Morning skiers at WBC still had cold snow, but by mid-afternoon the north-south trails were getting wet. The snow and trail conditions in these photos look very nice, but the snow is wet in many of them. You never know when we’ll get another opportunity so I wanted to ski…
Sat Oct 24 @ 12 noon: Thanks to Boomer Groomer for the report and photo of West Crystal Line… The following trails have been re track set as of 10 am Saturday morning thanks to about 5-7cm of snow overnight: Mountain Road, West Crystal and links, East Crystal, Loggers, Sundog,…
Update Oct 24 at 8:30 a.m: The snowfall warning for Calgary and Bragg Creek has ended. I enjoyed some wonderful sking today at West Bragg Creek, and by the number of WBC trip reports which have been submitted, it appears that a lot of other people were having fun, too. …
Colleen, pictured above on Loggers, read my mid-afternoon update about the tracksetting at West Bragg Creek. She grabbed her gear and headed out to indulge in the early-early season snow and grooming. We’ve already had a number of reports from WBC, thanks everyone. I’ll add a few photos and give…
Thanks to Groomer Jeff for the photo and report… “XC ski grooming is well underway in West Bragg. Most of the trail system has been roller packed, and track setting has commenced as you can see from the photo of West Crystal. Conditions should be very good on core trails…
Thanks to Alf Skrastins for the photos and this report. The 44 photos which Alf sent are worth looking at. The snow conditions at West Bragg Creek are better for ski touring than they would appear on the webcams. About 12-16 cm of new snow fell overnight, on a base…
I was contemplating a few different destinations for skiing, but after reading the update this morning from the groomers at West Bragg Creek, it was easy to make the choice, and it was a good one. When I arrived at 2 pm, it was still snowing. The temperature was -3°C…
What an amazing day at West Bragg Creek. Beautiful weather with sunny skies, little wind, lovely trackset trails, and snow that was still cold(in most places). The snow temperature in mid-afternoon at the trailhead was -3°C, so I was able to use my waxable skis.
Thanks for all the trip reports. I’m happy to see people are out skiing and that we’ve got good conditions after the scary rain and ice event over the weekend. As JeremyN related in his report, a storm moved through this morning and deposited about 5 cm of new snow…
What great initiative by these students. Groomer Jeff from West Bragg Creek provided the following: Many thanks to a couple of Banded Peak students who set up a fundraising booth for the GBCTA in front of the Trails Centre on Sunday afternoon. They were participating in a Changemaker program…
