West Bragg Creek Hi Bob: Just came back from Bragg Creek. There was about 5cm of new snow on top of hard base with some faint skier trackset. Very nice. It was snowing hard so conditions should be great on Sunday. Thorsten ****** Lake Louise Hi Bob, We skied Lake…
PLPP Today may have been the best conditions we’ve ever seen on Tyrwhitt and Hydroline. No spring-like conditions here. This was winter – at its very best. It was absolutely fantastic on the south trails of PLPP – Whiskey Jack, Tyrwhitt, Elk Pass, Hydroline, Patterson, Blueberry, Fox Creek and Boulton…
Just returned from an overnight ski to Shadow Lake Lodge(will post an update on that tomorrow). That’s my excuse for being late with these reports… First from Steve Riggs: Hi Bob, Sunday was a fabulous day on the ski trails in PLPP. We skied up Whiskyjack, across Lookout and down the steep…
Something interesting always seems to appear on the ski trail. We skied the Tyrwhitt loop in PLPP today, one of my favourites. Climbing Whiskey Jack(well, not in the above photo; we’re on one of the rare flatter stretches there). Whiskey Jack gains about 200m elevation over 4.3K. Nice views in the above…
Perfect weather. Perfect snow. Perfect tracks. Are you getting the idea that it was a perfect day? You’d be right. I can’t imagine it could get any better than today. We were elated to learn at the PLPP Visitor Centre that Whiskey Jack and Pocaterra were trackset last night. We…
(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…
What a fantastic day! Without a doubt, these were the finest conditions I’ve seen so far, and I had my most enjoyable ski of the season. This must be the best place in the world to ski. We hit the trail around noon on the first machine-set tracks of the…
Ecstacy! I was elated to be back skiing on Tyrwhitt today. Groomed and trackset yesterday, it already had a couple cm of fresh snow. A few other skiers had been up here today, so the tracks were skied-in. PLPP has lots of new snow everywhere from the storm that blew…
Life is good. Soak it all in while you can! When you see all those categories and tags next to the blog post title, you just know it’s going to be a good one. When you see “rant” included in there, how much better could it get? The recent snowfall…
After spending three tough days of work in Calgary this week, I was itchin’ to get out on the trail. I had my sights set on Whiskey Jack and the Kananaskis Fire Lookout. It was late in the day; the bus full of seniors was already leaving PLPP as I was…
