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Elk Pass, Blueberry Hill; West Bragg updates
Sure am glad to get these updates from Alf and Steve since I haven’t been out for a few days: Blueberry Hill viewpoint, overlooking Upper Kananaskis Lake. Dec 2, 2010. Photo by Alf Skrastins Hi Bob, Conditions are excellent right now at the south end of the Peter Lougheed Park…
More trails ready
Lyle from Nipika has good news: “Trails are ALL OPEN!!! All trails are groomed for classic and skate skiing. This is the earliest opening we have ever had!! With Summer trail work and a great early snowpack we have better skiing already than we had all last winter!” Update: “Dec…
Beginner Skiers
I received this email from Catherine and I hope you Ski-Heretics can give her some advice. I am guessing there are a number of new skiers in this situation who would benefit from some suggestions: My husband & I are new to Cross Country skiing. We live in SE Calgary…
Fantastic weekend update
Update Nov 21 at 11 a.m: Kananaskis trail report shows some tracksetting in the Kananaskis Village area last night. Trails include Kovach, Aspen, Terrace, Terrace Link. You could do a nice loop starting on Terrace at the village, up to the lookout on Kovach, and back down those delightful S-turns to…
Goat Creek
Lots of fresh snow and great skiing! There was about 5 cm of new snow on Goat Creek from yesterday’s snowfall. Plenty of skiers have been over it, and there are good skier-set tracks. We only had enough time to go as far as the bridge(approx 7K), but I could…
Updates: West Bragg; Sandy McNabb; Bus trip to LL
Steve is back on skis! I was wondering where Steve Riggs had disappeared to, and with this recent comment, we now know the story. Steve, I’m sorry to hear that you had to miss three weeks of ski season but it’s nice to see you’re back: “We headed south on…
West Bragg;Shaganappi;Goat Creek; CNC; Ski Trip on Sat
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…
Happy New Year! Updates…
Kananaskis(PLPP); West Bragg; Cascade Fire Road
Steve Riggs was at the Fire Lookout today and sent in the following photos and report: Hi Bob, Excellent skiing on December 16 at PLPP. We skied Whiskyjack- Lookout- Hydroline- Fox Creek- Moraine, finding superb conditions throughout with 5-10 cm of light new snow over the groomed, enough to …