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Frozen thunder

A green wax(cold!) weekend

November 18, 2011

Update 8:55 pm: Since posting this, we’ve had an email from Tracksetter John at Lake Louise: “Yep MLR & GD are great. Heated undies would help. I was working

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Frozen Thunder up to 2.3K

November 14, 2011

Skated around Frozen Thunder today. It’s now been expanded to 2.3K. There are no tracks due to an event today and tomorrow morning. Conditions are

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Frozen Thunder vastly improved

November 8, 2011

I took a quick ski around the Canmore Nordic Centre this morning and was pleasantly surprised. A number of improvements have occurred since the last time

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Lovely conditions today on Frozen Thunder(with video)

October 26, 2011

The very cold nights coupled with some fresh natural snow has transformed Frozen Thunder into the best shape I’ve experienced so far, and it was very enjoyable today. I did a few laps on my waxless skis with excellent

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Did anyone ski on Frozen thunder today?

October 22, 2011

The photos on here were taken yesterday(Fri Oct 21) around noon. Conditions were still good. Waxless skis worked well for classic skiing. Skaters seemed to be cruising around with little difficulty. I enjoyed skiing a few laps with

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How fantastic is this?

October 18, 2011

Frozen thunder was in excellent condition for classic skiing today. The skiers in the above photo from Blackjack Ski Club in Rossland, BC were getting good grip and glide with klister…and a jumpstart on ski season.

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The national team

October 17, 2011

Today, Canada’s national cross-country ski team posed for this magnificent photo for SkiHere(okay, I’ll admit they were also posing for CTV News, Canadian Press, Shaw cable, etc). In conjunction with the

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Frozen Thunder Day 2

October 16, 2011

I didn’t actually ski on Frozen Thunder today, but stopped by the nordic centre and talked to a number of skiers. Dave reported good grip on his waxless classic skis. You had to be careful in a few places where the track

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Frozen Thunder – hard and fast

October 15, 2011

It was great to be on snow again! Although it was a shorter than usual off-season, it was great to be on skis again! All skiers this morning were skating as the tracks were too icy to get any grip with hard wax. I think klister

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First nordic facility in North America to open for the season tomorrow

October 14, 2011

Frozen thunder is looking fabulous for tomorrow’s opening, and the Canmore Nordic Centre deserves a lot of credit for makig

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Frozen Thunder update

October 13, 2011

It appears that everything is on schedule for Saturday(Oct 15) skiing. As you can see, the snow is still uneven but will eventually be groomed with corduroy for skating and a classic track. When I stopped in today,

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Like magic, the snow appeared today

October 11, 2011

Oct 13: Frozen Thunder update Your eyes don’t deceive you. Call it miraculous, but the dawn of Frozen Thunder is happening on the Nagano trail at the Canmore Nordic Centre. It will be groomed and ready for skiing on Sat Oct. 15. Expectations are

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Frozen Thunder coming Oct 15

October 6, 2011

The Canmore Nordic Centre will have 3k of snow, groomed and ready for cross-country skiing on Sat Oct 15. Last year, we only had 1K so this will be a big improvement. The official grand opening ceremony for Frozen Thunder

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Get ready…

October 4, 2011

There’s lots to be excited about: In addition to this new and improved blog, we’ll be starting off the winter with a fantastic contest where you could win a new pair of Fischer skis. I’ll be posting details at a later date. I’ve noticed that web surfers have been finding this blog by searching for Frozen [...]

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First day of Skiing

October 16, 2010

If you like it hard ‘n fast, ”Frozen Thunder” at Canmore Nordic Centre will make you happy. All the parking spots were full at the CNC parking lot when I pulled in this morning. I won’t attribute all of those cars to the “Frozen Thunder,” as a biathlon event was also happening, but there was a good contingent [...]

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