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Week of 2-Feb-2012 to 8-Feb-2012
Date Activity Destination Comment
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4-Feb-2012 Off-Trail Hike High Noon Hills The groundhog Balzac Billy saw his shadow on Feb. 2 but we enjoyed genuinely spring like conditions at the High Noon Hills on Feb. 4. We walked up ... [more, photo]
4-Feb-2012 Snowshoeing Arnica Lake We spent the day off trail, trail breaking and not seeing another person all day - how good does it get?!

It all started when we decided we'd ... [more, photo]
3-Feb-2012 Off-trail Skiing Stanley Glacier Valley We were treated to crisp blue skies, gentle temperatures (-8 C to -5 C) and a total absence of any wind. The valley, due to being in the shade all ... [more, photo]
2-Feb-2012 Downhill Skiing Sunshine PL Seven of us really enjoyed a wonderful fantasy land day at Sunshine. Great conditions; (we parked one row away from ticket booth) good snow ... [more]

Week of 26-Jan-2012 to 1-Feb-2012
Date Activity Destination Comment
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29-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Taylor L (NE Panorama Ridge) Burdens of a coordinator: 7:00 am: "it's high, so the trip will have to be changed or modified.

Any suggestions: Slogan Pass Yuck I don't have the ... [more]
29-Jan-2012 Trail Skiing Hector Gorge I was quite surprised that five members attended this trip because of the long drive and the more mundane aspect of the trip. Perhaps virgin terrain ... [more, photo]
28-Jan-2012 Snowshoeing Rummel L Once again the coordinator had the good fortune to be the only man with 5 lovely ladies! And, what a good day we had... who knew a trip to Rummel ... [more, photo]
28-Jan-2012 Trail Skiing Paradise Valley (Giant Steps) & Upper Valley We didn't make it to the Giant Steps but it was a most enjoyable run back to the cars in powder conditions.......

The trail was broken to the ... [more, photo]
27-Jan-2012 Downhill Skiing Sunshine PL Three of us enjoyed downhill/telemark parallel turns on the green and blue trails of Goats Eye. It was overcast and windy but there was great snow ... [more]
26-Jan-2012 Spray Lake Sawmills Open House Christine Grotefeld and Carolyn Croasdale "manned" a table on behalf of Rambler's concerned over the clearcutting of the West Bragg Creek Area thus ... [more]

Week of 19-Jan-2012 to 25-Jan-2012
Date Activity Destination Comment
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22-Jan-2012 Trail Hike Glenbow Ranch Provincial park We enjoyed lovely sunny conditions without wind, starting at about -8 at our leisurely start time of 10:30, and reaching zero by early ... [more, photo]
22-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Honeymoon pass / Hawk ridge. I did consider joining David on his trip to Elk Lake ... I think I should have! I looked, however, at the weather forecast. Sunday looked ... [more, photo]
21-Jan-2012 Trail Skiing Lower Elk L (via Elk Pass) Following a week of freezing -30c temperatures the forecast chinook actually arrived as forecast for the weekend. Crossing over a hill at the south ... [more]

Week of 12-Jan-2012 to 18-Jan-2012
Date Activity Destination Comment
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14-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Healy Pass, Red Earth C traverse We had no trouble getting to the Sunshine parking lot just before 8:00 am. Fifty minutes later, returning from leaving two cars at the Redearth ... [more, photo]
14-Jan-2012 Track Skiing West Bragg Ski Trails (Telephone Loop) A short trip around the telephone loop in West Bragg for those Ramblers who needed to get back home early. The 25cm of snow touted by the K-Country ... [more, photo]
14-Jan-2012 Snowshoeing Paradise Valley / Lake Annette Light snow most of the day. Paradise Valley was busier than we've ever seen it - lots of skiers.

Thanks to Cornelis, Denise, {731 ald ... [more, photo]
12-Jan-2012 Track Skiing Peter Lougheed XC, brisk pace With none of us used to cold weather this winter, we got off to a hasty ‘LeMans’ start under sunny skies. Snow conditions were terrific for the full ... [more, photo]

Week of 5-Jan-2012 to 11-Jan-2012
Date Activity Destination Comment
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11-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Taylor L. & to Panorama Meadows The temperature varied from -23c at the start to about -13c at the finish, but without wind and in glorious sunshine, it really was a good day. The ... [more, photo]
8-Jan-2012 Trail Hike Pine Woods/Moose Creek loops--Jumping Pound It was sunny, 6 degrees, with no wind—a great day for a walk in the woods, especially for early January. It was definitely a traction device day, ... [more, photo]
8-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Hidden L, Little Richardson NE slope We set off from Fish Creek parking lot at 10:00 am for a brisk climb up the Lake Louise ski out. The weather was cloudy, but there had been a few ... [more, photo]
8-Jan-2012 Trail Skiing Sawmill (Red, Green ) leisurely pace Warm chinook conditions continued with the temperature at the parking lot of -1 deg. C in the morning rising to 2 deg. C by afternoon. Lots of snow ... [more, photo]
7-Jan-2012 Snowshoeing Sawmill Trails / Headwall Creek loop Great day with a fun group in a little traveled area. We started at Chester trailhead and set out on the newly marked old ski trail. The only other ... [more, photo]
7-Jan-2012 Track Skiing Blueberry Hill Fresh snow over the last couple of days made for good snow conditions, with mostly skier-set tracks on all trails followed on this day. At the ... [more, photo]
7-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Rummel - Chester traverse A small and close knit group of Ramblers set out on a beautiful day for a ski tour, with moderate temperatures, little wind and fresh snow.

We ... [more, photo]
7-Jan-2012 Off-Trail Hike Sandy McNabb Hills/Long Prairie Ridge What a wonderful day for a relaxed stroll to start the new-year! We started from the trailhead at 10:30, under a bright blue, sunny sky. The ... [more, photo]

Week of 29-Dec-2011 to 4-Jan-2012
Date Activity Destination Comment
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4-Jan-2012 Track Skiing Boulton Ski Trails (easy pace) We avoided a windy day in Calgary and enjoyed a leisurely ski trip from Boulton Bridge to Elk Pass via Fox Creek and Elk Pass trails. The warm ... [more]
3-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Purple Bowl Seven of us left the Fish Creek Parking lot shortly after 9 am and proceeded up the ski-out and past the ski area to start up the trail to Purple ... [more, photo]
2-Jan-2012 Off-Trail Hike Seventy Buck Viewpoint 455582 It was warm like summer, 12 degrees in toasty sunshine on mostly bare south-facing slopes, with almost no wind. Ah, global warming, you gotta love ... [more, photo]
2-Jan-2012 Trail Skiing Healy -Red Earth CShadow Lake Stuart phoned me and told me about the Parks Canada avalanche bulletin discussing a size 3 on the smaller avalanche path we cross going ... [more, photo]
1-Jan-2012 Off-trail Skiing Hero Knob Looking east from the high point. Gerald and Doug at the high point. Norman and Clifton at the high point. ... [more, photo]
1-Jan-2012 Trail Skiing Baker C (meadows) Eight of us took the opportunity of late start to get out on New Years Day for a short ski.

More to ... [more, photo]

Week of 29-Dec-2011 to 4-Jan-2012
Date Activity Destination Comment
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31-Dec-2011 Trail Hike Bateman Crk, Old Buck Mtn loop The recent Chinooks allowed us to check out the expiring 2011 by taking a short and sweet hike under blue skies to Ole Buck Mountain. Other than a ... [more, photo]
31-Dec-2011 Snowshoeing Shark L (Marushka L) Lots of fresh snow although the trail to Shark Lake had seen some use this week so trail breaking wasn't an issue. We followed the summer trail to ... [more, photo]
31-Dec-2011 Track Skiing Pocaterra Loop Kananaskis Nice day and very good conditions.
31-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Shadow L Trail was broken all the way into Shadow lake Lodge. We did not bother to go to the lake as trail breaking is heavy. The ski out was somewhat slow do ... [more]
30-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Gypsum Mine changed to Sawmill Trails Four of us parked at the Sawmill Trails and practiced using the new transceivers. My transceiver fogged up so I will probably check with MEc. We then ... [more]

Week of 22-Dec-2011 to 28-Dec-2011
Date Activity Destination Comment
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27-Dec-2011 Snowshoeing Chester L and Elephant Rocks The coordinator enjoyed the company of six lovely ladies today! The lovely ladies followed him up the trail; they followed him on a fun detour thru a ... [more, photo]
27-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Johnston C (Ink Pots ) and beyond Three of us huffed and puffed up from Moose Meadows to the Ink Pots. From there we found the old trail (good snow conditions)on the frozen creek. The ... [more, photo]
26-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Gypsum Mine A relatively short day out with nice snow conditions, ideal for a Boxing Day trip. Trail breaking was required after the second switchback bend and ... [more]
23-Dec-2011 Off-Trail Skiing Ink Pots and upper Johnston Creek Nice day out, good snow, temps about -11c to -4c, mixed sun and cloud and a broken trail to about 2 km beyond the Ink Pots........... ... [more, photo]
22-Dec-2011 Downhill Skiing Sunshine Sking was very good and not crowded at all. Wawa chairlift had the best snow. The trails off the Divide Chairlift were somewhat icy.

Thanks to {944 ... [more]

Week of 15-Dec-2011 to 21-Dec-2011
Date Activity Destination Comment
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21-Dec-2011 Off-trail Skiing Slopes above Hidden Lake We had some fine back-country skiing (both AT and tele) back of the Lake Louise ski area.
It is a long slog from Fish Creek up to the Temple Lodge ... [more, photo]
19-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Pipestone Trails Good road conditions, except for some icy stretches at Deadman flats and beyond, allowed six Ramblers to start skiing the Pipestone loops shortly ... [more, photo]
18-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Paradise Valley (2nd bridge 560931) Despite the road report predicting poor driving conditions, 6 Ramblers showed up for the white-knuckle drive to Lake Louise. By the time we reached ... [more, photo]
18-Dec-2011 Off-trail Skiing Simpson Pass by Healy Creek Trail With fresh snow, waxing was a little more challenging. We made Simpson Pass around 3 but had equipment problems on the way out just as darkness was ... [more]
17-Dec-2011 Off-trail Skiing Saddleback (Fairview Mtn) Driving to Lake Louise we could see Fairview from the highway with the upper slopes blown clear of snow. When we all got together in Laggan's we ... [more, photo]
17-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Upper Spray Valley We enjoyed good road conditions, pleasant temperatures and very nice scenery. The trail was groomed and trackset to ... [more, photo]
17-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Skogan Pass Conditions at Skogan are very good. There is a track set trail which becomes intermittent near the pass. We only met one other person going up. The ... [more]
16-Dec-2011 Off-trail Skiing Burstall Pass & telemark slopes We skied the usual route up to north Burstall Pass and back again in about 5.5 hours. Below treeline the snow was reasonable with a few inches of ... [more]

Week of 8-Dec-2011 to 14-Dec-2011
Date Activity Destination Comment
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14-Dec-2011 Christmas pot luck dinner The usual sumptuous feast satisfied all the participants, thanks to all the volunteer cooking, set-up and clean-up helpers. Special thanks to the ... [more, photo]
12-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Skogan Pass and Loop Beautiful weather (if a little cold) and great trail conditions (all packed, partially trackset, and a few cm of fresh snow) made for a fine day ... [more, photo]
11-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Smith Dorrien Ski Trails (Red, Yellow perimeter lo Five of us skied the Sawmill trails up to James Walker. Ski conditions were excellent-very fast. There were very few people on the trails in the ... [more]
11-Dec-2011 Trail Skiing Ribbon Creek Ski Trails lesurely pace Due to the blowing snow and poor visibility the destination was changed from Upper Spray to Ribbon Creek. The trail was trackset with about 2 cm of ... [more, photo]
10-Dec-2011 Track Skiing X-C ski beginner and refresher class: Confederation Park Good snow and temperature. Practiced gliding, snow plowing, herringbone and more.
10-Dec-2011 Off-trail Skiing Healy C (Bourgeau meadows) It really doesn't get much better especially in early winter: good snow, good weather and better company. Don't bother to go now, we skied it out! ... [more, photo]
8-Dec-2011 Off-Trail Skiing Black Prince slopes Bowl South of Hero Knob We heard a report on CBC that the Black Prince tele/AT slopes were "pretty skied out" on Wednesday and so we decided to try something different. We ... [more, photo]

The weeks used for the tables above are "Ramblers weeks", which run from Thursday to Wednesday. This was chosen to coincide with the weekly meetings, which are held on Wednesday nights.

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