Nordic Pulse

April 20th:  Grooming is finished for the season. The final shift of the 2025/26 season took place on Saturday evening/Sunday morning under mostly clear sky's with no new snow since Wednesday overnight. Trails groomed before Thursday night may have varying amounts of shrinking crusty snow on top of the last grooming, with skier packed tracks, and in some places the snow will have melted into the base.

Use caution is the coming days for maintenance activity on the ski trails. Campground roads will be plowed starting early this week, and will affect trails around Elkwood (Wheeler and Amos) and Boulton (Whiskey Jack and Moraine). Wheeler will also be plowed on April 20th from Elkwood parking to the amphitheatre, to accommodate amphitheatre construction. Winter to summer sign changeover, as well as limbing, will also begin at low elevations this week and continue on higher elevation trails the following 2 weeks- this work will be done by snowmobile.

Bear tracks have been seen on the ski trails, be bear aware and carry deterrent.  

There is still a decent snow base at higher elevations, though a few ice patches are starting to form.  At lower elevations (Packers and north), many trails have numerous ice patches, and there is bare ground right across the trail in a few places (Rolly Rd and Come Along), and some other dirt patches are expanding.

Click on the computer icon above to access the Alberta Parks report and information on individual trails