Recent Trips
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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24-Mar-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | Paradise Valley to Giant Steps |
Eight Ramblers headed out of Moraine Lake parking lot at 10:15 in -4 C weather on a rather icy track. Two on half skins the rest on wax. Initially, more... |
23-Mar-2023 | Trail hike | Powderface C - Link - Prairie C loop |
It was a great day to get out of the city and start the transition away from skiing. Warm, sunny, and lots of interesting things along the trail in more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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21-Mar-2023 | Trail hike | Nose Hill hike |
Even though yesterday was the first day of spring, it was a cool start at 11 a.m. with a wind chill of -8. There was still a fair amount more... |
21-Mar-2023 | Track skiing | Kan.Lakes Ski: W-Jack, Tyrwhitt, Elk Pass loop |
It was a mite chilly (-13C) at the start but there was blue sky, bright sunlight and the climb up WhiskeyJack to warm us up. The snow was quite goo more... |
21-Mar-2023 | Trail skiing | W to E traverse of Elk Pass meadows -plpp |
For a number of years I have read reports of this tour that is normally skied clockwise from tyrwhitt through the east elk pass meadows then throug more... |
19-Mar-2023 | Trail hike | Wasootch ridge 1st cairn |
It may have seemed early in the season to hike up Wasootch ridge but there was a very well established trail through the snow up the ridge. The wea more... |
18-Mar-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | Healy C to Bourgeau meadows |
It was with a bit of trepidation I called this trip reading the avalanche reports for the last week and not having skied in the Alberta Rockies. Fo more... |
18-Mar-2023 | Trail hike | Snowshoe Hare East and West |
Statistics: 13.5 kilometres ( Madeleine's iphone) ; 11.3 kilometres (West Bragg map) 12.3 kilometres ( Brian's GPS) and 294 metre more... |
16-Mar-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | Gypsum Mine tree skiing / powder runs |
Brutally cold start to the day. High winds out of the west made the -16 c start ugly. Heading straight into the strong wind made my face hurt. Thin more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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10-Mar-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | David Henry Lodge-Backcountry skiing |
Participants: Christine,Kim,Doug,Bob,Margot,Garnet. Six of us had a very good time at Dave Henry-lots of good more... |
13-Mar-2023 | Trail hike | Snowy Owl snowshoe - W.Bragg |
Machine & fat bike packed trails with soft snow made for an enjoyable 3 hour outing. Two participants did not even need traction devi more... |
13-Mar-2023 | Track skiing | Pipestone trackset trails |
Descriptor of the day: Smooth. It remained overcast all day with very light snow falling. Kick and glide was very good as we started counterclockwi more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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8-Mar-2023 | Track skiing | Cascade Fire Road to warden cabin |
It was a rather dreary drive leaving Calgary but by the time we got to the Lake Minnewanka parking lot we had a cloudless sky and bright sun. No wo more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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25-Feb-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | Mistaya Lodge |
Nothing could be finer than a guided catered trip. There were 7 Ramblers and 7 non Ramblers on the trip. A Guide Kirsten , assistant guide Les ,two more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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4-Mar-2023 | Scramble | Evan Thomas ice falls: winter hike or snowshoe |
As the old saying goes, early to rise, early to shine. Upon meeting and greeting at the Evan Thomas day use area there was promise of a good day. S more... |
3-Mar-2023 | Trail skiing | Shadow Lake Lodge |
Six lively Ramblers headed out from Red Earth Creek trail head at 9:00 with fresh snow falling. Surprising there was some difficulty with wax and a more... |
2-Mar-2023 | Trail hike | Ranger Summit -Strange Brew loop from W.Bragg |
Lots of snow, mild and sunny! Luckily Ranger Summit trail was packed down by fat bikes and we had a wide trail without ice to walk more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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1-Mar-2023 | Track skiing | Blueberry Hill from Boulton Creek PL |
The tracksetters had done our whole planned route the previous evening so we had an excellent day at Peter Lougheed. It was smooth skiing along Mor more... |
27-Feb-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | Rummel - Chester traverse |
Good group, weather and snow. |
26-Feb-2023 | Trail snowshoeing | James Walker Creek snowshoe |
Upon reaching the parking lot there was only one other vehicle there. Quiet on the trail I am thinking, maybe the whole mountain to ourselves. With more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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11-Feb-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | Amiskwi Lodge |
It was not a good trip. It was a fantastic trip! Wonderful people, incredibly good food and fantastic snow. When the 4th flight of the Bell 407 cam more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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18-Feb-2023 | Off-Trail skiing | Hidden L, Little Richardson NE slope |
Wow! What a fun day! Fantastic boot-top fresh powder, decent weather, a jolly bunch of pals.. you can’t ask for any better. We were on tr more... |
18-Feb-2023 | Trail hike | Jumpingpound loop |
As soon as we stepped on to the trail, we encountered solid ice. Although there were occasional stretches of bare trail, icy was the condition of t more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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13-Feb-2023 | Snowshoeing | Evan Thomas C to top of hill 345360 |
Snow flakes fall, as winter calls, and time just seems to fly. With no worries we set out, with icers on, heavy cloud soon giving way to brighter c more... |
12-Feb-2023 | Trail hike | WeaselHead South |
Eight people were attracted by the promise of spring-like weather for this short hike. The paved trail at the top was mostly ice free, but it becam more... |
12-Feb-2023 | Trail hike | Long Prairie Ridge - Death Valley - Pine Ridge loop |
We had a lovely, social hike with mild weather, good trail conditions and nice views. Due to a navigation error by the coordinator, we did the Deat more... |
10-Feb-2023 | Trail hike | Bobcat to Ranger Ridge (Baruch's Corner) |
Another long shot paid off for us as we enjoyed mild (+1-3) temperatures, blue sky day and very little wind on our jaunt on some of the West Bragg more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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8-Feb-2023 | Trail hike | Prairie View / Barrier lookout / Jewell Pass loop |
Driving along the Trans Canada was fine until we reached Morley Flats where there was a very thick fog which made driving hairy scary. In fact, I n more... |
7-Feb-2023 | Trail hike | Ranger Ridge via Fullerton Loop & Bobcat |
As we stay the course, a wonderful day was enjoyed. Mainly sunny with moderate wind at the higher elevation. A nice lunch break was enjoyed, good more... |
6-Feb-2023 | Track skiing | Upper L.Louise from Tramline PL |
After a windy drive it was a little below freezing under cloudy skies at the start of skiing but there was good kick and glide up Tramline. Moraine more... |
3-Feb-2023 | Trail hike | WBC Boundary Ridge |
I took a long shot on the forecast of a Chinook on Friday but the weather paid off for us in spades, giving us calm and sunny conditions and a temp more... |
Date | Activity | Destination | Report |
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1-Feb-2023 | Track skiing | West Bragg Ski Trails: general |
Variability was the menu of the day, we started at -7C under cloud, then sun along Moose Loop, followed by low cloud moving in from the east as the more... |
26-Jan-2023 | Trail hike | Vents Ridge loop |
It was surprisingly warm today and sunny until early afternoon. We ascended Vents ridge starting at the road and just a bit west of Prairie creek. more... |
26-Jan-2023 | Track skiing | Pipestone trackset trails |
A perfect day to prove the advantage of skinned XC skis. Temperature around freezing, and a lot of needles and pine cones on the trails. |
26-Jan-2023 | Trail hike | Sulphur Springs - Riverview ex Paddy's Flat |
Sulphur Springs loop is always a pleasure no matter how often we have hiked this trail. Pics and stats below: 4 hours, 12 km |