Clean and pristine

March 30 Update: At the Canmore Nordic Centre, the man-made snow was trackset overnight. “The emergence of the ground showing through the snow has made grooming on natural trails challenging. We risk doing some gardening and digging up more dirt, so there will be limited grooming on the natural trails…

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Hummingbird Plume

Dec 28, 2020: My ski trip to Hummingbird Plume checked all the boxes. Recently, I’ve been hitting the trails when they are in prime condition, and the lucky streak continued today. For me, prime condition is recent tracksetting with no fresh snow in the tracks, fast but not icy. The…

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