April 17, 2021 A snowfall warning has been issued for Kananaskis and Canmore. Snow-Forecast.com is predicting 11 cm for PLPP and 8 cm for the Canmore Nordic Centre on Sunday. The high temperature in PLPP is predicted to be -1°C on Sunday, April 18. As I write this at 10…
April 16, 2021 Grooming has concluded for the season on the Mt Shark trails. As long as everything goes according to plan, there will be grooming in Peter Lougheed Park until the night of April 17th. Canmore Nordic Centre: The man-made snow on Banff Loop, Banff to the meadow,…
April 11, 2021: Could this possibly be a blue-wax day? The overnight grooming in PLPP should be in near-perfect condition today for some excellent skiing. The trails which were trackset last night, shown in green on the map, were Whiskey Jack, Upper Pocaterra, Packers, and Wheeler. There was no fresh…
Lionel An update to this with better photos has been posted Lionel This trail would create thousands of happy skiers every winter. Wider than Moraine Lake Road, exactly the same distance, without the long drive to Lake Louise. Alf Skrastins has explained the logistics of bringing it back to life…
April 10, 2021 Tracksetting will continue in the south end of PLPP, but last night’s grooming on Lower Pocaterra, Lynx, Rolly Road and Come-Along was the last of the grooming in the north end. “A few light flurries fell during Friday night’s grooming, with a heavier spell of snow falling…
April 9, 2021 Jeannie’s caption for the above photo: “Corduroy is back in style” Anna(Thursday April 8): “Elk Pass parking to Blueberry Hill Kananaskis is a winter wonderland! It snowed for a good portion of the day with the temperature around minus 3 or 4. Very enjoyable skiing, but slow.”…
April 8, 2021 The south end of PLPP received 8-10 cm of new snow last night. The forecast is calling for more snow and sub-zero highs every day until Monday. Last night’s tracksetting included Elk Pass, Blueberry Hill, Patterson, Hydroline, and Upper Lake. “Periods of snow moved in to the…
April 7, 2021 If you’ve been reading the PLPP trail report this winter, it advises… “Plan for rapidly changing conditions and bring extra socks.” Yesterday, Sara M completed an epic trip which started at Mt Shark, accessed the Spray Warden Cabin, then finished on Goat Creek for a 43K day,…
It’s time to put faces to many of the names you’ve seen on here who have submitted trip reports and other comments over the years. I’ve collected a large album of photos which I’m displaying in the gallery below. The 86 photos only account for about 5% of the total,…
April 4, 2021 First, I’d like to thank MK and SA from the PLPP Visitor Centre for their early-morning weather reports throughout the winter. I don’t know if today’s report is her final one, but MK said this morning “Good Morning! Flurries, obscure skies, and 0 degrees C in Peter…
