WBC - Telephone & Southern trails
Trip date: Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Submitted by Jean-Francois
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A balmy -9C at 9:00am with only a few cars in the parking lot
I skied Telephone loop (CW for once) and met 15+ skiers going CCW, I was remembering 10 / 15 years ago when you were lucky to meet someone!
I exited Telephone by skiing East Hostel and then skied East Crystal / Sundog / Iron Springs / Elbow / Loggers / Mt View and back to the parking lot on Mt road.
As Steve R reported excellent conditions on Telephone with tracks (couple of cm of fresh snow on last night grooming), I noticed just one spot on East Telephone (halfway) on one downhill that was scraped and showing some rocks after just 15 skiers going CCW.
The southern trails were in excellent conditions and I met less people on these trails than on telephone, go figure!
Another wonderful day in Bragg Creek.
PS: I have posted a photo of a sign just after Moose junction stating that Telephone CW is not recommended….I have never paid attention to this sign but I am wondering why. Even if I personally prefer CCW, CW seems easier for novice skiers, no?