Saturday morning update

“Powder skiing at West Bragg Creek in March! Who would have guessed?” -Alf Skrastins West Bragg Creek: “65 km of trail was roller packed on Friday after 15-20 cm of snow had fallen. Snow continues to fall, as do are attempts to keep up with it. Roller packing and track…

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Snowfall(and corona virus) update

Mar 13 @ 6 pm: Thanks to Alf Skrastins for the photo and this comment: “17-20 cm of new snow, so far, at West Bragg Creek. Groomers are out packing it down, in spite of the frigid temperatures.” The prediction for West Bragg Creek was 21 cm but it looks…

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West Bragg Creek keeps on winning

“The best that I can remember in 30 years” – Steve Riggs This upslope storm is reminding me of early November when West Bragg was receiving the lion’s share of the snow, while places like Banff and Lake Louise were getting only small amounts. Everyone who submitted a photo was…

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School kids on Fox Creek

Mar 11, 2020 Thanks to Ian and Darlene for the photos and these remarks… “We went to the Lookout today and met a group of student skiers from Bow Valley High in Cochrane when we were on Fox Creek.  When I asked if we could take their picture they enthusiastically…

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Wednesday morning update

The next few days will see lots of snow and colder weather in the mountains. Today, with a high of -2°C, is the warmest day in PLPP for the next seven days with Saturday being the coldest at -21.  Windy.com is predicting a total accumulation of 16 cm of snow…

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Skiing under the Supermoon

Thanks to GraemeP for this trip report… Haven’t left a trip report for a long time, but I still follow religiously folks! Happy trails. I waited for the Super Moon to rise over Grotto (mostly because my legs were tired from a bazillion turns (yes . . . they were…

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Saturday’s photos

Sun Mar 8 at 9 a.m: Breaking news from Chuck… “The Banff Track Setter has just started tracksetting the Spray River trails this morning. Perfect timing after all this snow. And now you have an extra hour to enjoy it!” It was a pleasure to read so many trip reports…

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Snowfall update

March 7, 2020 There’s a snowfall warning in Kananaskis, Banff and Lake Louise for today and tonight. That includes West Bragg Creek but not Calgary. Nakiska is reporting 12 cm of fresh snow overnight. I expect you’ll be breaking trail on yesterday’s new grooming on Skogan Pass. Should be an…

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