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Lake Louise

Grooming at Canmore Nordic Centre

April 15, 2012

Sunday Apr 15 @ 7:40 a.m. The GPS map from the Canmore nordic centre shows that most of the trails have been groomed and presumably trackset overnight. It snowed a lot yesterday

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Lake Louise – the last holdout

January 4, 2012

I remember the winter of 2005. Rain in January. Skiing through standing puddles of water on Wheeler in PLPP. The parking lot at the Visitor Centre was a sheet of ice.

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A romantic skiing getaway

December 21, 2011

The Canadian rockies are home to some magnificent historic lodges which retain a lot of their original charm, and we were able to experience the ambience and atmosphere of two of them

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First tracks on a brand new trail

December 14, 2010

Lake Louise – buried in snow again today That was quite the storm which blew through today. I was on the highway when it hit, around Redearth Creek. Almost white-out conditions for 20-30 minutes and then…over. The snow and wind stopped and it was calm and beautiful as if nothing happened, except there was now [...]

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Message from the LL tracksetter

November 19, 2010

John, who does some of the tracksetting at Lake Louise, sends this message: Yes, We tracked Morraine + upper tram yesterday, lots of snow, just touching pavement with poles at bottom, no problem for skating, Parking lots will continue to be a problem, thx for noting the tram line option, messages to L.Louise Parks, via [...]

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If you go skiing, let us know

April 11, 2010

Received this email today… Subject: It Ain’t Over Yet! “Hi Bob, just wanted to let folks know that we skied the Fairview Loop at Lake Louise today (i.e. Upper Tramline, Fairview Trail, Lower Moraine Lake Road) – all single track set on April 9 after the new snow and tracks in good shape! Swix Purple [...]

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Good conditions today at Lake louise

March 17, 2010

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 encounter. They were probably a [...]

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Lake Louise loppet

March 8, 2010

Loppet results: Calgary ski club Where else could you finish a race in such a beautiful setting? It was a gorgeous day with good snow conditions yesterday in Lake Louise for the loppet. The lake was frozen and free of slush so we were able to do the initial 2K right on the lake. The [...]

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Comments on the weekend’s skiing

March 6, 2010

This warm weather has everyone concerned about the condition of the trails. Are conditions still good at Elk Pass? I see they groomed and trackset it yesterday. Don’t forget, it’s the Lake Louise Loppet tomorrow(Sunday March 7). This event next weekend in Golden looks like fun and it sounds like they’ve got snow Western Canadian Masters Championships

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Skiing for three days in a row…

February 10, 2010

It’s been a while since I could say that. First I want to say thanks to everyone who has sent in comments while I haven’t been out skiing myself. Much appreciated. What’s everyone looking at? Pocaterra trail. Feb 10, 2010 Peter Lougheed Prov Park Today I was in PLPP on the north end trails and conditions were great. Pocaterra, [...]

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Updates: West Bragg; Sandy McNabb; Bus trip to LL

January 30, 2010

Steve is back on skis! I was wondering where Steve Riggs had disappeared to, and with this recent comment, we now know the story. Steve, I’m sorry to hear that you had to miss three weeks of ski season but it’s nice to see you’re back: “We headed south on Saturday to the Sandy McNabb [...]

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Fantastic day of skiing and racing

January 25, 2010

Lake Louise to Banff loppet – one of the best ever! Update Jan 26: Finally have my photos posted here “So to all who participated, from first to last and everyone in-between, thank you! You all made my day.” – Mike Freeman(see comments below) There’s just no other ski race like this one. Here are [...]

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Cold snow at Lake Louise

January 14, 2010

Excellent trail conditions We couldn’t believe how good the snow and trail conditions were at Lake Louise today. The Great Divide had just been groomed and trackset. Moraine Lake Road was excellent. Tramline – check. We even did the Bow River and Campground Loop which was recently trackset and in great shape. It looked like there [...]

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Swamp Creatures?

January 5, 2010

Get your teams together! Believe it or not, it’s only 18 days ’til the legendary Lake Louise to Banff loppet. This is your one and only chance to ski some of the trails which are available only once per winter, trackset especially for this event. Here I am, five years ago, still standing after skiing the entire [...]

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CNC; Lake Louise; Mt Shark

December 17, 2009

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 with my rock skis and [...]

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