Surprise #1 The first surprise was finding myself at the Boulton Creek trailhead at 9:20 this morning. I was determined to get on the snow while it was still cold, and before 5 cm of new snow covered the tracksetting, as has been the recent experience. No other cars…
I hope we can ski a few more times yet, but with work, and other obligations, you never know. We found a few hours to spare yesterday and had a lot of fun in PLPP, although it was short. Starting at Boulton Creek, we headed up Whiskey Jack. No grooming…
PLPP was shrouded in snow today (click on a photo to see the larger image) Cheryl and I headed up to the Kananaskis Fire Lookout today. It was snowing the whole time we were there, with lots of accumulation on all the trails. This comment from Diana Piggot tells some of the story……
Bob, Brendan and I scooted out for a night ski mission last night to Pocaterra for one last ski of the season. There was about 20 cm of fresh snow at the Pocaterra Hut, with a skier set track to the Lynx junction. From there, we continued on up Pocaterra…
Hello Bob, We went to Ribbon Creek today. 2-3 cm of fresh snow covering the old tracks made it quite pretty with all the trees covered in snow. The Swix purplish-red wax (-1 to +2) worked reasonably well for the first 2 hours. It was overcast and snowing lightly. We…
West Bragg Creek Hi Bob: Just came back from Bragg Creek. There was about 5cm of new snow on top of hard base with some faint skier trackset. Very nice. It was snowing hard so conditions should be great on Sunday. Thorsten ****** Lake Louise Hi Bob, We skied Lake…
Before we get started, for those who are interested in West Bragg, read Steve’s comment on the previous post. Lake Louise Hi Bob, A quick report from Lake Louise today – first we skied 1A onto Lower and Upper Telemark/Peyto, all groomed yesterday, firm underneath a cover of about 2 cms…
After watching the racing at the Nordic Centre yesterday, I headed for PLPP. The trail report showed most of the north end trails had been trackset over the past two days. Upon reaching Pocaterra it was, thankfully, a little colder than I expected at -2. There was 4 cm of…
It was a fantastic winter’s day in PLPP for the Kananaskis Ski Marathon. I’ve always considered Peter Lougheed Provincial Park the best place to XC ski anywhere on the face of the earth, and that was reinforced today. Interesting trails for all abilities of skiers, in the magnificent setting of our majestic…
Perfect weather. Perfect snow. Perfect tracks. Are you getting the idea that it was a perfect day? You’d be right. I can’t imagine it could get any better than today. We were elated to learn at the PLPP Visitor Centre that Whiskey Jack and Pocaterra were trackset last night. We…
