Category: Recreation

I arrived early and it was warmer than expected: plus 5 and icy. So I put klister on for grip. Well, klister worked great except there was a fair bit of debris, pine needles and some cones in the track. At one point I had to stop and scrap off a thick layer of needles on the ski bottom. So then there was no grip. I double poled and skated back. Actually the skating was fun, but hard to do on non-skating boots and with shorter poles.

So it was a short day of skiing but the espresso on the way home was good!

So the potential option is get waxless skis or skating equipment of just hope it stays cold.

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A beautiful day of skiing with Marja and with the bluest sky imaginable.

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Not a cloud in the sky. Pretty good conditions and on a less travelled trail (Roller Coaster where it meets Rundle) I saw some black bear tracks on the trail as shown above.

At least it’s a black bear, you wouldn’t want the experience that that these climbers had.

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Second day of the season. It was quite warm and there was some needles and debris on the track. Fortunately it has cooled since and more snow has come.

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First day of the season at Canmore. Great conditions, better that most of last year!

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