Bruce Barker from Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association sent this email today (this is a one-time up-to-date trail report to show what you will receive if you are a member of GBCTA): A nice 6 to 7 cm of snow fell on Wed, giving the volunteers with the GBCTA Ski…
Season’s Greetings to all cross-country skiers and all our Ski Here! readers. I won’t be updating the blog for a few days, but if you ski somewhere, let us know about it in the comments section below. Update Dec 24: We skied at Ribbon Creek today – superb conditions. See…
Life is good. Soak it all in while you can! When you see all those categories and tags next to the blog post title, you just know it’s going to be a good one. When you see “rant” included in there, how much better could it get? The recent snowfall…
Explore some of the best cross-country ski trails with us Cheryl and I have joined the Canmore Nordic Ski Club(CNSC) and will be organizing and co-ordinating daytrips for members of the club. Our first trip will be going Saturday Dec 18 to Moraine Lake Road in Lake Louise. You can see our schedule…
Sure am glad to get these updates from Alf and Steve since I haven’t been out for a few days: Blueberry Hill viewpoint, overlooking Upper Kananaskis Lake. Dec 2, 2010. Photo by Alf Skrastins Hi Bob, Conditions are excellent right now at the south end of the Peter Lougheed Park…
Registration has opened for the Lake Louise to Banff Loppet I know a lot of skiers were disappointed last year when they waited too long to register. Being in the National Park, there is a limit of 160 participants. New this year is a FAQ page which will answer almost…
Lyle from Nipika has good news: “Trails are ALL OPEN!!! All trails are groomed for classic and skate skiing. This is the earliest opening we have ever had!! With Summer trail work and a great early snowpack we have better skiing already than we had all last winter!” Update: “Dec…
A hard day on the ski trails Well, hard to stop skiing, that is. Seriously, folks, it was one of the best days ever. I started out on the Cascade Fire Road around 12:30. The air temp was -8 and it seemed like summer. The snow was still cold enough…
Pocaterra Hut is now open Decisions decisions! What a lucky bunch we XC skiers are. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many trails available to us at this time of year. Now, with Pocaterra hut open, I expect there will be a large contingent of skiers wondering about Pocaterra…
I received this email from Catherine and I hope you Ski-Heretics can give her some advice. I am guessing there are a number of new skiers in this situation who would benefit from some suggestions: My husband & I are new to Cross Country skiing. We live in SE Calgary…
