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“Got any sunscreen?”

March 27, 2012

That was one of the questions I was asked today by a skier at the Canmore Nordic Centre. By early afternoon

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The early bird gets the cold snow

March 25, 2012

(Update: Photos have now been posted.) A very rare event occurred today. The sun was in my face as I was climbing Whiskey Jack! Tracksetter Jody had just finished

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I also hope that Jody is doing his usual Saturday night gig in PLPP. Some grooming was completed Friday night, but I didn’t hear if there was any new snow on top of it today. Guess I’ll find out tomorrow. I’m hoping to have new

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Saturday should be a good day

March 23, 2012

My guess is that we’ll have some good skiing tomorrow in PLPP. Although it appears from Frank’s trip report that we’ll have fresh snow on the recently groomed trails, I’m hoping they’ll be tracksetting tonight. The temperature will be

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First day of spring – cold and snowy in PLPP!

March 20, 2012

Cold and snowy, the best way to usher in springtime in the Rockies, at least if you’re a xc skier. It was a busy day

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Cascade Valley

March 19, 2012

The tracks are wobbly and beat up, but there’s no shortage of good, cold snow. Like the skiers in the above photo, when descending the big

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The best ever

March 18, 2012

This was the perfect winter day for xc skiers in PLPP. The south trails were a dream. For a moment while on Tyrwhitt, I thought maybe I had died and gone to heaven. It had been 40 days since I last skied the Tyrwhitt loop, and I couldn’t have picked a better day to re-acquaint [...]

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40 cm of new snow in PLPP

March 17, 2012

Sat Mar 17 at 11:00 a.m. The trail report for Peter Lougheed Park has been updated and it looks like anyone sking there today will be breaking trail. There was some grooming

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Blueberry Hill and Elk Pass

March 14, 2012

It took me almost all winter to get there, but I had wonderful conditions on new tracksetting for my first trip to Blueberry Hill

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Perfect conditions…for klister

March 12, 2012

I’m not sure if it’s appropriate to use “perfect” and “klister” in the same sentence, but the skiing today at Canmore Nordic Centre was really excellent

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12 – 24 hours of skiing

March 12, 2012

It’s been a short winter. If you want to make up for all the skiing you didn’t do, consider entering the Canmore Ski Fest.

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My spring skiing adventure

March 11, 2012

After reading all the trip reports from Saturday, and considering I wanted to take Tessa with me, I decided to head for Lake Louise

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New trail report for Sunday

March 11, 2012

Sun 9:50 a.m. PLPP has already updated the trail report for today: “On Saturday afternoon temperatures at the Peter Lougheed Visitor Information Centre reached 8 degrees. This warmth created soft snow conditions

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Spring comes early

March 10, 2012

Thanks for all the trip reports today. I wish the news was better. I haven’t been out for the past two days, so I’m wondering if anyone was skiing on the south end trails at PLPP. Did anyone ski at Elk Pass or Whiskey Jack? Is it worth going

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