Update Sat Jan 9: Trails at Ribbon Creek were groomed and trackset on Friday night. See comment below from RK. Saturday will be a terrific day to go skiing in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta Conditions should be fabulous for our ski club trip The warm weather did not move…
West Bragg Steve Riggs was at West Bragg today. Read the comments below for his report. Shaganappi Golf Course Word has it that Shaganappi will be groomed and trackset today. With any luck, you’ll be able to get an updated trail report later here Calgary Ski Club Shaganappi Goat…
The trails around Ribbon Creek and Kananaskis Village are still in very good condition. We had a wonderful ski there today and were pleasantly surprised at how well the tracks are holding up despite all the skiers and foot traffic. We started at the Village and skied on Terrace to the…
It was with a renewed appreciation for this wonderful place that we took to the ski trails at Ribbon Creek this afternoon. As most of you know from reading this blog, Kananaskis Country was not going to be grooming the trails here this winter due to budget cutbacks. We’re thrilled to…
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,…
Pocaterra Pocaterra is in nice shape for our daytrip tomorrow. No recent grooming, but the tracks are still good. The snow is cold, so there’s no problem with waxing. Stephen Vermeulen sent this email regarding Pocaterra: “I skied Pocaterra trail from the hut up to the Packers junction and then along Packers…
Early season snow on Ribbon Creek and Pocaterra
How’s this for Oct 9? Hi Bob, I checked out the snow conditions at the Ribbon Creek trails today. There was about 15cm at the elevation of the Nakiska day lodge (1500m elevation). At 1900m elevation, there was 25cm of snow depth and at 2100m elevation, the snow was 40cm…
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…
While Calgary was shivering at -20 today, the weather was beautiful at Ribbon Creek/Kananaskis Village. It was -8 with a big blue sky and bright sunshine. The trails had been recently groomed but had about 3 cm of fresh snow in them. We skied Terrace, Ribbon Creek, Link, Kovach, and…
