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Frozen Thunder is open and in great shape

I believe this is the 12th consecutive year for Frozen Thunder at the Canmore Nordic Centre. I don’t think I’ve ever seen better conditions than today’s.  The snow is amazingly clean(remember the old days when we were skiing through sawdust?)  The 2K of snow is groomed for skating and single…

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October 19, 2020 October 20, 2020 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 0

Snowy update

Frozen Thunder at the Canmore Nordic Centre opens on Monday, October 19. Thanks to Robin at CNC for the photos.  The track length is generally 2 km with additional snow lanes available for biathlon shooting range users.  With the colder temperatures predicted for next week, the conditions should be terrific. …

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October 14, 2020 October 14, 2020 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake road 0

Frozen Thunder -groomed and trackset and in nice shape

I had occasion to be in Canmore yesterday morning so I took a few pictures of Frozen Thunder at the Canmore Nordic Centre. It was early in the day, so I didn’t ski but I could see the high-performance athletes like the McKeevers in action.  Access to Frozen Thunder is…

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October 22, 2019 October 27, 2019 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 2

Frozen Thunder takes shape

Frozen Thunder at the Canmore Nordic centre is on schedule to open tomorrow,  Saturday Oct 19. The public can access the ski trail after 12 noon.  The trucks were still dumping snow this afternoon and the snowcat was busy levelling and smoothing it out. Tomorrow there will be a nice…

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October 18, 2019 October 22, 2019 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 0

Prologue to ski season

A few diehards have already been out skiing on the early-season snow at West Bragg Creek and Lake Louise. Thanks for the trip reports. Frozen Thunder Frozen Thunder at the Canmore Nordic Centre will open on Saturday, Oct 19. The trucks will be busy dumping the snow to make the…

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October 14, 2019 October 19, 2019 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 1

Frozen Thunder update

Pretty nice conditions on Frozen Thunder considering all the warm weather we’ve had. Peter was having success with his skin skis and described the snow

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November 1, 2018 November 3, 2018 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 1

Frozen Thunder is open for skiing

Arriving at 11 a.m, I couldn’t find a parking spot. Lucklily, someone had already finished their two hours of skiing and created a space for me. 

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October 20, 2018 October 21, 2018 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 2

Frozen Thunder making progress

Thanks to Biathlon Alberta for this video: Frozen Thunder will be open for public skiing on Sat Oct 20 at 9 a.m. Read more 

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October 18, 2018 October 18, 2018 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 0

Skiing starts this weekend in Canmore

Frozen Thunder has faithfully returned to the Canmore Nordic Centre for the tenth consecutive year. It will be open for public skiing on Sat Oct 20 at 9 a.m.

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October 16, 2018 October 18, 2018 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 0

Lots of smiling faces at the opening of Frozen Thunder

These photos will tell the story of the first day of skiing on Frozen Thunder at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

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October 21, 2017 October 22, 2017 Canmore Nordic Centre, Frozen thunder 1
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