2020 vision from up here

Chuck skied up the back side of Sulphur mountain today. You can distinctly see this trail when driving on the highway, at least in the summer, I’m not sure about winter. Check out the other 17 amazing photos. Make no mistake, this is  not a groomed trail and it looks…

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Monday night update

Rhonda couldn’t wait to get on the Bill Milne trail today. She sent this report… “Hold the phone is right Bob! Alex did a beautiful job grooming the Bill Milne trail to Wedge pond early this morning. I was there at 10am and the trail had a wider, gorgeous skate…

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Monday morning update

Update Dec 30 @ 10:35 a.m: “Bill Milne and Wedge Connector groomed and widened this AM. Still be aware of a few trees reaching into the trail here and there, as well as some tree debris. Otherwise excellent conditions.”

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Grooming updates

Dec 27, 2019 Many skiers have been waiting for this news from the Canmore Nordic Centre: Crowd favorites Meadowview, Banff past the meadow, Bow and Grey Wolf have all now been groomed and trackset! As well as Coyote, Coal Cut, Freddies Flip, Cold Shoulder and Wooded Bliss. 

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Monday morning update

All the trails at West Bragg Creek have been trackset over the past 48 hours with the exception of Telephone and South Elbow.  The entire north end in PLPP has been groomed and trackset over the past two days.  Whiskey Jack, Packers, and Upper Pocaterra have also been done.  The…

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You know there’s too much snow when….

  …The horse-drawn sleigh at Kananaskis Village gets stuck. Tracksetter Jeff sent the above photo and added these remarks… “You know there is too much snow when even the horse and sleigh ride gets stuck. Luckily I happen to be sitting on 130 horses to move things along.” ****** Banff…

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Snowmageddon! and more

I reserve the moniker Snowmageddon for the biggest of the big, but I don’t recall any mid-winter snowfall this gargantuan in the mountains during my tenure. We’ve had some big snowfalls in late March and April which melted soon after. At this time of year, it should hang around for…

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Welcome to winter

Another 20 cm fell last night on top of what’s in JeremyN’s photo.  No matter how cold it is outside, these words will warm your heart: Biggest Snowfall of the Winter On the shortest day of the year, we can celebrate a big helping of new snow. 

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Wednesday night news

The beautiful photo of a Whiskey Jack was taken today by Chuck.  First thing on the list is last night’s question about the numbers on the map. Steve Riggs was the only one to give it a shot. While Steve came up with a plausible answer, it wasn’t quite the…

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