white stuff. All 65 km of ski trail have been roller packed and…

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Grooming and snowfall updates

Nov 26 @ 3:15 pm   The snowfall warning continues to be in effect for Canmore, Kananaskis, Bragg Creek, Sandy McNabb. Update Nov 26 @ 7 pm: I just heard from Alf Skrastins that West Bragg Creek received 25 cm by late afternoon. He remarked “It was tough , slow…

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Are you getting excited for ski season?

If not, I hope this post will add some excitement to your life. The weather forecast for Lake Louise for the first week of November is looking positive if you’re a cross-country skier. The temperatures are below historical averages and there’s about 15 cm of snow predicted.

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Courageous and undaunted

Fearless and brave, Jessica, Normand, and Darcy went skiing in today’s extreme cold and submitted trip reports. Thanks! From Jessica’s report, we learned that the Banff tracksetter was also out in the -28°C on his open snowmobile

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Winter finally arrives!!

Update Sat Feb 2 @ 2:45 pm: “The return of Bill Milne. It may be the best conditions on this trail ever.”-Tracksetter Jeff Update Sat Feb 2 @ 11:30 a.m: Ribbon Creek tracksetter Jeff just sent the photo and exclaimed…

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Snow and web cam update

With all this snow, readers are starting to check the web cams page, and so am I. When I clicked on the cameras provided by 511 Alberta yesterday, none of the links were working. I’m happy to say I’ve updated the links and all are

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