Redearth Trail to campground: Wish Banff/Lk Louise/Yoho would adopt Nordic Pulse!!!

Trip date: Thursday Dec 29, 2022

Submitted by Helen Read

Particpants:

I pulled a "Normand" and went by myself up Redearth

Discussion:

There is a good chance Redearth will be packed down today or tomorrow (at the very least) before New Year's Eve revellers want to get up to Shadow Lk Lodge. I found the snow pretty nice, leaving parking lot at 9:30 in -6. Got brave and tried a new wax: SkiGo HF +1 to -3 (all types of snow). It worked very well and the snow was very nice, only encountering "scrunchies" i.e. bit of snow on top of crunchies, min areas under a few trees and where new bridge has detour through forest and a low volume of snow. I met one couple who were coming out on snowshoes from camping up at Lost Horse Creek campground last night. Their SS trail was much preferred to their initial boot trail, and they were pulling a sled. Time prevented me from skiing up to the Warden's cabin, but the snow beyond was tempting me. I kept hoping I'd hear the Lodge staff coming up on a snowmobile groomer but no such luck. Managed to snowplow those couple of tricky turns on descent, and live to ski another day.