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
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.
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
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.
Thirty minutes up, and three minutes down. Need I say more? Although the temperature at the fire lookout
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.
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
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 before 5 cm of new snow covered the tracksetting, as has been the recent experience. No other cars…
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…
PLPP was shrouded in snow today (click on a photo to see the larger image) Cheryl and I headed up to the Kananaskis Fire Lookout today. It was snowing the whole time we were there, with lots of accumulation on all the trails. This comment from Diana Piggot tells some of the story……
