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Tyrwhitt avalanche

April 14, 2012

“Trees up to 14 in thick were broken off and tossed like matchsticks…” We don’t usually see avalanches on the trackset trails in Kananaskis. Kananaskis Public Safety has

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First day of spring – cold and snowy in PLPP!

March 20, 2012

Cold and snowy, the best way to usher in springtime in the Rockies, at least if you’re a xc skier. It was a busy day

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Pocaterra

March 3, 2012

When overseas visitors think of the Canadian Rockies, they usually think of Banff. If they are skiers, they usually have

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No end in sight

February 7, 2012

Caroline and I skied 25K on the north end trails of PLPP today. Every trail was in excellent condition, including Pocaterra near the hut. We started at the Visitor Centre, where the snow temp

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PLPP: “best conditions we’ve had this year”

January 7, 2012

Thanks to Tony for this update: We “got our butts out there” today (Jan 7th) and were rewarded with the best

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Snow – with a vengeance!

December 30, 2011

Update Dec 31 @ 10 a.m: The Kananaskis trail report shows that the south end trails were groomed and trackset early this morning, including Elk Pass, Blueberry, Hydroline and Patterson. Happy skiing!

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PLPP – Hydroline, Elk Pass, Blueberry Hill Hi Bob, Lately, we have mostly spent our ski time enjoying the excellent backcountry conditions in the Alberta rockies. For Sunday though, we changed it up for a day of cross-country at PLPP. And what a day it was! Warm, nearly windless, and sunny despite the clouds and [...]

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CBC

February 17, 2011

Hello to everyone who heard me on CBC’s Ski Report this morning. The regular host, Paul Karchut, is on holidays so they asked me to fill the time slot with XC information. Pick the three best places to ski this weekend That’s a tough mandate, but I had to limit the choices for the purposes of the time [...]

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It’s snowing!

December 9, 2010

I’ve got some great news… Lots of new snow in PLPP. At 2 pm today, Elk pass already had about 8 cm of new snow, and it was still snowing quite heavily. Chip’s wish came true, and Pocaterra had about 4 cm of new snow. I would expect the groomer will be out tomorrow. I [...]

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Weekend ski reports

November 27, 2010

This should be a fantastic weekend for XC skiing. Nice weather, good snow, lots of groomed trails. If you’re out on the trails today, let us know about it. If I wasn’t able to get out skiing, I’d enjoy reading about all those who did. Click on comments or send me an email. Re: Guess the date Nobody [...]

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Too much to choose from

November 25, 2010

Pocaterra Hut is now open Decisions decisions! What a lucky bunch we XC skiers are. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many trails available to us at this time of year. Now, with Pocaterra hut open, I expect there will be a large contingent of skiers wondering about Pocaterra trail. It’s in surprisingly good [...]

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Fantastic weekend update

November 20, 2010

Update Nov 21 at 11 a.m: Kananaskis trail report shows some tracksetting in the Kananaskis Village area last night. Trails include Kovach, Aspen, Terrace, Terrace Link. You could do a nice loop starting on Terrace at the village, up to the lookout on Kovach, and back down those delightful S-turns to the village. Wonderful news! It [...]

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Ribbon Creek has snow

November 17, 2010

…and it will be packed shortly We took a drive into K-Country today, wanting to see for ourselves which trails had snow and hoping to see some grooming. The snowfall which happened Monday night and Tuesday must have been an upslope storm, as Ribbon Creek had about 15 cm but Pocaterra only has about 8 [...]

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One last ski(Part 2)

April 3, 2010

After reading Steve’s comment about conditions in PLPP yesterday, we had to go check it out one more time, and we’re glad we did. Considering it’s April, and the warm weather we’ve had, the conditions were great. It was mostly overcast and -1, so the snow is staying cold and the tracks were excellent. I had [...]

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One last ski – and it was great!

March 31, 2010

Elk Pass & Blueberry Hill 6 cm of new snow and fresh tracksetting created some wonderful conditions for what will probably be my last ski of the season. The snow was cold, the tracks were excellent, and I was able to use my waxable skis. There was no slush or soft spots. On a couple of [...]

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