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Home Posts tagged "Wheeler"

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One more day of winter wonderland

I was greeted with a winter wonderland atmosphere when I arrived at Boulton Creek in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in mid-afternoon.  I skied on last night’s tracksetting: Wheeler, Amos, Woolley, and Meadow with a side trip on Lynx. I had not even skied on Woolley and Meadow this season, so…

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March 2, 2021 March 2, 2021 Kananaskis, PLPP, Wheeler 0

Boulton Creek in PLPP was the warm spot today

It’s surprising how pleasant -19°C can be when there’s no wind and the sun is shining.  With an acute case of cabin fever, Cheryl and I drove out to PLPP to see which weather forecast was correct. Yesterday’s Windy.com prediction was dead on at -19. That was at 2:45 pm…

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January 15, 2020 January 17, 2020 Kananaskis, PLPP, Wheeler 2

Winter’s end

Spring officially starts tomorrow(Tues Mar 20) at  10:15 a.m. but you wouldn’t know it if you were in PLPP today.  There was 5-10 cm of new snow

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March 19, 2018 March 23, 2018 Kananaskis, PLPP, Wheeler, Whiskey Jack 2

Packers is safe to descend

The four skiers in the above photo had just descended Packers and were still smiling.  I skied Packers and a few other trails in the middle of Peter Lougheed

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January 5, 2018 January 6, 2018 Kananaskis, PLPP, Pocaterra, Wheeler, Whiskey Jack 1

PLPP middle and north

When I read that MaSid was going to Elk Pass to work on his couch, I was thinking it would be a good day to do some exploring and tracking.

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January 4, 2017 January 5, 2017 Kananaskis, PLPP, Wheeler, Whiskey Jack 1

PLPP north

I hadn’t skied Lodgepole and Braille yet this winter, so when I saw they were groomed last night, I headed there today.

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March 29, 2016 March 30, 2016 Kananaskis, PLPP, Pocaterra, Wheeler 1

PLPP – the middle

-Juliana, Tom and Mark at the Wheeler – Amos(south) junction- No need for a long story about today’s skiing. Everything is perfect on the trails

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January 10, 2016 January 11, 2016 Kananaskis, PLPP, Pocaterra, Wheeler, Whiskey Jack 3

Spring skiing in PLPP

-Monika and Kathy on Amos- I was skiing early enough today to use wax, but that might be the last time

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March 7, 2015 March 11, 2015 Kananaskis, PLPP, Pocaterra, Wheeler 2

Wednesday morning update

-Conditions on Wheeler are vastly improved- The PLPP Live Grooming Report is not accessible, so here’s the info

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March 4, 2015 March 4, 2015 Kananaskis, PLPP, Pocaterra, Wheeler 3

A gift from the heavens

-Ray, Dan and Elisabeth on Woolley which was trackset last night- This is how I remember February skiing in PLPP. Great tracks, cold snow, waxable skis. Even when

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February 21, 2015 February 22, 2015 Kananaskis, PLPP, Pocaterra, Wheeler, Whiskey Jack 2
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