Jan 22, 2021: The powerful winds of the past few days have deposited significant tree debris on most of the trails in the empire, but I see we have a lot of determined skiers around here, willing to face the needlemania. I’m amazed at the number of trip reports we…
After finishing with an appointment in Canmore around noon, I had a multitude of choices for skiing this afternoon. Canmore Nordic Centre? Goat Creek? Mt Shark? Redearth Creek? The new tracksetting in PLPP was tempting, but I didn’t want to drive that far. All would have been excellent choices, as…
I realize this report will be irrelevant by tomorrow if the big snowfall materializes. It’s a good thing the snow is coming because the first 2K of Cascade Valley is extremely thin. All in all, however, it was still a fun ski trip especially considering I didn’t hit any rocks…
The conditions at Upper Bankhead and Cascade Valley are wonderful. At the end of the day, Pat and I were able to go down the big hill with no fear and no snowplowing, so you know it’s good. The temperature at 1:20 pm at the Lake Minnewanka parking lot was…
Dec 7, 2019 Helen Read was the first one to ski on Cascade Valley after it was snowmobile packed. Helen remarked… “Packing continues past campground…..yeah!!! Did not feel a single rock.” The Banff trail report indicates that Redearth Creek has also been packed. Update Dec 8: Cascade Valley has been…
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
Yesterday I said I was finished skiing for the season, but I really mean it this time. I’ve never seen Banff tracksetting in April, so I wanted to verify it with my own eyes.
Judging from all the skiers on the Cascade Valley trail, I think people took the advice and left PLPP to the racers. Many of our popular ski trails start
Too bad my friend Chip, who coined the above phrase, went to Mexico for the month of January. He is not only having to endure hot weather, but he’s missing
-Cascade Valley was trackset today. Photo by Chuck.- Thanks to Chuck for this welcome news. Cascade Valley in Banff National Park is double trackset to the Cascade
