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Whiskey Jack

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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First day of spring – cold and snowy in PLPP!

March 20, 2012

Cold and snowy, the best way to usher in springtime in the Rockies, at least if you’re a xc skier. It was a busy day

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The best ever

March 18, 2012

This was the perfect winter day for xc skiers in PLPP. The south trails were a dream. For a moment while on Tyrwhitt, I thought maybe I had died and gone to heaven. It had been 40 days since I last skied the Tyrwhitt loop, and I couldn’t have picked a better day to re-acquaint [...]

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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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PLPP: “best conditions we’ve had this year”

January 7, 2012

Thanks to Tony for this update: We “got our butts out there” today (Jan 7th) and were rewarded with the best

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Great snow in PLPP

December 26, 2011

I forgot the patch cord for my camera so I can’t download any of the wonderful photos which I took today. If I could, you’d be seeing perfect cold snow, excellent tracks, sun, blue sky, and lots of smiling faces. If you check the trip reports, Steve Riggs has included excellent

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PLPP north end trails

December 23, 2011

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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A great day in PLPP

December 16, 2011

Update Dec 17: More tracksetting occurred last night in PLPP. Check the trail report. I did a lot of skiing today in PLPP, most of it on excellent conditions. I started

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Where are you skiing this weekend?

December 9, 2011

Peter’s trip report from PLPP(Dec 9 at 5:31 pm) covered most of the bases. We were there later on, and I’ll fill in a few extra details. Some strong winds have blown tree debris onto Whiskey Jack.

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Perfect conditions for skiing Kananaskis Fire Lookout

December 8, 2011

Thirty minutes up, and three minutes down. Need I say more? Although the temperature at the fire lookout

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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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A day of surprises

April 21, 2011

(The surprises never end…my blog has gone wonky and I’m unable to load photos. I’ve put the photos on my personal website Today’s photos) Surprise #1 The first surprise was finding myself at the Boulton Creek trailhead at 9:20 this morning. I was determined to get on the snow while it was still cold, and [...]

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Anyone could be our last

April 19, 2011

I hope we can ski a few more times yet, but with work, and other obligations, you never know. We found a few hours to spare yesterday and had a lot of fun in PLPP, although it was short. Starting at Boulton Creek, we headed up Whiskey Jack. No grooming was done on Sunday night, [...]

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