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…
Snow and cooler temps needed If any of the wax technicians from the National Ski Team are reading this, we need your help:) Trails in Peter Lougheed Prov Park are icy. Slushy if they’re in the sun. It was very difficult getting any kind of grip wax to work properly, and it’s…
Update Jan 21: Received this detailed report on the Peter Lougheed trails today from John Addicott… . “For those not skiing the LL-Banff Loppet, skiing at PLPP should be outstanding this weekend. Skiing was excellent yesterday in PLPP. Ken and I did a nice loop along Pocaterra, Lynx, Wooley, Meadow,…
The rumours were true! I took that photo on the way to Pocaterra this morning. Looked very inviting. Updated: Ribbon Creek trail report Kananaskis – PLPP We had an enthusiastic group of 13 skiers for the Calgary ski club trip today to Pocaterra. In addition to Pocaterra, we were on Lynx,…
-10 seemed like spring today If the temperatures stay below zero for the remainder of the week, we will have excellent conditions for our Saturday ski from Pocaterra. In addition to Pocaterra, I skied on Lynx, Amos, Wheeler, and Whiskey Jack and all were in good condition. There’s about 3…
The best ski trails in the world are trackset Made a quick trip down to PLPP this morning to find lots and lots of new trails ready to ski on. Wheeler(above photo) was one of the only ones without some fresh grooming, but the old tracks were still really good. The temperature…
Kananaskis Country – PLPP update The fresh snow and cooler temperatures have really helped conditions in K-Country. Most trails are covered with fresh snow, but are still in good condition. As you can see in the photo above, there’s lots of new snow on Tyrwhitt and only one track has…
It was a real contrast in snow conditions between the north end and south end of PLPP(Peter Lougheed Prov Park) ski trails in K-Country yesterday. The south end trails such as Elk Pass, Blueberry, Tyrwhitt remain in excellent condition while the north end is a mixed bag. At the top…
Early season snow on Ribbon Creek and Pocaterra
It’s been a few days since I’ve put up a new post, but we’ve been skiing every day. Thanks for the comments and updates in the interim. Working backwards, we skied on Cascade Fire Road yesterday(Sunday). The air temp was -9 and there was no wind. There had been a lot…
