Welcome to the the 2022/23 XC Ski Season

Trip date: Saturday Oct 22, 2022

Submitted by SkierRoger

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Welcome to the start of the 2022/23 XC ski season on SkierRoger.ca !

I was so excited to see the first snowfall today. Let’s hope it hangs in there…

If you’re not familiar with this website, here is a quick summary:

This is a fun site geared towards the cross country skiing community in Southern Alberta. Once you’ve registered, feel free to post reports of your skis adventures or ask any related questions. You will find the XC skiing community to be very supportive.

I encourage you to upload pictures to your trip reports (or attach picture links). Also, tell us about where you skied, what you saw and experienced. It’s very helpful to inform your readers about the snow conditions, wax that did or didn’t work, etc. maybe you used skin skis - if so, let us know…

Also, feel free to comment on others reports, but most importantly, enjoy and have fun!

A number of resources are offered for your use, including maps of ski areas, weather reports, web camera links, etc. The Live Grooming Reports and Trail Report links are very helpful and tell you what areas you might try. Most important though is to read others skiers trip reports. Nothing is better than receiving direct feedback from someone who was just out there.

For the seasoned bloggers, you will find a number of improvements to the site, as described in the “Quick Help” link on the main page.

For the novice skiers, I would encourage you to check out Ray’s Trail Steepness and Risto’s Hill Pain Score reports which are available under the Resources section. These provide a great summary of which trails are more challenging than others (see the links provided below).

Please enjoy this site and have a wonderful ski season.
See you out there!

SkierRoger