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Home Posts tagged "Lake O’Hara fire road"

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Lake O’Hara fire road

I’ll give you one guess as to who skied up to Lake O’Hara today. Yes, Chuck went all the way to the lake and provided this report… “Good conditions with cold snow on a solid snowmobile packed and skier tracked trail. No thin areas and absolutely no rocks. No tracksetting…

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November 16, 2020 November 16, 2020 Dog-friendly, Lake O'Hara fire road, Yoho 0

Thursday update

Update Fri Jan 24: Skogan Pass trails were trackset this morning. Every trail at MT Shark was trackset last night.  Jan 23, 2020 Lake O’Hara news Lake O’Hara Lodge opens one week from today. The Lake O’Hara fire road will be trackset sometime before Jan 30. I couldn’t get an…

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January 23, 2020 January 25, 2020 Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara fire road 9

Lake O’Hara is trackset

As I was speculating this morning, Lake O’Hara fire road was trackset today. I didn’t ski it, but I stopped on my way home from Emerald Lake and took the photos. The temperature at 5 pm was -3°C. It looked enticing.  Redearth Creek

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January 25, 2019 January 25, 2019 Lake O'Hara fire road, Yoho 0

Wednesday night update

I’ll have a good news update on Elk Pass and Blueberry Hill later tonight. In the mean time, I wanted to post the photo of Confederation parking. Thanks to Mike W for sending in the pic.  I thought we had it good at Elk Pass

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December 12, 2018 December 13, 2018 Lake O'Hara fire road 0

Lake O’Hara fire road

Conditions were excellent on Lake O’Hara fire road today. Cold snow, clean, firm tracks, vivid blue skies, and the highlight of the day, a big hug from Janet.

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February 12, 2018 April 29, 2021 Lake O'Hara fire road, Yoho 3

Chuck skis to Lake O’Hara on May 2

-Pine Marten at Lake O’Hara. Photo by Chuck- It looks like Chuck might stretch this ski season out to 7 months. His first ski trip was on Oct 15. This is today’s report from Chuck:

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May 2, 2017 May 31, 2017 Lake O'Hara fire road 2

Lake O’Hara fire road

Considering how warm it’s been, this was a good day of skiing. The snow was cold enough for wax on Lake O’Hara fire road.

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February 17, 2017 February 18, 2017 Lake O'Hara fire road, Yoho 7

Chuck says Lake O’Hara is still a go

Trip Report from Chuck submitted on April 13: “With 3 cms of fresh velvety snow on top of a solid base, Lake O’Hara was a great choice today.” Chuck thought he saw a grizzly

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April 14, 2016 April 19, 2016 Lake O'Hara fire road, Yoho 8

A nice day for socializing on Lake O’Hara fire road

Thanks for all the Trip Reports. With limited options these days, it’s very helpful

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March 19, 2016 April 29, 2021 Dog-friendly, Lake O'Hara fire road, Yoho 0

Lake O’Hara fire road was fantastic

Conditions were excellent on Lake O’Hara fire road today. Cold snow, clean, firm tracks, no post-holes in the middle, vivid blue skies, and lots of big smiles.

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February 23, 2016 March 8, 2021 Lake O'Hara fire road, Yoho 1
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