PLPP: More Snow - Please do the Snow Dance
Trip date: Saturday Feb 17, 2024
Submitted by KeithB
Particpants:
Deirdre / Bill / Mary and Me
Discussion:
PLPP:
Meadow / Wheeler / Amos / Wheeler / William Watson Lodge / Braille / Lodgepole
-14C at 10:00 / -4C at 16:00 / waxable skis with VR40 to start then VR45 in afternoon
From the Discovery Centre we followed the nicely groomed and trackset middle trails of PLPP.
Skied Meadow to Elkwood, then Wheeler to the south junction with Amos. Much of Wheeler didn’t have tracks set due to shallow snow cover. Followed Amos north to Wheeler and Elkwood. These trails were all icy and abrasive with considerable tree debris (pine needles and spruce cones)
Then crossed Kananaskis Lakes Road to Lodgepole and William Watson Lodge and, after lunch, skied Braille and Lodgepole under the power lines to the Discovery Centre. These trails were free of tree debris and, with the warming day and bright sun softening the corduroy and tracks, they gave the fastest and best ski experience of the day.