Helen Read ran into the newlyweds on Yoho Valley road yesterday and took this photo of Lacy and her husband. Lacy gave this reply to Helen’s trip report: “We are the honeymooners! Fun meeting you, Helen. We may be the least technologically inclined millennials ever as our combined intellect can’t…
Nov 30, 2019 I wanted to let everyone know about another place to ski, Sundre, which is just over an hour north of Calgary. They received a lot of snow recently and have groomed and trackset a number of trails along the Red Deer river and in a local park….
Nov 29, 2019(Click on the image to make it larger) Martin brought up a good point in his comment: “Shouldn’t we respect our heritage and refer to ‘back door’ as Lionel? Does anyone know the history of this name?”
I received this update from Kicking Horse Ski Club in Field, BC: (Edit. note: Takkakaw Falls road is also known as Yoho Valley Road) “Joe did the TAK FALLS ROAD today–packed wide and double track on either side. “Cold as a bugger” he said–but it came out pretty good! He…
It appears the forecast for heavy snowfall along the foothills is coming to fruition. According to Windy.com the big beneficiaries from this storm will be West Bragg Creek and Sandy McNabb with a predicted 25+ cm. Ribbon Creek and Canmore are on the fringe but still expected to…
Nov 24, 2019 The Banff trail report indicates 10 cm of new snow at Lake Louise. I am assuming that’s from last night. The web cams show fresh snow at Lake Louise and Castle Junction. The AMA Road Report shows the highway from Canmore to Lake Louise is snow covered.
Groomer Jeff provided the following update: “Chinook winds have started and temps are on the rise as of midnight Friday night. Snow will be getting soft and variable. Generally conditions are good with new track setting on some core trails. Not recommended are Telephone and Hostel Loops. Heavy melting is…
Originally posted on Tues Nov 19. Updated Nov 20 @ 9:40 a.m. “Winter is back for at least a day. Get it while you can in West Bragg Creek!” -Groomer Jeff Grooming this new snow has begun at West Bragg Creek(see photo at right). You can follow the progress on…
Thanks for all your entries to the Elk Pass contest. Now it’s a waiting game to see who the winners will be. There’s snow in the forecast for PLPP on Tuesday but will it be enough to start tracksetting? Windy.com is predicting 10 cm for the Elk Pass area. The…
Update 11:45 a.m. Message from Groomer Bill at West Bragg Creek: “Groomers Dave, Dan and Bill were out roller packing West Bragg Creek this morning. It looks like we got about 10cm fresh snow. We will start to lay tracks later this morning and tomorrow. Pretty chilly out there, dress…
