Recent Trips
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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31-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail hike | Entrance Ridges (Carry Ridge) |
No better way to spend Easter Sunday than out in our beautiful foothills with good company.Participants: FranciscoC/S,Peter,Alda,{9 more... |
30-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Gypsum Mine tree skiing / powder runs |
Soft new powder snow , sunshine and good company . 30 cm of cold powder on a firm melt crust . Perfect snow . more... |
30-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Paradise Valley to Giant Steps |
Blue sky day to start with 20cm. of fresh new snow. Three of us started on AT gear with skins and two on touring gear with wax shortly after 10:00a more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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25-Mar-2024 | Track skiing | West Bragg Ski Trails: general |
It was a glorious day with fine springlike weather and good, mostly winterlike snow conditions, to ski my favourite loop at West Bragg Creek. O more... |
24-Mar-2024 | Track skiing | Pipestone trackset trails |
Blue sky day and very nice snow conditions. There wasn't a lot of snow on the highway shoulder near Lake Louise, so we wondered what we had more... |
24-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Gypsum Mine tree skiing / powder runs |
20 to 25 cm blower on a suncrust . It was delightful . We skied 4 laps on untracked snow. The first two in the gully, the next two down f more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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17-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Hilda, Parker Ridges |
The skiing was better than we expected .Of course after 3 days with temperatures above 12C our expectations were not that high. Ullie,Gar more... |
18-Mar-2024 | Trail hike | Mesa (Square) Butte 720280 - Curley Sand loop |
The last day of winter felt like spring, almost summer,and inevitably the first day of spring will feel like winter has returned. It didn't take lo more... |
18-Mar-2024 | Road bike | Slater Park to Ralph Klein park via Canal |
the trip went from Slater Park to Ralph Klein Park where we had lunch and enjoyed hiking up to the whistling art display. It was very warm and love more... |
17-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail hike | Entrance Ridges (Carry and Muley Ridge) |
A short yet extremely satisfying hike, particularly for the coordinator who had never been in the area before. Our feet didn't get as muddy or more... |
17-Mar-2024 | Trail hike | Nose Hill Loop |
It was easy to believe that Spring was on the way, with blue skies, little wind, and warm temperatures. Even the portion of the trail that was icy more... |
16-Mar-2024 | Trail hike | Grass Pass 714875 via Pack Trail Coulee |
What a gorgeous day to be in the snow covered mountains! There was a cold wind where we parked the cars but the rest of the day was warm and mostly more... |
14-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail hike | South End of Lawson snowshoe |
It was a beautiful blue sky day as we headed to the mountains and arrived to find very little wind, even on the short walk along the road. The trai more... |
14-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Skoki Lodge via Deception Pass |
Made it in one long but gloriously sunny day. |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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12-Mar-2024 | Scramble | Evan Thomas ice falls: winter hike or snowshoe |
As a result of the dry summer and fall the waterfalls weren't as spectacular as in previous years.In fact the first one (Moonlight)was reduced more... |
12-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Sunshine backcountry turns ski for passholders. |
Four of us rode up gondola and Standish chairlift and skied over to Twin Cairns for short gentle runs. After 4 hours and 20 minutes exited. Data 8 more... |
10-Mar-2024 | Trail hike | Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park |
It was a beautiful day for a hike – no wind, blue sky, and temperatures just above normal. The trails were not as good, though. In the mornin more... |
9-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Burstall Pass & AT/Telemark slopes |
Participants: Bill, John, Ulrike, Gordon, Jenny, Gary, Andre. Had a great day touring out t more... |
8-Mar-2024 | Trail hike | Sulphur Springs - Riverview loop |
This turned into a harder - MUCH harder - workout than any of us were expecting. We knew that we would be walking through some soft snow but didn more... |
7-Mar-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Gypsum Ridge ski tour |
Good weather and snow. It was -17C at 9 a.m. and -3C at 3 p.m., with light wind all day. For the most part an up track already existed. We saw a ha more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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6-Mar-2024 | Trail hike | Prairie Mtn - W.Ridge Loop |
Three hardy hikers experienced Prairie Mountain at its very best: fresh snow draping the trees, blue sky, and zero other hikers. Ravens provided su more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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24-Feb-2024 | Off-Trail skiing | Amiskwi Lodge |
A meter of new snow . Too much snow . The downs were at times spectacular .The ups in knee deep snow exhaustingly hard work. We paid the price for more... |
28-Feb-2024 | Trail hike | Merlin View loop |
It was a great day for a foothills hike - 20 degrees warmer than the previous day! Highlights included lots of sun, no need to wear spikes, and a c more... |