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

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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	Dean Zarudenec	ENSC, weather	Grooming details are on Nordic Pulse.   More info on the Facebook page.	Updated regularly
Other Edmonton trails	Park Rangers	City Recreation & Facebook	See Mike's Two Skis Worth or the Parks & River Valley bulletin or SkiLocal or SkiYEG.	Updated regularly
OUTSIDE EDMONTON
Athabasca (Muskeg Creek)	Sandra Jardine	Area map, description, weather	See the Athabasca Northern Nordic Ski Club Facebook page for details.	Updated by the club
Bonnyville	Christine St. Laurent	description & maps, weather	Some Muriel Lake grooming details are on Nordic Pulse. See the Facebook page too.	Dec 19
Camrose	Club	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,	Flag Bay, the west side of Longbay and the southern portion of Cold Lake Provincial Park were regroomed and tracked yesterday. Conditions are excellent. The road through the campground loops were graded down to gravel so no ski opportunities in the near future. Still, we have +25 km of good tracks to ski.	Jan 23
Cooking Lake – Blackfoot Recreation Area	Doug Wiens	Birkie, description, weather, photogallery	Details are reported on Nordic Pulse. The Park Report is here. Trip reports etc. are on the Facebook page.	Updated regularly
Devon	Bob Scheele	photogallery, weather	All trails maintained by DNSC have been groomed last night The main 5.3 km green loop on the golf course is set with double classic tracks and is in just about excellent condition. (you will find my minor mishap)The Lions Campground is set with classic tracks in very good condition.The Skate Loop has been flat packed and is in excellent condition The River Trail (blue) and the High Trail (black Expert only) are set with a classic trackPlease refer to this link for trail maps, skier etiquette, and ways to support the DNSC - https://linktr.ee/devonnordicskiclub.	Jan 7
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	Watch the Muskeg Flyers public Facebook page.	Dec 25
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	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	Tyler Dickson	Lacombe CCSC, maps, weather, photogallery	Lacombe Cross Country Ski Clubs grooming areas are currently closed until cooler temperatures and more snow fall.	Jan 15
Lac La Biche	Brian Deheer	Park Report, weather, photogallery	Further to yesterday's update: Ski trail grooming at Shaw Lake has been completed. Further to the work done yesterday, all remaining trails (Moonlight, Point, Ravine, and the west half of Lake Loop) have been groomed and trackset for classic and/or skate skiing. Both lake crossings have also been done. Most of the "messes" from machines/equipment getting stuck have been mostly cleaned up. We'll have to wait for the next grooming to make it better. Beaver Lake Trails were groomed a few days ago, and are in good condition.   Groomers were at Shaw Lake Trails today (January 9), and some trails (Ballfield, Switchback, East Lake Loop) were groomed & trackset, and should be in good condition tomorrow for classic or skate skiing. The remaining trails (West Lake Loop, Moonlight, Point Trail, Ravine and both lake crossings) could not be completed today.  Groomers are planning to go out tomorrow to complete them. See the Facebook page.	Jan 11
Leduc	Chris Hrabec	map, weather	LPH Nordic Center is in good shape with skate and classic, a couple small areas with light debris. Saunders lake is not in great shape and will be regroomed when we get new snow. See the Facebook page.	Jan 23
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park		Park Report, map, weather	From the Park Maintenance Supervisor at MLPP: Miquelon Lake Provincial Park has track set trails. Track set trails start in two different locations. One at the Park Centre and the other at the backcountry trail parking lot. These trails are multi use trails, so expect people walking, snowshoeing and fatbiking. The backcountry trails loop is 9km long while the trails starting at the Park Centre consist of several loops totalling 5km of trails. Unfortunately with all this warm weather and wind storm yesterday our trails took a pretty good hit. The trails along the lakeshore that start at the Park Centre are ok. They are a mix of icy and soft and have a high chance of debris. Leaves, small twigs and needles. The Back country trails are in very bad shape. We have the snow but now I will have to spend a large amount of time breaking up the ice so they can be regroomed.	Jan 16
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	Trails at Rundle’s, Hidden Springs and Pigeon Lake Provincial Park have been groomed and tracked. Ski conditions are excellent and expected to last at least until tomorrow. All kidding aside, we’re in pretty good shape out here in the Pigeon Lake Region for the foreseeable future. Happy New Year and have a great weekend! You can find maps, trail updates and occasional contact updates at… plnsc.com Happy trails!	Jan 2
Red Deer	Don Wales	Red Deer NSC, weather, photogallery	Classical ski conditions were excellent all the way to January 10, then several days of plus double digit temperatures topped off with high winds on Jan. 15 likely have rendered the tracks un -skiable. See the Red Deer Nordic Facebook page. For grooming details of the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Nordic Trails see Nordic Pulse.	Jan 16
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	See the club’s Facebook page.	Updated by the club
St. Albert	Club	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 the Facebook page. Maps are here.	Updated by the club
Strathcona Wilderness Centre	Paulina Retamales	SWC, trail map, description, weather	See the webcam, and Nordic Pulse. The weekly bulletin is here.	Bulletin issued on Friday
Tawatinaw Valley	Reint Boelman	Facebook, map, description, weather, photogallery	Details are on Nordic Pulse.	Updated by the club
Vermilion	Vaughn Cooper	Vermilion Nordic, description, weather	See the club’s posting and Nordic Pulse.	Updated by the club