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	Waiting for snow. See the Athabasca Northern Nordic Ski Club Facebook page for details. Loppet cancelled.	Updated by the club
Bonnyville	Sarah Parsons	description & maps, weather, Facebook	Waiting for snow. See Muriel Lake grooming details are on Nordic Pulse.	Oct 11
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,	Waiting for snow.	Oct 11
Cooking Lake – Blackfoot Recreation Area	Doug Wiens	Birkie, description, weather, photogallery	Waiting for snow. Some grooming details are reported on Nordic Pulse. The Park Report is here. Trip reports etc. are on the Facebook page.	Oct 11
Devon	Bob Scheele	photogallery, weather	Waiting for snow. See linktr.ee/devonnordicskiclub for trail maps and more. See the Facebook page as well.	Oct 11
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	Waiting for snow. Watch the Muskeg Flyers public Facebook page for current conditions or comments.	Oct 11
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	Waiting for snow. 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. They’ve already been skiing there on rolled trails.	Updated by the club
Lacombe	Brent Bouwsema	Lacombe CCSC, maps, weather, photogallery	Waiting for snow. Sometimes more details are here and on the Facebook page.	Oct 11
Lac La Biche	Brian Deheer	Park Report, weather, photogallery	Waiting for snow. See the Facebook page.	Oct 11
Leduc	Chris Hrabec	Leduc Nordic, map, weather	Waiting for snow. See the Facebook page.	Oct 11
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	Waiting for snow.	Oct 11
Red Deer	Don Wales	Red Deer NSC, weather, photogallery	Waiting for snow. See the Red Deer Nordic Facebook page. For grooming details of the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Nordic Trails see Nordic Pulse.	Oct 11
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	Waiting for snow. See the club’s Facebook page.	Oct 11
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