Prepare for cold weather

At least for this bout of cold temperatures we have snow! You might want to refer back to this Cold Weather Gear posting with 22 comments from readers for suggestions on preparing to ski in cold weather. At 8:15 a.m. It’s -23°C at SkiHere in

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Happy New Year!

Update Jan 1, 2017 @ 8:15 a.m: I’ve received 4-5 cm of snow in Canmore, and another 5 cm is forecast for today. This is great news for the natural snow trails at the nordic centre. I sure hope Ribbon Creek and West Bragg are getting this, too.  I remembered…

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Snow updates Mon Dec 19

Great news from Nipika, posted around 10:30 a.m. on Facebook… They don’t waste any time there, getting the trails groomed! On webcam, I saw the tractor clearing snow from the skating rink on Lake Louise this morning but I haven’t

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Snow updates

Sunday 9:30 a.m. Snowfall Warning in effect for Calgary, Canmore and Kananaskis. The front appears to have already moved through Lake Louise and Banff. A dusting of snow overnight in Canmore, but in the past few minutes the snow

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Snow update

Update Sat Nov 26 8:30 a.m. See road conditions at Lake Louise below from Crazy Larry From Hugh’s trip report it sounds like Lake Louise was the recipient of a lot of snow from this system which moved through today.

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Ventusky weather forecast

Here’s another forecasting site which you can use to dream about the snow which never comes. The Ventusky interactive weather map is fascinating. Above you will see the data I pulled off for Lake Louise. A link is on the Main menu under weather. It takes a bit of playing around

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