(See comments below for additional updates from readers) This incredible photo of Healy pass was sent in by Steve Riggs. See the comments below for Steve’s remarks regarding Healy Pass, West Bragg, and Ribbon Creek. I must say these back country photos are making it look more and more enticing….
PLPP We skied in PLPP on New Year’s eve. There is fresh snow over the tracksetting, but it’s still in pretty good shape. We skied Whiskey Jack, Pocaterra, Lynx, Amos, Wheeler. The best tracks were in the north end on Pocaterra, Lynx, Amos. They had just been groomed and trackset…
It’s been a few days since I’ve put up a new post, but we’ve been skiing every day. Thanks for the comments and updates in the interim. Working backwards, we skied on Cascade Fire Road yesterday(Sunday). The air temp was -9 and there was no wind. There had been a lot…
I just received this email: Hello Bob, Just found your site recently. Thanks for putting this together. There was plenty of snow and sunshine at West Bragg this afternoon. -15 never felt so warm. Fresh snow has fallen since the last grooming, so the tracks are more skier-set than machine groomed….
Duane sent in this photo and report on Burstall Pass Alpine toured up to Burstall Pass Tuesday, Dec 16. It was much colder there than in Calgary, albeit sunny, and not windy. There is much more snow than the last visit – especially through the narrow treed areas, but the wind…
I followed these very fresh animal tracks along Redearth Creek Animal tracks on Redearth Creek Dec 16, 2008 Look at that footprint beside my boot. There were two animals, one on each side of the trail. Technically, I guess there were three counting the animal who was wearing the ski boot. See…
A winter wonderland on Elk Pass A number of new trails in Banff, Lake Louise, Kananaskis and Canmore have now been trackset. Today we were at Elk Pass on excellent snow that had been trackset on Dec 9. Refer to the specific trail report links on my sidebar for more…
Andrew sent in a report and photos regarding West Bragg Creek: “we did some Bragg Creek trails this afternoon, conditions were fair, as illustrated on the attached pictures. We started with the east side of Crystal Line, then part of Sundog, Iron Springs, short cut to the west side and…
Kevin & Kirstie thought Cascade Fire Road was great Lots to talk about tonight. Firstly, I met this wonderful couple on Cascade Fire Road today. It was only their third time ever on cross country skis. Kevin had no trouble keeping up with me(I’m old, he’s young). Turns out he is…
