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The final two days of cold weather?

With any luck, today and Saturday should be the last of this winter’s extreme cold. Starting Sunday, the temperatures moderate and it looks like a week of good skiing in pleasant

Interesting experiment

Yesterday, Peter and I noticed something different about the grooming on the Bill Milne trail. You can see the flat part about 2 feet wide in the middle of the corduroy. I speculated that it was for fat bikes. Tracksetter Jeff gives the

Skiing at its best!

What a phenomenal day of skiing on Wedge, Evan-Thomas, and Bill Milne trails. There have been some very positive trip reports(thanks, everyone!) but I think we found the best place

In the beginning…..

I found it interesting that both Steve Riggs and Alf Skrastins submitted trip reports yesterday from West Bragg Creek. Steve and Alf are two of this blog’s “originals” and have been submitting reports since the beginning in 2008.

Skogan Loop Viewpoint

With so many wonderful trails in the Ribbon Creek system in excellent condition, it’s difficult to decide which one to ski next. Yesterday, it was a sensual delight to ski Hay Meadow

Monday night update

I wasn’t expecting any trip reports today. It didn’t get above -25 in Calgary and I don’t think the mountains were much better. Thanks to Jeffrey Hickaway for sending the above photo.

Monday memories

Before I get started, and with these bitterly cold temperatures, it might be prudent to review the 26 helpful comments on this old post Cold Weather Gear. Running into Steve Shymoniak on Terrace trail a couple weeks ago had me

Winter finally arrives!!

Update Sat Feb 2 @ 2:45 pm: “The return of Bill Milne. It may be the best conditions on this trail ever.”-Tracksetter Jeff Update Sat Feb 2 @ 11:30 a.m: Ribbon Creek tracksetter Jeff just sent the photo and exclaimed…

Cascade Valley

I was debating whether to ski Cascade Valley or the new grooming in PLPP. After reading Sylvia’s trip report, I knew I made the right choice. Crazy weather

Snow in the Forecast

Jan 30 @ 8 pm: This blog experienced a technical problem due to WordPress doing a major upgrade. I lost the last two day’s material. Sorry for the inconvenience. We should be able to go forward from here. The Hardy Boys from

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