Yesterday we were flying around the new tracksetting in PLPP. Today, it was slow going in fresh snow on last night’s tracksetting. Chuckley has reported 8 cm in the south end of the park. I arrived to 4 cm at Elkwood with a temperature hovering near zero, so the snow…
What a fantastic day of skiing! For our annual ski trip on the Tyrwhitt Loop, Peter, Chip and I were once again lucky to enjoy the best conditions of the winter. The Tyrwhitt Loop is my all-time favourite, and today it was pure enjoyment. I got pretty excited when I…
Thanks to Mel for supplying the title to this update. Here’s a few more… “Exceptional conditions at West Bragg today.” -GMJ
It’s possible that conditions may have been this good at some point in the past, but I can’t remember when. It was -11°C with sunny skies and no wind at Kananaskis Village at 1:30 pm. I skied the Terrace north – Kovach Lookout – Kovach return to Village loop and…
It’s surprising how pleasant -19°C can be when there’s no wind and the sun is shining. With an acute case of cabin fever, Cheryl and I drove out to PLPP to see which weather forecast was correct. Yesterday’s Windy.com prediction was dead on at -19. That was at 2:45 pm…
The full text of that saying is… “No such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.” Credit for coining that phrase goes to Alf Skrastins who is also the author of tonight’s featured trip report… “Obviously a lot of other SkierBob regulars were looking at the weather forecasts and grooming…
What an incredibly enjoyable afternoon of skiing in Kananaskis today. The “circle is complete” and you can ski the 7K loop consisting of Evan-Thomas, Wedge Connector, and Bill Milne trails.
Jan 5, 2020 It was wonderful to be skiing on Pocaterra trail in PLPP today. Conditions on Upper Pocaterra would rate a perfect score except the tracks were still a bit soft from last night’s tracksetting.
You’ve got one last chance to ski this year. Last night, Tracksetter Jeff groomed the Skogan Pass trails including Skogan Loop, Sunburst, High Level, and Hummingbird Plume. (Click on the map for a larger image) There are three possible ways to start up Skogan Pass.
Dec 27, 2019 The Wedge Connector is ideal if you’re a beginner or novice skier. Christine and I took Ricky out for his first ever ski trip today on Wedge and at the conclusion, he said it was a lot of fun.
