REDEARTH CREEK TO BALL PASS CAMPGROUND
Trip date: Monday Mar 06, 2023
Submitted by DEMOCRATIZE AB
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A champion to legalize your right to introduce and vote on government bills skiing on Madshus 205 cm Voss Skis
Discussion:
The Redearth Creek Trail is in excellent trackset skiing condition. It trail has been widened up nicely since my last trek skiing this trail, making for nice wide safe downhill skiing on the way back at night. The temperature at the warden cabin was -8C in the afternoon. Skiing speed was moderate to moderately fast. Swix green wax worked well but provided the best performance on sun exposed slopes.
The trail to Shadow Lake Lodge is also in excellent skiing condition with no rocks. I side stepped up the trail to get rid of much of the "snowmobile bob sled track" to make it more enjoyable to ski down.
Beyond Shadow Lake Lodge I noticed a big improvement in the firmness of the settled snow base. It actually supported me on my skis in most places. There still are a few spots that I broke through with above the knee ski penetration. The recent wind blown snow was rather dense which created a ok supportive base
I followed a fat ski trail across Shadow Lake. My ski poles got a lot of slush on them. The trail diverted off where I did not want to go so I broke easy trail and then skied off the Lake and up Haiduk Creek until I met the broken fat ski trail again which Skier Rob from Banff had skied as well. The trail meanders more than normal but it was a lazy joy to ski after all the trail breaking I have done this season.
The Haiduk Lake trail was broken by the fat skiers. Ski penetration was just above the ankles or so. I decided to hang out at Ball Pass Campground rather than going to Haiduk until it started to get a little dark. At dark thirty I made my way back. When I got down the meadows, a stunning low rider moon popped out from behind a mountain. The moon was diffused by smog and left a bit of a brownish yellow color on the landscape. Looking back towards Ball Pass was spectacular under the moon light. The echos were great up there as well.
The temperature at Shadow Lake Lodge was -13C with high humidity.