Before I get started on this report, I want to say that I enjoy seeing the comments and getting the questions from beginner skiers. The readers on this blog are very helpful and have a wealth of information at their fingertips for those of you who are just starting out….
Dec 23, 2020: Ski mania continues: this blog set a record yesterday with 19,303 views. It’s averaging about 60% more readers than last winter. I’d like to welcome all new readers and the new contributors to the Trip Reports page. Your valuable information helps skiers decide where to go tomorrow….
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…
Apr 6, 2020 This is the first winter in 14 years where I didn’t have Tessa the springer spaniel as my sidekick, and I’ve been missing her more than words can say. Christine loaned me her dog for the day, so I returned to the Hayfield trails yesterday, this time…
The trails were trackset this morning. This is not in a provincial park or provincial recreation area. I wish I could tell you where it is, but I don’t want them to be overwhelmed during the pandemic. For now, I will refer to them as the “Hayfield Trails.” I covered 7K…
We took advantage of yesterday’s tracksetting on Wedge and Evan Thomas and had a great day of skiing. You may have read on the Ribbon Creek trail report that grooming has finished for the season on the Kananaskis Village, Ribbon Creek, Bill Milne, Wedge, Skogan Pass trails.
Note: These trails are no longer available. I received this email and photo from Warren Smith, the tracksetter at Olds, AB. “Here is a photo of part of our track setting outfit at the Little Red trails nw of Olds. The snow conditions have been outstanding for most of our…
I was contemplating a few different destinations for skiing, but after reading the update this morning from the groomers at West Bragg Creek, it was easy to make the choice, and it was a good one. When I arrived at 2 pm, it was still snowing. The temperature was -3°C…
I will have an update on the wonderful conditions at West Bragg Creek later but in the mean time I wanted to share these remarkable photos which Shulamit submitted. We’ve now had a few reports on the conditions at Strathmore with Shulamit’s being the latest… “Leisurely sunset ski. I’d heard…
