The above image is from the first West Bragg Creek brochure I was given when I was a beginner skier back in 1998. WBC has added about 20 km to the original 45 km since this brochure was printed. I dearly miss those 36 km of trails in the Smith-Dorrien. …
Feb 4, 2021 I hope you checked the trip reports yesterday. I was fascinated by Alf’s “Back to the Future” with photos. It looks like Goat Creek is in prime condition right now. Today(Thursday) and Friday will be the last two days of mild temperatures before the cold snap begins…
Update Feb 3 at 9:32 a.m. from SA at the PLPP Discovery Centre: “Its -10 degrees at the Peter Lougheed Discovery Centre this morning. I measured 30cm of fresh snow at the PLDC. Highway 40 has been plowed in both directions but the trailheads may not have been.” West Bragg…
Two hundred kilometres of ski trails in Kananaskis Provincial Park! Skiers can receive last minute updates by listening to radio ski reports! If you are a history buff, there’s some great reading and photos here. Thank you to Dean Dolph for sending these historical documents for everyone to see. On…
Bill Milne, Wedge Connector, and Evan Thomas Jan 27: Groomed this evening. Bill Milne skated lane widened. Although firm, good conditions exist overall. Snow pack very shallow on a couple exposed areas on Evan Thomas trail and near Evan Thomas creek. Ski with care. Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Elk Pass(partial)…
“Two groups of Ramblers found their way onto the Pocaterra ski trail at PLPP. I had several misgivings about this trip, all which proved to be unfounded. The temps were supposed to be frigid. Non-sense! We started at -9 and ended the day at -3c, with no wind. The skies…
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on Jan 22/23 Pocaterra from the hut to Packers Come-Along Lynx Rolly Road Rolly Road training grid Not much more than a trace of new snow has fallen in PLPP in well over a week, and Friday night’s grooming was again completed under a clear sky,…
The Bill Milne trail and Wedge Connector are in the process of being trackset this evening. If skiing the Bill Milne trail, you now have a new parking lot… Due to overflowing parking lots on the weekends Kovach Ponds parking lot has been plowed out to allow for more parking…
The above photo shows the clean snow on Fairview trail at Lake Louise. Mary Perrott indicated that Fairview was the cleanest of all the trails she skied at LL yesterday with just a bit of debris on the final 100 metres where it approaches Moraine Lake Road. The photo of…
“I wanted to say thank you. I lost my poles at the Minnewanka parking lot January 28 and Kinley Bailargeon returned them to me via your site.” -Laura Marshall The Lost and Found tab is a fairly new addition on the main menu, so I’d like to remind everyone that…
