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,	Trails on Flag Bay and south side of Provincial park are excellent for cross country skiing. Only Flag Bay has been groomed for skate skiing. Approx 30km of groomed trails for classic skiing and about 10 km groomed for skating.	Feb 26
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	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	Trails at Shaw Lake were groomed and trackset yesterday, and should be in good condition. Watch for shallow tracks where the new snow was not very deep and the tracksetter did not break through the crusty snow underneath, especially where this occurs on hills. Hopefully the tracks have set up well overnight. Also, the road to Shaw Lake was plowed yesterday. Plans are to groom trails at Beaver Lake Group Use area today. See the Facebook page.	Feb 21
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	All trails have been freshly groomed as of this morning. With the fresh snow, the trails are pristine. A couple short sections where the wind blew the snow away revealing the ice below. Other than those sections there is set track everywhere.	Feb 20
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 Hidden Springs, Rundle’s Mission and Pigeon Lake Provincial Park have been groomed and trackset. Ski conditions are very good in the Pigeon Lake Region! You can find maps, trail updates and occasional contact updates at… plnsc.com Happy trails!	Feb 28
Red Deer	Don Wales	Red Deer NSC, weather, photogallery	Classical ski tracks that were set a week ago in Heritage Ranch and GCP survived a warming period and, with a skiff of snow lining the well formed tracks, conditions were good to excellent over the last week. See the Red Deer Nordic Facebook page. For grooming details of the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Nordic Trails see Nordic Pulse.	Mar 5
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 amazing, courageous tracksetters have done it again! Snow and wind brought in lots of snow & drifts, but after several days of packing and tracksetting the trails at Golf Course and Westcove are both amazing!!!! 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