NORTHERN REGION TRAIL REPORT

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Trail conditions at

· Bow Valley/Canmore/Kananaskis; see also the SkierRoger blog
· Banff National Park
· Jasper National Park

Avalanche bulletins

Nordic Pulse overview

Full descriptions of a number of the areas listed below can be found at Mike Stern’s Edmonton Area Skiers Guide. For Mike Stern’s musings on local and regional conditions, see Mike's Two Skis Worth.
AREA	CONTACT PERSON	WEB RESOURCES	CONDITIONS	LAST UPDATE
Goldbar	Paul Klann	ENSC, Facebook, weather	Grooming details are on Nordic Pulse.	Updated regularly
Other Edmonton trails	Park Rangers	City Recreation & Facebook	See the Parks & River Valley bulletin or SkiLocal or SkiYEG.	---
OUTSIDE EDMONTON
Athabasca (Muskeg Creek)	Sandra Jardine	Area map, description, weather	Athabasca’s Muskeg Creek trails have been rolled and packed. See the Athabasca Northern Nordic Ski Club Facebook page for details. Loppet cancelled.	Updated by the club
Bonnyville	Sarah Parsons	description & maps, weather, Facebook	Bonnyville got 6 inches of snow last week. Unfortunately, the M.D. grooming crew has not had time to groom or tracksuit Muriel Lake. Muriel Lake grooming details are on Nordic Pulse.	Mar 7
Camrose	Robert Early	Camrose NSC, description, weather, photogallery	See the club’s web site and Facebook page. Grooming details are on Nordic Pulse.	Updated by the club
Cold Lake	Ted Cote	description & maps, weather,	Unfortunately, ski conditions are deteriorating rapidly. Are we done for the season? Probably, but you never know.	Mar 15
Cooking Lake – Blackfoot Recreation Area	Doug Wiens	Birkie, description, weather, photogallery	The trails are fading fast. Best along the fence – the Way are still ok, especially with the aid of klister. Grooming details are reported on Nordic Pulse. The Park Report is here. Trip reports etc. are on the Facebook page.	Mar 14
Devon	Bob Scheele	photogallery, weather	Trails are now closed. See linktr.ee/devonnordicskiclub for trail maps and more. See the Facebook page as well.	Mar 14
Drayton Valley (Pembina Nordic)	Jason Dodds	description, weather, photogallery	See the club’s Facebook page.	Updated by the club
Edson (Hornbeck)	Errol Bowren	description, weather, photogallery	Nothing but melting happening on our trails. Watch the Muskeg Flyers public Facebook page for current conditions or comments.	Mar 14
Fort McMurray (Ptarmigan Nordic)	Facebook	Ptarmigan NSC, weather, photogallery	See the Facebook page.	Updated by the club
Fort Saskatchewan	Facebook	Ft. Sask. NSC, description, weather, Photogallery	See the website report or the Facebook page.	Updated by the club
Grande Cache (Smoky River Nordic)	Denis Grenier	Smoky River Nordic, weather, photogallery	Pierre Grey’s Lakes Provincial Park has been trackset. See the Facebook page for the club’s Trail Condition Report.	Updated by the club
Grande Prairie (Wapiti Nordic)	Eric Chislett	Wapiti NSC, weather, photogallery	See here for grooming details and trail conditions. More details also on the club’s Facebook page.	Updated by the club
Hinton	Terry Dodge	Hinton NSC, map, weather, photogallery	See the club’s web site, Facebook page, Nordic Pulse and the webcam.	Updated by the club
Lacombe	Brent Bouwsema	Lacombe CCSC, maps, weather, photogallery	The trails in Lacombe have finally be trackset and should be in good condition until the weather warms up too much! Sometimes more details are here and on the Facebook page.	Mar 7
Lac La Biche	Brian Deheer	Park Report, weather, photogallery	We've had a few more cms of snow, and so our trails at Shaw Lake have been groomed (for a second time now), and should be good to go. See the Facebook page.	Mar 8
Leduc	Chris Hrabec	Leduc Nordic, map, weather	All melted....done. See the Facebook page.	Mar 15
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park		Park Report, map, description, weather	Miquelon was very pleasant when it was tracked, which it hasn’t been in some years. Write a letter to someone.	Updated by park staff
Parkland county		Parkland Tourism, weather	Chickakoo (description & map), Tucker's Field & Bunchberry Meadows (description & map) and Hasse Lake: Updates here.	Updated by park staff
Pigeon Lake	Mike Black	Pigeon Lake NSC, trail conditions, maps, weather Hidden Springs	We're done for now, depending on the weather this week. Snow in the forecast, but who really knows!	Mar 18
Red Deer	Don Wales	Red Deer NSC, weather, photogallery	Most of the classical tracks are intact but glazed and icy early in the morning and wet and sloppy in the afternoon. With temperatures in the double digits in the forecast, conditions will quickly deteriorate. We still have a good solid base for most of our trails so a significant snowfall and cooler temperatures might prolong the already shortened ski season here in Red Deer. See the Red Deer Nordic Facebook page. For grooming details of the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Nordic Trails see Nordic Pulse.	Mar 15
Rocky Lane (High Level / Fort Vermilion)	Kayla Wardley	description, map, weather photogallery	See the Facebook page.	Updated by the club
Rocky Mountain House	Angela Chant	weather, photogallery	See the club’s Facebook page.	Updated by the club
Slave Lake (Nine Mile Rec.)	Evan Baranyk	Nine Mile Recreation Society, weather	No skiing for us.  We didn't get the snow Edmonton did.  Walking or snowshoe only. See the club’s Facebook page.	Mar 7
St. Albert	Christine Rawlins	description, weather photogallery	See the club's Facebook page.	Updated by the club
St. Paul (Lakeland)	Lakeland NSC	description, weather, photogallery	Check Nordic-Pulse for up to date trail conditions. Details at Westgrove Nordic Pulse and Lakeland Golf Course Nordic Pulse. See club news on Lakeland NSC and the Facebook page. Maps are here.	Updated by the club
Strathcona Wilderness Centre	Sean Reid	SWC, trail map, description, weather	See the latest bulletin, the webcam, and Nordic Pulse.	Bulletin updated weekly
Tawatinaw Valley	Reint Boelman	Website, map, description, weather, photogallery	Grooming details are on Nordic Pulse. Loppet on Sunday March 3.	Updated by the club
Vermilion	Vaughn Cooper	Vermilion Nordic, description, weather	See the club’s posting and Nordic Pulse.	Updated by the club