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.	Feb 14
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, south Provincial park trails and all the camping loops were freshly groomed and set for classic skiing on Thursday. There is tons of snow so the trails came out very nice.  Get out there before it warms up 😁 Approx. 30km of groomed trails for classic skiing and about 10 km groomed for skating.	Mar 27
Cooking Lake – Blackfoot Recreation Area	Doug Wiens	Birkie, description, weather, photogallery	Terrible conditions after the storm. If there was any news it would be on Nordic Pulse. The Park Report is here. Trip reports etc. are on the Facebook page.	Updated regularly
Devon	Bob Scheele	photogallery, weather	Grooming completed last night - The Skate Lane has been flat groomed and is in very good condition. The main 5.3 km classic loop on the golf course has been regroomed and set with double classic tracks and is in very good condition. The RVA South hill (flat portion) has been flat groomed is in good condition the single classic track going up is in good condition. The River Trail and Lions Campground have older skiable tracks but no fresh grooming. The next few days should be spectacular skiing - make sure to get a ski in for sure! Enjoy some après ski refreshments in the golf course restaurant this weekend. Please refer to this link for trail maps, skier etiquette, and ways to support the DNSC - https://linktr.ee/devonnordicskiclub.	Mar 5
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.	Updated by the club
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 Golf and Country Club trackset on February 20, some areas are thin and there are some icy sections. Aspen Beach trackset on February 24th, conditions are currently excellent. Cranna Lake trackset on February 26th, conditions currently excellent.	Feb 27
Lac La Biche	Brian Deheer	Park Report, weather, photogallery	We've gotten some new snow over the past days here in LLB, but no new trail grooming that I'm aware of yet.  Temps look to be holding below 0. Conditions at Shaw Lake Trails are probably okay for skate-skiing. Plans are to groom trails at Beaver Lake Group Use area today. See the Facebook page.	Mar 27
Leduc	Chris Hrabec	map, weather	LPH nordic centre in leduc is regroomed and reset. Conditions are great with a couple small thin spots. See the Facebook page.	Feb 26
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park		Park Report, map, weather	With the snow the last couple days, I decided to groom. The trails are in great shape. The shoreline trails are track set and are in the best condition. The back country trails are overall in pretty good shape. They are track set. There are only a few places that are thin but skiable. This may be the last weekend for trails like this.	Mar 27
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	Dreadful here as well! Barring a six inch dump, we’re done for the season here in the Pigeon Lake Region, aside from the possibility of user tracked trails. It’s been a challenging winter for track setting and skiing has been hit and miss at best. That being said, trails at PL and Rundle’s are perfectly suited for gravel and mountain biking. Until next time… Happy Trails You can find maps, trail updates and occasional contact updates at… plnsc.com Happy trails!	Mar 20
Red Deer	Don Wales	Red Deer NSC, weather, photogallery	Definitely done here in Red Deer although check River Bend Nordic Pulse for possible ski skating possibilities. See the Red Deer Nordic Facebook page. For grooming details of the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Nordic Trails see Nordic Pulse.	Mar 20
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	Our dedicated tracksetters are still grooming and tracksetting!!! Both St. Paul Golf Course and Westcove have been done today and are in great shape!!   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