“Without doubt Tyrwhitt is the most beautiful and skiable trail in the skier Bob domain. I was there as well today and was awestruck.” -Greg Foord By skiing the late shift, I was in PLPP at the right time of day to avoid any excessive wind. That is, until the…
Our group started out from Boulton Creek with five skiers but due to binding problems, two had to go back to the parking lot to make repairs, and never to be seen again. Maybe Chip will leave us a trip report. That left Peter, Pat and me to continue up…
I don’t usually talk to many skiers when I’m climbing Whiskey Jack because they are always downhilling so fast, but Matt made a point of stopping at the steepest part of the trail to have a chat, from a covid-approved distance of course. The steepest part of WJ is the…
I’ve sure been hitting it lucky this week, getting onto the trails when they are in near-perfect condition. Pipestone on Thursday was sensational, and now the SkierBob Special in fantastic condition. I need to give a shout-out to Helen Read, not only for her colourful trip reports, but her ability…
Grooming Update: Blueberry Hill, Elk Pass, and Patterson were trackset on the evening of Nov 27. The Upper Lake Connector was groomed. If Elk Pass parking lot is full, park at the Upper Lake. Got your parking pass? Nov 27, 2020: I’m amazed at how delightful the skiing was today…
PLPP = Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Purchase your Kananaskis Parking Pass online. The following report was sent to me by Tracksetter James on Sat Nov 21 at at 2:11 a.m…. “Boulton Creek / Fox Creek / Moraine trails were snowmobile packed only. Packers was snowmobile roller-packed. Tyrwhitt was heavily bladed and then…
Mar 28, 2020 Thanks for all the “pandemic” comments. We have a lot of thoughtful people following this blog. My final ski trip of the season last evening was wonderful, but sad at the same time knowing it would be the last one of the season, and possibly forever.
“It really is pretty easy to practise social distancing when one is out in the mountains.” -gh “It’s easy to see what’s coming next- no access to provincial lands. If not right away- once the NP closure inevitably causes overcrowding elsewhere. A poor decision in my opinion.” -Steve Riggs
I couldn’t have asked for a nicer way to spend my birthday than skiing my all-time favourite loop on great conditions and in lovely weather.
Update: Our expert tracker, Barb Banff, thinks they are wolverine. The animal tracks running for a couple kilometres along Tyrwhitt were causing a lot of consternation among the skiers today. We’ve heard on the trip reports that they could be bear tracks, but it would have to be an awfully…
