Tally-Ho and Kicking Horse were trackset on Jan 5. The Alluvial Fan was trackset a few days ago, and as you can see in the photo above, has lots of new snow. If you enjoy skiing at Emerald Lake, consider buying a membership in the Kicking Horse Ski club to…
Chip sent the above photo of the Kicking Horse trail to go along with his Trip Report. We also have a report from Kristina who said “the skiing beyond Natural Bridge down the Kicking Horse logging road was a dream.” Like a lot of other trails, Kicking Horse starts out…
Nov 18: Tonight’s update will include details on Yoho Valley Road, Moraine Lake road and Tramline. Most of what I’m writing will be obsolete by tomorrow morning because of the 10 cm of snow which is expected by noon tomorrow(Thursday). As Canmore Chris mentioned, it rained in Yoho yesterday. Along…
I’ll give you one guess as to who skied up to Lake O’Hara today. Yes, Chuck went all the way to the lake and provided this report… “Good conditions with cold snow on a solid snowmobile packed and skier tracked trail. No thin areas and absolutely no rocks. No tracksetting…
Nov 15, 2020: Thank you to Chuck for the photos and report. The tracksetting on YVR(not to be confused with Vancouver airport) ends at about 5.5k. You can ski further on the ungroomed trail, but there is avalanche, icefall, and rockfall danger at about 6.5K, just before you arrive at…
Good early-season conditions exist on the Kicking Horse trail in Yoho. Excellent tracksetting with a few twigs here and there. There were a couple places where I stepped out of the tracks for ten metres to avoid twigs where they were thick. For the most part, I skied over them.
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…
If you plan on participating, please contact Jessica jstichelbout@gmail.com so they can have enough treats on hand for everyone. This would be a good time to remind skiers that your KHSC membership supports grooming of the trails
-The Emerald Connector was partially trackset but rough in other spots- After skiing at Lake Louise yesterday, I stayed overnight in Field at Truffle Pigs Lodge, wanting
As I was speculating this morning, Lake O’Hara fire road was trackset today. I didn’t ski it, but I stopped on my way home from Emerald Lake and took the photos. The temperature at 5 pm was -3°C. It looked enticing. Redearth Creek
