It’s a beautiful spring morning here in Calgary and my thoughts are turning to cycling and gardening.  With only a couple weekends left to our ski season I may not get out there again.  Although I really should because I’ve only had one day of real spring skiing this year.  Winter just would not relent(…)

After receiving about 20cms of snow in Calgary this weekend (don’t be surprised that’s typical around here) I was very disappointed to see that Lake Louise only had a few cms of fresh on Sunday morning. But my intrepid friend Sammy was ‘comp’ing me with a lift ticket so how could I say No?  It(…)

As we rode up the first lift this morning there was only a few cms of snow on the ground.  We were concerned.  But about half way up Top of the World it started to look more like the 6cms they’d posted in the snow report.  It was mostly untracked below us and the people(…)

The weekend forecast is looking rather interesting today.  The post header shows the snow-forecast.com 6 day report for Lake Louise.  Note the heavy snowfall on Saturday night.  Sunshine is also looking pretty good for the weekend.  Now remember it is April so temperatures are warm and the freezing level is low.  Places like Fernie, Revelstoke,(…)

I was checking the snow reports this evening and noticed that Red Mountain closed on the weekend.  Sorry, I missed promoting their end of season bash. This weekend there are a number of resorts shutting down in a celebratory manner.  Most are doing some version of the slush cup (see Whitefish video below) and offer(…)