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. Nordic Pulse is back up.	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	See the Athabasca Northern Nordic Ski Club Facebook page for details.	Updated by the club
Bonnyville	Sarah Parsons	description & maps, weather	Muriel Lake MD Park trails are in good condition, but main road trail in fair condition, need more snow. They are tracking today to tidy up the tracks. Moose Lake Prov Park was tracked a couple times over the holidays, 2 tracks side by side, one of the tracks was walked on by humans but no snow since to repair. Jessie Lake in town Bonnyville was tracked by a volunteer but a lot of walking and other snowmobiles have made it not pleasant to ski on. See Muriel Lake grooming details are on Nordic Pulse. See the Facebook page too.	Jan 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,	Report from Howard Polanski Approximately 6” of fresh snow fell on Thursday. Tracksetting/grooming began today. Double classic tracks and skate track groomed from Provincial park flags along the west side of Longbay. Within the park, double classic tracks were set on south trails. In addition, double classic tracks were set on inner road and camping loops for first time this year. Conditions throughout are excellent.	Jan 18
Cooking Lake – Blackfoot Recreation Area	Doug Wiens	Birkie, description, weather, photogallery	The Waskehegan-Islet corridor is trackset. 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	January 17 - Grooming and Trail Report The classic tracks in the Lions Campground are freshly groomed and are in good condition. ✅ The Skate Loop is flat groomed and is in very good condition ✅ The double classic tracks on the golf course have been freshly groomed and are in very good condition. Let's hope for less wind and more snow. Enjoy your skiing 🙂 🙂 Grooming Donation link - https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=26739 Membership link - https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=36074 Trail maps and info link - linktr.ee/devonnordicskiclub Enjoy some very fine days of skiing in the Edmonton Area.	Jan 17
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 for current conditions or comments.	Jan 18
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 trails will have been drifted in over the last couple days. Plan to start re-grooming on Tuesday after the worst of the cold weather subsides.	Jan 18
Lac La Biche	Brian Deheer	Park Report, weather, photogallery	See the Facebook page. Lots of new snow in the Lac La Biche area.  All three trail networks in need of grooming.	Jan 18
Leduc	Chris Hrabec	map, weather	See the Facebook page. Leduc golf course is reset and looking good. Saunders lake is groomed for skate and will be trackset today.	Jan 19
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	4-5 inches of new snow in the last 36 hrs. 20 below temps forecast for the next couple of days. User tracked trails. Grooming and tracksetting scheduled for Monday. Stay warm! You can find maps, trail updates and occasional contact updates at… plnsc.com Happy trails!	Jan 18
Red Deer	Don Wales	Red Deer NSC, weather, photogallery	See the Red Deer Nordic Facebook page. For grooming details of the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Nordic Trails see Nordic Pulse. Despite the warm weather, all classical trails in Great Chief Park and Heritage Ranch remain in good condition but may not remain so with a week of slightly above zero temperatures. Vehicle access has impacted the classical track around Barrett Park but may have an opportunity to repair the damage next Tuesday.	Jan 10
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.	Dec 13
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 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	Website, map, description, weather, photogallery	Grooming 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