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Final grooming of the season at PLPP
Report Submitted by Alf Skrastins
(trip) Date: Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Submitted: Sunday Apr 16, 2023 at 20:27
Participants:
Two of us
Discussion:
The final grooming of the 2022/23 season was done on Saturday night, so today was out last day to ski on new tracks. There was a bit of an overnight freeze and not new snow and it was already above zero when we arrived at the Boulton Creek parking lot. We started out on Moraine, which was fast but starting to get thin in a few spots. Then up Fox Creek which had been flat-groomed, but not track set. And then we headed up Elk Pass, which was absolutely perfect. At the Blueberry Hill junction we opted for an off-track tour across the West Elk Pass meadows, towards Elk Lakes cabin. Amazing travel conditions on those stunning meadows!
At the power line, we poked around the cut blocks for a bit, before returning to Alberta at Elk Pass. Next, we took Tyrwhitt and did a quick up-and-back visit to Lookout, which was in great condition for climbing or descending. And we completed our loop by flying down Pocaterra, which was pretty fast, and then down Packers, which was a slower descent in softer, melting snow.
What a fabulous way to close out the official ski grooming season at PLPP.
If the weather this week turns out as forecast, this won't be the last of the skiing in the Elk Pass area.
 Still good skiing on Moraine, but it was getting a bit thin in a few places.
 Beautiful Fox Creek.
 Perfect track setting on Elk Pass trail
 Amazing travel conditions on the West Elk Pass meadows.
 Tyrwhitt is always a favourite
 View from Kananaskis Fire Lookout.
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Comments:
2023-04-18 at 18:31 - comment by Septuagenarians
We were at the Elk Pass area on Tuesday, April 18 and found the conditions just as Alf had described for Sunday. There was 2 to 5 cm of fresh snow since Sunday so the trails were not icy. It was cloudy and the high was only 3 degrees on Tuesday, so conditions are holding. We tried a section of off-trail on the Hydroline snowshoe trail and found support to be excellent. It was good to see quite a number of happy skiers out today. Also, the hutters were on skis today so there were no bootprints on the ski trails.
2023-04-18 at 20:56 - comment by Diana Piggott
Sounds glorious! Here's to a few more chances to get out and enjoy the snow :-)
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