Two reports on West Bragg, one from Andrew and one from Steve: We skied skier set tracks in ~30 cm of recent new snow around noon today and snow was decent and fairly dry in shaded areas but a bit rough in sun exposed places. The best was Crystal Line…
Thanks to Steve Riggs for this photo and report: Hi Bob, I enjoyed a fine evening ski, in spring-like weather on the West Bragg trails on March 26. Variable conditions, mostly soft, with occasional glazed sections in sun-exposed areas. Trails were packed only, on Monday after the weekend snowfall, as…
Just returned from a fabulous day on Goat Creek from the Canmore end. It was trackset this morning. Snow was cold: used VR30 which is rated for -10/-30 but the sun was shining and the ambient temp was around -6. Couldn’t have been better. Even the hill from the parking…
Clive sent in the following photo and report: Hi Bob, I skied West Bragg Creek this morning. I did Iron Springs – Elbow Trail – Loggers Loop – Crystal Line. Conditions were generally excellent – a blue wax day with great tracks and soft snow on the downhills. What a great…
While Calgary was shivering at -20 today, the weather was beautiful at Ribbon Creek/Kananaskis Village. It was -8 with a big blue sky and bright sunshine. The trails had been recently groomed but had about 3 cm of fresh snow in them. We skied Terrace, Ribbon Creek, Link, Kovach, and…
We had a great ski at Mount Shark today. All the trails had been groomed and trackset two days ago and were in the best condition I’ve ever seen them. Snow temp was -7 which made for easy waxing and the air temp was -6 which made for perfect skiing…
Thank you to Andrew for the following photo and update: Iron Springs trail at West Bragg Creek Jan 26, 2009 Hello Bob, we skied this afternoon West Bragg Creek trails starting with Crystal Line West and Iron Springs and came back by Elbow Trail and a new Loggers Loop Trail,…
See Comments below for updates on West Bragg Creek, Upper Ribbon Creek trails(Skogan Pass, etc.), Sawmill(backcountry). This must be what heaven is like Skiers enjoying the sun and snow on Elk Pass Acting on Steve’s comment from yesterday, we skied in Peter Lougheed Prov Park today and it was fabulous….
Julie, Marc, and Felix on Goat Creek (See comments below for updates on West Bragg Creek) The recent warm and windy weather is starting to take its toll. Goat Creek was still in pretty good condition but there was wet snow on occasional stretches of the trail which made it difficult to…
(See trails update below for the latest on CNC and Chester Lake/Buller) Anyone planning to head out to the backcountry may want to rethink their plans, warns the Canadian Avalanche Centre. The risk of snow slides is rated as high at all levels, even below the treeline in the Fernie-Lizard Range…
