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2024-03-04 at 22:16 - comment by gh

Yes, I figured that would be the case. It was weird to see that huge parking lot totally empty.

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2024-03-04 at 21:05 - comment by MaSid

The road was closed George, as they were still removing snow from the road after successful bombing. Apparently there was a 5 m deep pile of snow to be dealt with. Crews expect another day of closure to get it all cleared.

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Banff / Goat Creek up and back

Report Submitted by gh
(trip) Date: Monday Mar 04, 2024

Submitted: Monday Mar 04, 2024 at 20:47

Participants:

Just me

Discussion:

I was hoping for warmer weather but -15 was it pretty much the whole day. The route has not been groomed for a few days but it is holding up reasonably as far as the Goat Creek bridge. Nearly no one has been past there. I encountered only one skier on that last 7 km stretch so the track was pretty slow. There was absolutely no one parked up at Goat Creek. I assume that the road was closed due to avalanche danger / control. Travel on the Banff to the Goat Creek bridge was fairly slow (about 10% off my usual pace) due to the cold temperatures. The slowness made for a stress free descent down to the Goat Creek Bridge.


Total distance: 38.00 Km