“It was a big one” – Chuck All season long we caution skiers who go beyond the grooming on Moraine Lake road that you will be crossing avalanche paths. Now you see why. Thanks to Chuck for the spectacular photos. In addition to the avalanche photos, Chuck’s pictures show tracks…
There are a lot of interesting and informative features in Chuck’s MLR trip report and photos. People have been asking about skiing all the way to the lake, but there is avalanche danger beyond the 9K point. The grooming ends at 9K, and there’s a nice big sign to warn…
Nov 6, 2020: I’ll be posting two updates tonight, one for MLR and one for the Great Divide. If you’re considering skiing at MLR, the parking lot is now closed. The photos I’m posting go along with Roy’s detailed trip report which you should read. I stopped at MLR to…
Chuck skied 36K on cold snow today, covering all the bases at Lake Louise: Moraine Lake road, Upper Tramline and the Great Divide. All the above trails are trackset. The fact that Upper Tramline is trackset is significant because Chuck expects the Moraine Lake road parking lot will be closed…
Before I get started, a word of caution: all the parking lots at Lake Louise are very icy. Exercise extreme care when walking in your ski boots. Thanks to Chuck’s report yesterday, lots of skiers headed to Moraine Lake road today. I arrived early at the trailhead to a temperature…
This is a nice surprise from Parks Canada, and thanks to Chuck for the photos and trip report. This is the earliest ever that we’ve had grooming on Moraine Lake road in Lake Louise. Take note that so far it is groomed only, and not trackset. Grooming leaves a corduroy…
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. …
Nov 20, 2019 I was going to post an update on West Bragg Creek, but we already have six trip reports from WBC including some excellent photos from Alf. I’ll post my photos later at the bottom of this update. Chuck sends in some incredible photos over the course of…
Nov 15, 2019 It’s going to be a zoo in Lake Louise tomorrow. I’ll give you some parking suggestions later in this post. Conditions on Moraine Lake road were fabulous this afternoon. Although the temperature reached zero, the snow has not deteriorated.
Chris took this photo this afternoon as they were tracksetting the Great Divide at Lake Louise. It is now double trackset with a skating lane. When the tracksetters finished, they moved over to Moraine Lake road to start the process. As Parks Canada had posted, there was an excavator at…
