Mixed reviews of Goat Creek-SRW
Trip date: Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Submitted by ErinP
Particpants:
Me and my hubby
Discussion:
The snow is about to come and everything will change, so I won’t write a long report about today’s ski. All I will say is…really Banff trail report??? REALLY? If the almost unskiable mess of Spray River West is considered fair, I don’t know what would be considered poor. The debris was awful, almost all the way from the east-west junction to the Banff Springs Hotel trailhead, and the hills were pretty icy. I was actually worried for some of the young kids that we passed and wondered how they would make it home. Goat Creek was much better, although I also think it deserved a fair rating rather than good… The tracks were OK after kilometre three (we started in Canmore) but pretty nonexistent before that due to the boot prints and the downhills were quite icy. Still a beautiful day, and it was lovely to not freeze, but we definitely need more snow.
I guess my rant made this a longer report than I thought!