Nordic Pulse

Happy Spring Skiing! Banff Trail to Jct. 9, Banff Loop and Olympic have all had a complete reset and are holding up well. Albertville, Lillehammer, Banff Trail Jc 9-16 have had a skate reset, but there are pools of water and dirt patches showing up (particularly on the latter)...

March 28th: Grooming took place on Thursday night with a larger then normal shift being completed thanks to below zero temperature's and soft snow conditions.  On some trails(especially Wheeler) the trackset is shallow and/or down to ice in sun affected a...

Lots of fresh wet and heavy snow. We are in the process of packing.  Current ski conditions: * No classic tracks set today * Grooming for skate, however with snow fall covering up fresh couderouy.

Tried grooming skate lane on Snowy River loop this morning. Conditions will be fast and icy this morning. Softer later today I expect. 

Recent warm weather, as well as some percipitation in the form of rain, has affected the snow pack greatly, with low snow fall areas such Bill Milne trail, melting down to bare ground. Coverage remains best around the Kananaskis Village area and Wedge Pond, but some bare spots...

With the warm weather we haven't been able to groom this week.  Normally we stop grooming March 31st,  so it looks like we're done for the season.   There's still lots of snow on upper trails so depending on the day, there may be good skiing for awhi...

March 27th:  Grooming took place at Mt.Shark on Thursday the 21st with all trails groomed and trackset. At that time abundant new snow had improved the base considerably, but there has been an extreme melt throughout the Spray Valley this week. Current co...

At the present time Capitano and Goldstick are considered not skiable. Some parts of lower Goldbar are considered barely skiable. Parts of Two-way Lake and Treeline are fair to poor. 50th St. is considered skiable and would be fair to good when the temperatures are abo...

Side X side tracks lower valley entered off bear to squirrel then wolf trail up hill to wolf lower trail entry.  These tracks damaged the trail requiring repairs to top of base.  Additional tracks off deer onto upper wolf but not too damaging.

Skate lanes floated - some beautiful corduroy out there - and some bare or treacherous icy spots on south facing hills. Just keep your eyes peeled and you'll have a great outing. Biathlon trails are groomed, including Heartbreak Hill. Classic track is holding up pretty nicely....

March 18, 2025 Ferguson Hill Road was groomed and trackset today.  Conditions are good with some thin and icy sections. Murray Hill Road, from the intersection with the Ferguson Hill Road to the Golf Course Road, was packed and groomed today.  Condition...

We received 10 to 15 cms of new snow over the past weekend so all trails got groomed today. The thin and slightly icy spots are covered with the newly packed snow. Don't wait to get out as the sun will really start to affect it mining towards the end of the week and the skiing...

Crew was on the trails today packing the recent snow. No tracks set at this time as sticks and leaves were coming to the surface. Still need a little more snow in the treed areas.

Went for a ski at 10:30 today and the conditions were still quite good. Some south facing parts of the trail had seen some melting, the rest still had fresh snow. Tracks good for classic and skating. 

St Paul golf course has been tracked and groomed on the front and back nine. Ski conditions are fair to excellent depending on which trails you ski. The Tin Cup and Woodland loop are excellent condition. Jamie's long drive is in fair condition with the odd bare spots. The Jack ra...

As of February 28 2025, we will not be grooming until there is another significant snow fall. 

The grooming and tracksetting that was done yesterday is excellent in some place and terrible in others. There was a lot of debris blown off by the strong winds, that was then covered by the snow, as well as numerous trees across the trails. There are several places that the g...

All tracked and groomed this morning. Tracks look great. First 200m of park road not good, take the trail just to left of road. Field trek has  a few short poor spots in it. Have a great ski.

1-2 cm of fresh snow at WBC in the past 24 hrs. East and West Crystal, Loggers and Sundog West have been trackset. Mountain Rd to Moose Connector to Mountain View, roller packed and cordoroy. No track set. Mountain Road to Blue Bridge is poor. Recommended...

Conditions are poor on our last remaining loop (Smeltzer) so all trails at the Broadmoor are now officially closed till we get a significant amount of snow.  We still have enough base to reopen, but we would need a large amount to justify opening this late in the season. ...

March 3 update: Get ready for golf season I suppose... Another winter come and gone; thank you to everyone for supporting Shaganappi Nordic Operations  Club's (SNO's) winter trails! If you enjoyed the trails, consider a donation through our website: ...

As expected the warm temps and sun have but melted most of the trails and we have decided to close. The only way we would be able to open again is if we have a dump of snow and some cold temps. Thanks for a great season and if you enjoyed skiing at Confed this year it isn't to...

All trails have been groomed today and 80% had enough snow to trackset  Snow is still extremely thin at the top of Pine Ridge loop as well as balsam, neither trail is recommended two small loops inside the Sandy  McNabb Campground on the road have been ...

Trails are soft in the sun, but otherwise wonderful!  Watch out on Cathedral, some hero on a snowmobile has wrecked most of the set track...

Regular volunteer-based grooming on over 50km of trails, accessible from the Jasper townsite, will continue through the winter season as conditions allow.  Want to support this project and flat-packed trails in Jasper National Park? Click the desktop button above ...