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Another wonderful day in PLPP

April 7, 2012

I realize I’m using “wonderful” for two days in a row in the title, but it is only appropriate. I see a lot of trip reports have beat me to the punch. More tracksetting

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The early bird gets the cold snow

March 25, 2012

(Update: Photos have now been posted.) A very rare event occurred today. The sun was in my face as I was climbing Whiskey Jack! Tracksetter Jody had just finished

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Finally met Steve

February 5, 2012

This turned out to be an eventful day. Never mind that conditions in PLPP were excellent everywhere, with every trail

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All the stars were shining bright

February 2, 2012

Do you know what PLPP stands for? Today, it was Peter Lougheed Provincial Paradise. It had been

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I really made the rounds in the north end of PLPP today. There was no need to check the south end, as we all know that Elk Pass, Blueberry Hill, Hydroline and Tyrwhitt have lots of cold snow and were recently trackset.

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New tracksetting in PLPP

December 7, 2011

On my way back from Calgary, it was already late afternoon and I had no intentions of skiing, but my vehicle just automatically turned at Hwy #40 when I reached the casino exit.

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Lovely day in PLPP; many new trails ready

December 2, 2011

It was wonderful to be skiing on Tyrwhitt after eight long months without. It was groomed only, not trackset, and as the trail report specifies, there are some

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Early-season skiing in years past

October 9, 2011

Most years, we would be skiing in early November in Lake Louise. This photo of Ray and Cheryl was taken on Oct 31, 2009 on Moraine Lake road, and that was the earliest ever for me. With the recent development of Frozen Thunder, a paradigm shift

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Escaped boxing day madness

December 26, 2010

(Click on any photo to enlarge it) Six of these seven skiers say skiing is better than shopping on Boxing day. The lone dissenter(lady on the far right with a big smile) was still undecided. Dec 26, 2010 Today was a glorious day to be in the mountains, and far away from the Boxing day [...]

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Great snow conditions for the novice skiers

November 21, 2009

I promised to give a report on Mt Shark trail/snow conditions, but I can’t because we didn’t end up skiing there. The new snow which fell overnight was so heavy we couldn’t get through the access road to the trailhead, so you know the recent grooming and tracksetting is buried. There must have been at least 20 [...]

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