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Moraine Lake road

Perfect conditions at Lake Louise

February 22, 2012

“Moraine Lake Road was groomed to perfection today (felt like velvet) as we were skiing up. Had been trackset yesterday but he did it again

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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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The best xc skiing on earth

November 16, 2011

Conditions at Lake Louise are tremendous. Great Divide, Moraine Lake road and Tramline have excellent grooming, tracks, and cold snow to make for

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Great Divide(1A Hwy) in nice shape

November 13, 2011

I’ll let the pictures tell the story of today’s skiing. I also skied for a short distance on Moraine Lake road and it’s in superb condition. Take note on the photos…they’ve set

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At 5:15 pm on Friday, we had our first trip report posted on the “Trip Reports” page. Thanks to Chuck for getting things started. This is already proving to be a popular page for skiers looking for information from other skiers. Chuck, I hope

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Lake Louise, Boom Lake

November 10, 2011

All is good at Lake Louise. Despite some warmer weather today(Thur), the snow on Moraine Lake road has not deteriorated. I also skied up and down the Upper

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Incident…conclusion

November 7, 2011

When I started this blog, my main purpose was to help skiers have a more pleasant experience by assisting them in finding the best snow and trail conditions. Perhaps it’s evolved to the point where I can simply

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Incident on the trail today

November 6, 2011

It really surprises and discourages me when I see a cross-country skier being a jerk. Thankfully, they’re few and far between. It’s unbelievable to think anyone could get upset

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Fantastic conditions today on Moraine Lake road(with video)

November 5, 2011

Video: Watch 1.5K of fantastic downhill gliding on Moraine Lake road today. It looks like skiers will have even better

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We are the luckiest people…

November 4, 2011

Of all the places on the face of the earth, by some fluke we were lucky enough to end up in close proximity to the best early-season skiing to be found anywhere. Adding to our

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Snow update

November 4, 2011

It looks like we got our wish. The Banff trail report has an update for Lake Louise today: Cross-Country Skiing: Lake Louise Area Trails CONDITIONS: First ski report of the season!

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The best place on earth(BPOE)

November 3, 2011

Moraine Lake road in Lake Louise was BPOE today. No place I’d have rather been. For having a thin snow pack, the conditions were excellent. Amazingly good tracks and cold snow.

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Greetings and welcome to the new ski season

November 2, 2011

Update 6:51 pm: Great News from John at Lake Louise: “Trackset – one classic track on morraine lake rd today, and about 12′ of packed skate … Flurries maybe?

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