Category: XC

Update 11 a.m: Confederation golf course: “All trails were groomed last night at Confederation Park and conditions are the best they have been all season!”

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West Bragg Creek, Saturday 8 a.m: “It’s Snowing and grooming is in progress. Beautiful!  Note there will be a ski race on West Crystal and part of Sundog from 9 till noon this morning.” The West Bragg Creek weather station indicates a temperature of -7°C at the trailhead. You can…

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From Chuck’s pictures, it looks like the ungroomed portion of Cascade Valley beyond the 6K bridge is in nice shape with good skier-set tracks. Chuck’s photos have moose, wolf and hare tracks and a mountain side covered with sheep.

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Feb 4, 2020 Choices abound! This has to be the longest list of new tracksetting that I’ve ever compiled.  The Skogan Pass trails are being groomed this morning. The snowcat started out on Hay Meadow and I’m assuming will return on Lower Skogan Pass and Hidden. The snowcat is just…

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The Bill Milne trail is being groomed as I write this at 10:45 a.m. You can follow the progress of the snowcat on the Live Grooming Report.  PLPP: Trails on the west side of the road were trackset last night. Lodgepole, Braille, etc.  Canmore Nordic Centre: Lots of tracksetting early…

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Feb 2, 2020 It looks like we have been rescued from hellish ski conditions by new snow and cooler weather. Let’s give the trail crews a few days to whip the trails back into shape with fresh grooming and tracksetting. 

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Feb 2, 2020 Update: Now that I’ve finished shovelling my driveway, I’ve adjusted my snowfall amount to 8-10 cm! Much more than the 1-2 cm predicted by the weather forecasts. With cooler temperatures and new grooming this week, it looks like we’ll be able to enjoy some good skiing.  Caution:…

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Feb 1, 2020 We’ve enjoyed a terrific ski season, but going through an entire winter without one of these rain – wind – ice events would be an unrealistic expectation. Now, let’s hope there’s enough new snow in the days to come to repair the damage.

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Jan 30, 2020 Thanks to Steve Riggs for the photo of the spectacular view from MaSid’s Elk Pass couch.  Thanks also to everyone for the trip reports today. If you’re considering going to PLPP, be sure to read all the reports because some trails have a bad case of Needlemania….

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Hearing that couch builder MaSid will be building one of his masterpieces at Pipestone soon, I thought it would be appropriate to show a few pics of his past creations.

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