Excellent snow, temperatures not too warm or cold and a great group made for a superb ski day on the upper Louise trails. The ascent up Tramline had good kick and glide so we made it up to the Chateau just after noon. There was the usual mob there to see the ice sculptures but we found a place off to the side to have lunch:

Salmon ice sculpture at Lake Louise

Lunch in front of the Chateau; Mt Fairview behind

We did the ascent up Telemark behind the Chateau and had a good fast run down to the Great Divide trail, then a fun ski down to the north end of Lower Telemark. Back along Great Divide we saw the sled dogs looking happy pulling their cargo along the trail. We took Peyto trail back to the top of Tramline before enjoying the long glide back to the parking lot. We did try to wear Ricardo out since he has only been on cross-country skis a few times, but he did a good job at keeping up with the group:


Barbara & Ricardo along Telemark trail

The trails were not very busy, we had them to ourselves for the most part. Thanks to everyone for coming out: participants: Barbara, Philip, Ron (scribe/C/P), Yolande, Ricardo, Brian, Bruce, Jane, Cathy, Anne.

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