Jan 17, 2020 Along with warmer weather, we have a lot of trails freshly groomed for everyone who is anxious to get out skiing after a week of hunkering down. The big news is that Goat Creek and Spray River(both sides) were trackset today. Read Barb Banff’s and Normand’s trip…
First, a tracksetting update. Chris gave us all a heads-up on Mt Shark when she saw the snowcat yesterday. This morning, the Live Grooming Report shows the entire system has been trackset. At Canmore Nordic Centre, the natural snow on Banff trail was trackset this morning. Bill Milne, Wedge, and…
Jan 16, 2020 Lake Louise to Banff Loppet Update Update from the Loppet website: “The sun and moon are aligning with warmer temps for the end of the week! Current forecasts suggest a Lake Louise low Saturday night of -17C and a Sunday morning high of -12C. The downhill start…
As the empire goes through its first extreme cold snap of the winter, congrats to Chip and Alf for braving the elements and submitting trip reports.
It looks like Mt Shark is back on schedule for its regular Thursday night grooming: “All trails at Mt Shark were groomed and trackset on Thursday in to early Friday morning, with the exception of the Helipad Access, and the extra 5km of the 15k loop was groomed only.”
Jan 9, 2020 Chuck’s 14 photos make me want to head for Castle Lookout. Castle Lookout to Baker Creek is a trail with fantastic rewards for very little effort. You don’t have to go far or do a lot of climbing to experience the best sightseeing the Bow Valley has…
Jan 8, 2020 I’m happy to see the middle trails in PLPP were trackset last night. Those include Wheeler, Amos, Woolley, and Meadow. As well, Fox Creek, Boulton Creek, and Moraine were trackset. The trail report mentions that many trees were removed but “Expect lots of tree debris mixed in…
There are some new developments in the SkierBob universe this morning. Watridge Lake road at Mt Shark was trackset last night.
Jan 5, 2020 Pocaterra trail was trackset in its entirety last night. Rolly Road, Come-Along, and Lynx were also trackset. The trail report remarked “just a trace of snow during the grooming period.” Friday night’s grooming in the south end will have around 10+ cm of new snow over top.
After all the recent updates regarding the PLPP Pisten-Bully, this probably wasn’t what you were expecting! Thanks to Kevin Sattler for the above photo. He added these remarks: “I was skiing this afternoon up Kovach trail near the Kananaskis lodge area. I came upon a bobcat on the trail just…
