Feeling the Love… Estelle from Spain and Roberta from Italy were enjoying a beautiful day on the Spray River trail. Feb 14, 2011 The Spray River west side had been trackset earlier today. I saw from the trail reports that some grooming had been done in PLPP and Ribbon…
Goat Creek and Spray River (Just a reminder…you can click on any photo to see a larger version) Goat Creek was trackset this morning and is in fantastic shape. The best I’ve seen in many years.Not a rock to be seen anywhere, not at the trailhead, not even on the…
Nicholas Roeder just spent 4 days in the Lake Louise/Emerald Lake area and sends some photos and this report: “Lots of new snow near Emerald Lake and Baker Creek. Trails should be in great shape for the weekend. I skied the following trails and can recommend them all: Pipestone (new…
While growing up on the farm, one of the rituals of spring was picking rocks in the summerfallow fields. Back and forth, dad drove the tractor while my brothers and I picked up anything that could get jammed in the discer blades and threw it on the stoneboat. It was a…
(Click on any photo to enlarge it) Six of these seven skiers say skiing is better than shopping on Boxing day. The lone dissenter(lady on the far right with a big smile) was still undecided. Dec 26, 2010 Today was a glorious day to be in the mountains, and far…
Can’t get much better than this The above photo is a scene you might never see while skiing Goat Creek. If you’re like me, you’ll be concentrating too hard on the fast downhill ahead of you, trying to control your descent in order to make the turn onto the bridge….
I’ve noticed that anything posted about Shaganappi Golf Course always gets lots of attention. The Shaganappi Trail Report is a highly popular link. I’m pleased, therefore, to get this detailed report from Ben and Karen Silverberg: Opportunity Seized It was -12 and very grey in Calgary today but Karen and I…
Best overall pre-Christmas ski conditions that I can remember I thought that was such a great photo from yesterday that I’ve created a new blog header from it. It was plain to see those guys were having fun and I enjoyed talking to them for a few minutes. Very engaging gentlemen they were. Their…
Nice conditions for Nov, but watch for rocks on the Canmore end I usually review this trail starting at the Canmore end, but I started out at the Banff Springs Hotel yesterday. My goal was to ski up to the Goat Creek trail and check out conditions on the new tracksetting….
We all like to hear reports of the trail conditions. Please leave a comment or send me an email if you were skiing today. The Banff Trail Report shows Goat Creek is now trackset. It was a gorgeous day at Ribbon Creek. I skied there and can tell you the conditions…
