Ribbon Creek

Kananaskis village and Ribbon creek

March 15, 2013

- Skiers on Terrace link trail – New tracksetting from yesterday was in fine condition for waxless skis. I was using my zero skis and climbed the steep hill

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Utopia for xc skiers

February 28, 2013

I think every trail in PLPP must be in great condition right now. I didn’t ski them all, but the ones I did ski were excellent, and the others which I observed looked good.

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Skogan pass: hard and fast

February 26, 2013

It’s getting close to the end of February and I still hadn’t skied to Hummingbird Plume so today was the day. We don’t

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Cougar in Ribbon creek area

February 22, 2013

Thank you, trip reporters, for the prompt updates today. Lots of excitement which everyone has probably read about by now, but if you haven’t seen the previous updates

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Ribbon creek just gets better

February 20, 2013

Update Feb 22: Due to a cougar kill, there are some closures in effect for Ribbon creek west of Link junction, and Link. Check the Trip Reports

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Great snow, wonderful weather, and lots of happy dogs

February 18, 2013

- Everyone and their dog were having fun today at Ribbon creek – It was the perfect day

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Surprised again

February 8, 2013

For two days in a row I’ve been pleasantly surprised by conditions at trails where I thought it would be too icy. Today it was Ribbon creek

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Marmot Basin trail in Kananaskis

February 1, 2013

If you like fast downhills, here’s a trail for you. The brochure describes Marmot basin trail thus…“provides a good run down from the top.” That’s quite the

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Making the rounds

January 11, 2013

- There wasn’t a cloud in the sky today, but there were huge snow plumes on Mt Baldy – I had my sights set on Mt Shark today, but with Spray Lakes road closed,

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Beginners and skate-skiers

January 4, 2013

Here’s an email I received this morning from Chelsie: Hi, I don’t know if you can help, and if not do you know what websites or resources we might be able to use? We are new to cross country skiing

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-4 in PLPP today

December 21, 2012

- Colin and Kalina on Wheeler – It was a tale of two climates today. While Calgary was in the deep freeze at -18°C, a number of skiers

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Waxing problems are behind us

December 6, 2012

- Ribbon creek was trackset yesterday and has nice, cold snow - The roving ski reporter(Ann, as in Ann-onimous) was having a wonderful time on the Ribbon creek trails today. She reports a blue wax

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Ribbon creek/Kananaskis village is trackset

December 5, 2012

Looking for some good tracks and fun trails to ski tomorrow? Tracksetter Jeff sent this report: “Here’s an update from Ribbon Creek area.

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PLPP, Ribbon creek, Wedge connector

November 30, 2012

- Look at those beautiful tracks on Elk pass! - The photos below show nine different trails and the conditions on each. Elk pass, Tyrwhitt, Lookout, Hydroline, Fox creek, Upper lake, Pocaterra, Wedge connector, and Ribbon creek.

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Ribbon Creek & Kananaskis Village

March 8, 2012

As Tessa and I arrived at the Ribbon Creek trailhead today, the sun was shining, the wind was howling(blowing in this warm air), and the car thermometer said it was +8. Krystal and Sara

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