Two reports on West Bragg, one from Andrew and one from Steve: We skied skier set tracks in ~30 cm of recent new snow around noon today and snow was decent and fairly dry in shaded areas but a bit rough in sun exposed places. The best was Crystal Line…
There was a lot of new snow in PLPP over the past 48 hours. Some tracksetting has been done at the north end. Today I did a loop from Elkwood including Wheeler, Amos, Lynx, Pocaterra, Lodgepole, Meadow. Snow was cold(-5C), air temp was 0. No icy tracks, no sign of deteriorating…
Cascade Fire Rd Mar 12, 2009 Cascade Fire Road was groomed and trackset 6 days ago but is still in excellent condition. As you can see from the photo, there’s been a few cm of fresh snow over the tracksetting, but the tracks are skied-in very well, and were extremely…
Clive sent in the following photo and report: Hi Bob, I skied West Bragg Creek this morning. I did Iron Springs – Elbow Trail – Loggers Loop – Crystal Line. Conditions were generally excellent – a blue wax day with great tracks and soft snow on the downhills. What a great…
What a terrific day it was! The nice weather along with the Family Day holiday brought the skiers out in full force today. I needed 34K to hit the 1000K mark and I didn’t intend on doing it all today, but once I got going it was hard to quit. Every…
We had a great ski at Mount Shark today. All the trails had been groomed and trackset two days ago and were in the best condition I’ve ever seen them. Snow temp was -7 which made for easy waxing and the air temp was -6 which made for perfect skiing…
I’ve been marooned in Calgary, and haven’t been on skis for a week. I heard that it had snowed in the mountains yesterday(Friday) and this report and photo from Andrew confirms it: Hello Bob, thanks to yesterday’s snow fall, from ~2 cm at lower elevations to ~10 cm at Tyrwhitt/Elk…
See Comments below for updates on West Bragg Creek, Upper Ribbon Creek trails(Skogan Pass, etc.), Sawmill(backcountry). This must be what heaven is like Skiers enjoying the sun and snow on Elk Pass Acting on Steve’s comment from yesterday, we skied in Peter Lougheed Prov Park today and it was fabulous….
(See comments below for more updates including Hawkridge photos) *** It doesn’t get any better than this Bob, Chip and Vic at Kananaskis Fire Lookout We really hit it lucky again today. New tracks had just been set on Elk Pass, Hydroline, and the steepest, most gruelling trail in the park, Kananaskis Fire…
Today we skied some trails in PLPP(Peter Lougheed Prov Park) in Kananaskis Country, many of which had just been trackset for the first time on Friday. The parking lots at Pocaterra and the PLPP visitor centre were packed with vehicles. Hi to Carol and Katie at the PLPP visitor centre….
