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Pocaterra

Another wonderful day in PLPP

April 7, 2012

I realize I’m using “wonderful” for two days in a row in the title, but it is only appropriate. I see a lot of trip reports have beat me to the punch. More tracksetting

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The early bird gets the cold snow

March 25, 2012

(Update: Photos have now been posted.) A very rare event occurred today. The sun was in my face as I was climbing Whiskey Jack! Tracksetter Jody had just finished

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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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Pole dragging

February 9, 2012

This post was also known as “ Man drags poles, creates cloud of snow, which is funny to watch, but he isn’t doing anything wrong. After trying to go slow, he decides to race when passed by a girl.”

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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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Finally met Steve

February 5, 2012

This turned out to be an eventful day. Never mind that conditions in PLPP were excellent everywhere, with every trail

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All the stars were shining bright

February 2, 2012

Do you know what PLPP stands for? Today, it was Peter Lougheed Provincial Paradise. It had been

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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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I really made the rounds in the north end of PLPP today. There was no need to check the south end, as we all know that Elk Pass, Blueberry Hill, Hydroline and Tyrwhitt have lots of cold snow and were recently trackset.

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A great day in PLPP

December 16, 2011

Update Dec 17: More tracksetting occurred last night in PLPP. Check the trail report. I did a lot of skiing today in PLPP, most of it on excellent conditions. I started

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Where are you skiing this weekend?

December 9, 2011

Peter’s trip report from PLPP(Dec 9 at 5:31 pm) covered most of the bases. We were there later on, and I’ll fill in a few extra details. Some strong winds have blown tree debris onto Whiskey Jack.

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Perfect conditions for skiing Kananaskis Fire Lookout

December 8, 2011

Thirty minutes up, and three minutes down. Need I say more? Although the temperature at the fire lookout

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Lovely day in PLPP; many new trails ready

December 2, 2011

It was wonderful to be skiing on Tyrwhitt after eight long months without. It was groomed only, not trackset, and as the trail report specifies, there are some

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40 cm on Elk Pass

November 24, 2011

Update: Video has been posted It was like skiing in a picture postcard The snow depth varied between 30- 40 cm, but when I fell, it seemed even deeper!

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