I was greeted with a winter wonderland atmosphere when I arrived at Boulton Creek in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in mid-afternoon. I skied on last night’s tracksetting: Wheeler, Amos, Woolley, and Meadow with a side trip on Lynx. I had not even skied on Woolley and Meadow this season, so…
March 1, 2021: Ski mania continued unabated in February. The daily average of 10,054 unique visits to this blog is up 116% over last year. Since Oct 1, 2020 we’ve received 1.48 million visits. ****** Kananaskis sees record visitors for 2020 Estimated number of visits to Kananaskis Country 2015: 3,597,678 2016: 3,706,633…
Conditions on the Bill Milne trail weren’t quite as good as on the village trails, but it was still enjoyable. Now that I’m on the farewell tour, when I met Barb and her friendly dog Jamie on the trail, she wanted to take a selfie with me. I had to…
I didn’t get her name, but the young lady in the above photo was descending the steep hill from the Kovach Lookout and she told me she had fallen a couple times, but as you can see, she was still having fun. I met lots of skiers with big smiles…
After climbing the Bill Milne trail from Ribbon Creek, I walked about 300 metres through the village over to Terrace trail and headed south. Terrace, Kovach, Aspen, Lower Kovach and the best conditions ever on Terrace north to the Ribbon Creek parking lot. I wasn’t coming down the S-turns but…
(I’m posting this as a separate update to encourage Bill Milne skiers to try this part of the trail. I also skied the village trails and the Evan-Thomas loop which I’ll post later) You’d think that after skiing for 23 years and logging 24,880 km, I would have done every…
(I’ve posted the tracksetting updates at the end of this post) The Wedge Connector, Evan-Thomas, and Bill Milne were all in excellent condition today. The snow stayed cold and should still be in good shape for tomorrow. Going downhill on Evan-Thomas I experienced fast tracks but not icy, and I…
It was a pleasant change to read about the new snow on your trip reports today. It’s a rare occasion to see Fox Creek with such clean snow and crisp tracks. Thanks to Alf Skrastins for the report and photos…. PLPP-Blueberry Hill- West Elk Pass Conditions were wonderful at the…
There was no fighting for parking spots today. As Chip said, “hardly anyone on the trails, no wind, blue sky….It was just about perfect!” This ski trip took me back to when days were much simpler(last year!). I only encountered eight other skiers on the trails in Peter Lougheed Provincial…
I was thinking of calling this update “The transition from ice to snow” because a few days ago, you could ice skate on the Bill Milne trail. Today, after last evening’s Pisten-Bully magic, it was like real snow again. I waited for it to warm up and in mid-afternoon it…
