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Elk Pass and PLPP in nice shape

March 22, 2013

- Will and Dan at Boulton Bridge - This weekend could be the best skiing we’ll see until next winter. With new, cold snow and very cold temperatures

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Canmore Nordic Centre

March 21, 2013

- Chantal and Jayne were enjoying the new snow at Canmore Nordic Centre - I waited for the snow to start falling before venturing over to the nordic centre.

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Photos from PLPP

March 20, 2013

The trip reports accurately described the conditions in PLPP yesterday. Here are some photos.

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Thanks for all the trip reports today. You may have missed this one from Courtney. For some unknown reason it was held in the moderation queue. I know many readers will be interested in West Bragg conditions.

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Cascade Valley

March 18, 2013

It was -4°C at Lake Minnewanka at 2:30 pm with about 6 – 8 cm of new snow on the Cascade Valley trail. There were decent skier-set tracks and VR45(-2/-8) was giving excellent grip.

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Update #5 from Joelle

March 17, 2013

This season, we’re following the progress of a young ski racer from Canmore, Joelle Sevigny, in our Adopt-a-Skier program sponsored by Lifesport. Here’s Update 5:

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Skiing in a picture postcard

March 17, 2013

Since ski season is nearing its conclusion and I still have lots of readers, it’s a good opportunity to acknowledge a recent comment and all the commenters who have contributed to this blog.

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Winter returns with a vengeance

March 17, 2013

Update Mar 17 at 2 pm: The snow has stopped and the wind has died down. Mar 17 at 10:45 a.m: It’s snowing, with strong winds and blowing snow in Canmore. Poor visibility, temperature -13°C, with approx 8 cm accumulation. For road conditions, check the webcams.

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Spring ski conditions in PLPP

March 16, 2013

- Skiers with waxless skis were enjoying the conditions in PLPP – Perhaps it was the first time ever that I’ve skied up the steep hills on Whiskey Jack and Lynx without so much as a herringbone.

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Kananaskis village and Ribbon creek

March 15, 2013

- Skiers on Terrace link trail – New tracksetting from yesterday was in fine condition for waxless skis. I was using my zero skis and climbed the steep hill

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Get a grip

March 13, 2013

Wet snow conditions prevailed at Lake Louise today, and it sounds like that was the case everywhere. It rained intermittently all the way from Canmore

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Go early

March 11, 2013

The sun-exposed hill in the above photo still had cold snow. Conditions should still be quite good in PLPP tomorrow, at least early in the day.

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Spring skiing

March 9, 2013

To repeat something I’ve already heard today on the trip reports, “Fabulous! Awesome!” Goat creek received more snow and was trackset again

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Skiing at its best

March 7, 2013

Jeff groomed and trackset Skogan pass this morning and you’ll never ski on better conditions than I did today. I originally set out

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Bigfoot spotted in Banff

March 7, 2013

Now that was fun!! I skied Goat creek and Spray river east yesterday. Excellent snow and fantastic tracks from the Goat creek trailhead to the Goat creek bridge. Just the absolute best.

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