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Canmore Nordic Centre

With a lack of other venues available for skiing, the Canmore Nordic Centre was incredibly busy today.  The tracksetting on Banff trail on man-made snow

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December 15, 2018 December 16, 2018 Canmore Nordic Centre, Nipika 0

Nice guy finishes first

-Ian Murray finishes first overall in the Nipika 20K skate race. Photo by Chuck- Chuck gets around. He took a day off from skiing to spectate and cheer

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January 28, 2018 January 29, 20182

Last chance for Nipika Loppet

The weather looks just about perfect with some additional snow before the weekend and a high on Saturday of -7. Trail conditions are reported to be excellent.

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January 24, 2018 January 25, 20180

Sunday night update

I didn’t ski today, so I thought I’d post this remarkable photo from Nipika Mountain Resort’s Facebook page. It’s one of the few places where dogs are allowed to run off leash on the ski trails.  Speaking of dog-friendly ski trails,

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January 7, 2018 January 8, 2018 Dog-friendly, Nipika 1

Nev sees wolf tracks; Cheryl sees the wolf

“My parents towed me around the trails at Nipika today. I enjoyed the scenery but to be perfectly honest I was asleep most of the time. 

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December 22, 2016 December 23, 2016 Nipika 0

Nipika continues to amaze

Our timing was right for getting in some good skiing at Nipika Mountain Resort. With 10 cm+ of snow on Sunday/Monday, 45K of the 50K of trails have already

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December 21, 2016 January 24, 2019 Nipika 2

Today is opening day at Nipika Mountain Resort

This is from the Nipika website(see below for 7 more photos): “Our trails are officially open for the 2016/2017 season!

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December 16, 2016 December 17, 2016 Nipika 0

Nipika says good-bye to Rufus

This was posted today on Facebook: If you’ve visited Nipika Mountain Resort anytime during the past 15 years, you will have undoubtedly met Rufus and possibly skied or hiked with him.

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June 27, 2016 June 29, 2016 Nipika 1

It snowed, especially at Nipika

The above photo was posted by Nipika Mountain Resort on Facebook with the caption “Finally enough snow to lure the Camocat out from hiding.” Nipika owner Lyle Wilson sent this email:

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January 8, 2016 January 8, 2016 Nipika 0

Nipika Mountain Resort

I received an email from Lyle Wilson at Nipika Mountain Resort today, mentioning that Nipika’s Ski Week will be returning this season

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October 2, 2015 October 5, 2015 Nipika 1
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