Life is good. Soak it all in while you can! When you see all those categories and tags next to the blog post title, you just know it’s going to be a good one. When you see “rant” included in there, how much better could it get? The recent snowfall…
I’ve got some great news… Lots of new snow in PLPP. At 2 pm today, Elk pass already had about 8 cm of new snow, and it was still snowing quite heavily. Chip’s wish came true, and Pocaterra had about 4 cm of new snow. I would expect the groomer…
Update: Banff trail report shows the Great Divide is now trackset. Here’s the latest from John at Lake Louise: “I drove to Cochrane to pick up a sled this week, was surprised at all the snow! Maybe we need to come over and ski on the east side this weekend. …
Cooler temperatures, some new snow, and fresh grooming has given us a place to ski with good conditions. The air temp this afternoon at the Moraine Lake Road trailhead was -1 and it was snowing lightly. I started out with my waxless skis, not knowing what I was going to…
The natural-snow trails are skiable at Canmore Are you an optimist, or are you someone who enters a situation with low expectations, hoping for a pleasant surprise? After reading on the trail report that the natural snow trails had been rolled, I set out for the Nordic Centre today…
Conditions were just about perfect If you stayed home to mail out your Christmas cards instead of joining us for a fabulous XC ski trip to Lake Louise, well, you’ve got your priorities all messed up. LOL (Glenna are you listening?) We couldn’t have asked for better weather or snow…
Although the name sounds ominous, you can ski for 7K on the Great Divide(1A Hwy) before you reach a hill of any note. There are some small rises, dips and curves to make it interesting. The trail is wide and ultra-safe and the snow is much softer than you’ll find…
Lake Louise There’s lots to talk about, so let’s get started. After the big snowfall on Tuesday, the trails were in great shape on Wednesday at Lake Louise. Moraine Lake road was groomed and trackset, the Great Divide(1A Hwy) was being worked on during the day. We checked it at 3…
Update Nov 9: The Great Divide trail(aka 1A Hwy) was groomed and trackset late this afternoon all the way to the Lake O’Hara parking lot. Chip and I are heading up tomorrow to check it out – and I’m taking my bear spray! John the groomer has a warning: “Hi Bob; watch…
National Ski Team skier Perianne Jones and support staff on Moraine Lake road Nov 3, 2009 Conditions are still good. The tracks seemed a bit icier in places, but where you require more grip it’s simple and easy to just ski in the skating lane for a while. There were many…
