I haven’t seen early-season conditions like this on Goat creek for years. That must be why everyone I met today was smiling, happy, and friendly. Before you grab your skis and dash for the trailhead, make sure you read all of this post.
Goat Creek had a few unavoidable mud puddles when I biked it late Thursday, but if it doesn’t rain in the interim, I expect you’ll have pretty clear sailing on the weekend.
The Goat Creek/Spray River trail from Canmore to Banff is surprisingly dry. My tires didn’t pick up a speck of mud on this 18.9K trip which is one of my all-time favourites for biking and skiing, especially if I can get
You never know how many opportunities you’ll get to ski this marvelous trail, so I’m taking advantage of these good conditions and nice weather to try and get my
Update Dec 23: Goat Creek was trackset today. Spray River east side is also trackset. If skiing from Canmore to Banff, the east side may be a better choice for your final 5K. Chuck has provided the following regarding the grand opening
PLPP – Hydroline, Elk Pass, Blueberry Hill Hi Bob, Lately, we have mostly spent our ski time enjoying the excellent backcountry conditions in the Alberta rockies. For Sunday though, we changed it up for a day of cross-country at PLPP. And what a day it was! Warm, nearly windless, and…
Conditions have deteriorated with the warm weather. There’s no lack of snow, but we have to contend with icy tracks and/or slushy tracks. Let us know what you encounter if you have been out. Bob, I am planning on skiing Goat Creek – Canmore to Banff this week-end(March 19th) but…
Goat Creek (Update: See comments for info on West Bragg Creek) We may not see conditions like this for ten more years, so I’m trying to get my fill of Goat Creek. Trouble is, it continues to get better, making me want to go back. Again and again. It was trackset Thursday but…
Ski Goat Creek, stop at the Banff Springs for a Scotch, ski back. That’s what Ian and Richard did on Monday. We ran into them as they were about 9K from Banff and on their way back to the Canmore end(that’s a 36K round trip). They seemed pretty happy. But…
Hello to everyone who heard me on CBC’s Ski Report this morning. The regular host, Paul Karchut, is on holidays so they asked me to fill the time slot with XC information. Pick the three best places to ski this weekend That’s a tough mandate, but I had to limit the choices for…
