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Kananaskis Village

Ribbon Creek & Kananaskis Village

March 8, 2012

As Tessa and I arrived at the Ribbon Creek trailhead today, the sun was shining, the wind was howling

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Kananaskis Village trails

January 11, 2012

Let’s talk about the wind for a minute. Both Chip and Jill mentioned it in their trip reports today. Driving down Hwy #40 and seeing the wind and blowing snow would be enough to discourage

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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 are wonderful considering it’s November. [...]

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Kananaskis Village and Ribbon Creek

February 23, 2010

Lynn Bowers sent in the above photo and gives this report: “Skied Kananaskis village trails on Sunday. They had hardly been used since grooming and tracksetting on Saturday. Although snow was sometimes thin despite the 20 cm dump that Nakiska was said to have received, Terrace, Link, Ribbon Creek, Kovach and Aspen trails were in very good [...]

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Comments on the weekend’s skiing

February 14, 2010

We’d all like to hear about your skiing adventures from this weekend. The following comment and photos are from Gail Haines: “Skied Terrace & Terrace link at Kananaskis Village on Thursday. Surprised at the good conditions on the trails based on trail report and lack of new snow recently.”

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West Bragg; PLPP; Ribbon Creek; Golden

January 27, 2010

Hi Bob, I was out for a ski at West Bragg Creeek this morning. It was a glorious day – bright blue sky and temperatures in the -5 to -10 range. I skied Iron Springs – Elbow Trail – Loggers and Moose Loop. Conditions were generally excellent – most of it was trackset with the best coverage on Iron Springs - [...]

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A wonderful day in the mountains

January 9, 2010

We arrived at Ribbon Creek to find the freshly trackset trails which RK had told us about. It was a sunny and warm(for January) day and the parking lot was very busy with smiling skiers, happy snowshoers, and lots of enthusiastic dogs. See 35 additional photos We started on Ribbon Creek, some took the big climb [...]

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Ribbon Creek; Troll Falls; Bill Milne

January 8, 2010

Update Sat Jan 9: Trails at Ribbon Creek were groomed and trackset on Friday night. See comment below from RK. Saturday will be a terrific day to go skiing in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta Conditions should be fabulous for our ski club trip The warm weather did not move in the way it was [...]

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Ribbon Creek; Skogan Pass

December 27, 2009

The trails around Ribbon Creek and Kananaskis Village are still in very good condition. We had a wonderful ski there today and were pleasantly surprised at how well the tracks are holding up despite all the skiers and foot traffic. We started at the Village and skied on Terrace to the Ribbon Creek parking lot; proceeded [...]

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Nice to be back at Ribbon Creek

December 20, 2009

It was with a renewed appreciation for this wonderful place that we took to the ski trails at Ribbon Creek this afternoon. As most of you know from reading this blog, Kananaskis Country was not going to be grooming the trails here this winter due to budget cutbacks. We’re thrilled to say that is no longer [...]

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12 degrees warmer in Kananaskis today

February 26, 2009

While Calgary was shivering at -20 today, the weather was beautiful at Ribbon Creek/Kananaskis Village. It was -8 with a big blue sky and bright sunshine. The trails had been recently groomed but had about 3 cm of fresh snow in them. We skied Terrace, Ribbon Creek, Link, Kovach, and Terrace Link. Another wonderful day [...]

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Holiday Update

December 29, 2008

It’s been a few days since I’ve put up a new post, but we’ve been skiing every day. Thanks for the comments and updates in the interim. Working backwards, we skied on Cascade Fire Road yesterday(Sunday). The air temp was -9 and there was no wind. There had been a lot of new snow in the [...]

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Updates: Burstall Pass, West Bragg, Ribbon Creek/Kananaskis Village

December 18, 2008

Duane sent in this photo and report on Burstall Pass Alpine toured up to Burstall Pass Tuesday, Dec 16. It was much colder there than in Calgary, albeit sunny, and not windy. There is much more snow than the last visit – especially through the narrow treed areas, but the wind has tortured the snow in [...]

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