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,	The heavy track and trail work was completed on Dec. 28th. Most of the bay and park was groomed and track set. It was in spectacular condition with all of our snowfall. However a couple of inches of fresh snow fell in the last few days along with some wind. A skier reported yesterday that some of the tracks in the open areas were blown in. So the bay likely needs regrooming. There is great skiing in the treed areas of the park. In all, there is about 30km of groomed and tracked skiing for classic and about 6km groomed for skate skiing. The forecast is for more snow in the next few days…yeah!	Jan 1
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 in excellent condition. The Lions Campground is set with classic tracks in very good condition. The Skate Loop has been flat packed and is in very good condition. The River Trail (blue) and the High Trail (black) are set with classic tracks. Please refer to this link for trail maps, skier etiquette, and ways to support the DNSC - https://linktr.ee/devonnordicskiclub.	Dec 30
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 Club has the following updates: Cranna Lake - tracked for Classic and Skate Skiing on December 30. Lacombe Golf and Country Club - outer loop set for classic and skate skiing, three inside tracks are set for classic only as of December 31.	Jan 1
Lac La Biche	Brian Deheer	Park Report, weather, photogallery	In Lac La Biche area, we have groomed and tracked trails in place at both the Beaver Lake Group Use Area and the Shaw Lake Day Use Area. See the Facebook page.	Dec 24
Leduc	Chris Hrabec	map, weather	LPH Nordic Center has a skiff of snow on it, classic tracks are still good but we will reset friday eve. Saunders lake is unavailable due to a mechanical breakdown but hopefully will be up and running soon. See the Facebook page.	Jan 1
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	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	All trails in Great Chief Park and Heritage Ranch have been tracked for classical skiing as of New Year’s Day and are in good to excellent condition. See the Red Deer Nordic Facebook page. For grooming details of the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Nordic Trails see Nordic Pulse.	Jan 3
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