These photos were taken this morning at the Canmore Nordic Centre, where Frozen Thunder is being prepared for skiing. The dump trucks are hauling snow from the big freezer, the Pisten-Bully is smoothing it out, and we’ll have some grooming soon. The official opening is this Saturday. Click on the photos for a larger image
Frozen Thunder is coming to the Canmore Nordic Centre
The groomer is smoothing out the freshly-dumped snow
The dump trucks are busy hauling snow
The snow awaits grooming and tracksetting
The snow was stored over the summer in this gigantic freezer
Paul is happy to be back on the Pisten-Bully
Where does the snow get trucked in from?
It’s stored in a big pit at the nordic centre about half a kilometre down Banff Trail. -Bob
Wow, already??!!
Is it very expensive to ski on Frozen Thunder?
The day pass is $10.00 -Bob