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Week of 28-Mar-2024 to 3-Apr-2024
Date Activity Destination Report
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 .

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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...


Week of 21-Mar-2024 to 27-Mar-2024
Date Activity Destination Report
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

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Week of 14-Mar-2024 to 20-Mar-2024
Date Activity Destination Report
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.

We left the Fish Creek trail head at 9.00am and returned about 6.15pm for a 9 1/4 hour more...


Week of 7-Mar-2024 to 13-Mar-2024
Date Activity Destination Report
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...


Week of 29-Feb-2024 to 6-Mar-2024
Date Activity Destination Report
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...


Week of 22-Feb-2024 to 28-Feb-2024
Date Activity Destination Report
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...