Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) Minister Jason Nixon announced the details of a Kananaskis Conservation Pass on April 27th. The pass will help pay for conservation, public safety, and services. It will take effect starting on June 1, 2021. Bragg Creek Trails (BCT) is pleased to see that trail stewardship and…
Thanks to Ray Yong for the photo and report from West Bragg Creek… “Snow was thin at the trailhead but fine in the trees. It was wet and slightly sticky, but no problems with clumping or sticking. I was using my skin skis and the grip was fine. Made the…
Thanks, everyone, for today’s trip reports and photos. Back on March 15, referencing WBC, Steve Riggs posted a comment “I’m not giving up yet. My closing day there last year was April 6, with good skiing in dry new snow over firm old grooming.” Today, Steve’s prediction came true and…
Mar 14, 2021: The recent warm spring weather has turned WBC into daytime mush and morning ice. Our Grooming Team has used all the tricks they have up their collective sleeves and now have to admit that ‘spring has sprung the grass has ris – we wonder where the flowers…
Feb 23 at 3 pm. Photos and report from Boomer Groomer… “Seven cm of new snow overnight got groomed and track set on most trails in West Bragg. Conditions are very soft due to warm daytime temperatures, so expect tracks to get beat up fairly quickly. Due to the previous…
Erica’s family are the Frischkorns who were the anchor donor for the West Bragg Creek Snow Rabbit purchase via their Frischkorn Family Foundation. You can read more about this generous family on a post I made on Feb 7. If you meet a skier and a dog both with red…
Update: I’ve been informed by Tracksetter Jeff that a reroute has been groomed to bypass the ice flow, same as the one we used in 2019. We haven’t been inconvenienced this winter with ice floes, but an ice floe-less winter was too much to expect. Thanks to Kazzy for the…
Thank you to all the hardy souls who submitted a Trip Report on this chilly day. It looks like Helen Read found the warmest place: Lake Louise at -15. Mike W had a good suggestion on where to find warmer temperatures for skiing. Make sure you read his comment on…
The above painting, entitled Heavenly Glide, by Anne Brown is Iron Creek trail in West Bragg Creek. I had a wonderful ski on heavenly snow at WBC late this afternoon and had the pleasure of meeting Anne on the trail. I looked through my Iron Creek photos but I couldn’t…
Thanks to Groomer Jeremy for the photos and this update… “The skiers’ dreaded ‘snow eater’ took it’s toll on the well loved trails today. Warm temperatures and this afternoon’s fierce winds have drastically transformed snow surface and deteriorated skier conditions —in and out of the tracks. Extreme scouring and…
