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Kananaskis Country

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Little Middle Sister Col 2017-05-05 By Beean Alas, a constricting work schedule is severely limiting my ski days. As it was looking like I’d be working Sunday as well as Saturday, J...	replies 0 views 3441	By Beean 2017-05-05
Retreat! Commonwealth N Couloir 2017-04-21 By Beean Despite the forecast calling for an upslope storm, J and I decided that we’re faster than the wind and thus could outpace any storm,...	replies 1 views 3937	By Justin Bekker 2017-04-24
Trip Report - Miner’s Gully and the S Couloir 2017-04-07 By Beean With spring hitting the Rockies and snow melting at the valley bottom I’m forced to rejoin the ranks of the damned that call themselves...	replies 2 views 4720	By Beean 2017-04-09
Mt Joffre July Pow 2016-07-13 By Chasing snowflakes Most of us have to buy a plane ticket in order to fulfill our summer powder turn dreams. A trip to South America or New Zealand...	replies 0 views 2738	By Chasing snowflakes 2016-07-13
Black Prince Tree Triangle 2016-02-18 By Rather new to touring and have seen the many descriptions of Black Prince Traverse, Hero Knob and Purple Knob. Considering going out this...	replies 4 views 3486	By 2016-02-22
Mount Rae or Highwood Pass? 2015-11-09 By wstrange Has anyone been to the highwood pass area in the last few days? Anything worth skiing? If anyone is interested in going out on Wednesday,...	replies 2 views 2244	By wstrange 2015-11-11
Skiing freshies in August. 2015-08-22 By Chasing snowflakes So some of the Rockies folk honestly just could not help themselves when it came to the this recent snowfall. It's august it snowed 15cm to 25...	replies 0 views 3669	By Chasing snowflakes 2015-08-22
One last tour 2015-05-10 By gm I was thinking of one last tour, any recommendations ??	replies 0 views 1882	By gm 2015-05-10
Spray Valley Update 2015-01-15 By Kevin Oszust Hi All, Any updates for the Spray...supposed to get WAY to warm this weekend! kevin	replies 0 views 2102	By Kevin Oszust 2015-01-15
Commonwealth Creek valley report 2014-12-31 By cindyspence Excellent, but very cold, day of skiing on Dec 30th, witih big blue skies. We toured up a well-packed trail along Commonwealth Creek,...	replies 0 views 3411	By cindyspence 2014-12-31
Update on Spray Valley 2014-12-26 By Kevin Oszust Looking at heading out Sunday. Hi All, Any info on the current conditions in the Spray Valley? Tent Ridge, The Fist or Commonwealth. Kevin	replies 0 views 2163	By Kevin Oszust 2014-12-26
Spray Valley 2014-11-29 By Kevin Oszust Hey, Pretty cold out there, has anyone been out in the current conditions. I am looking for info around The Fist, Commonwealth or Tent...	replies 3 views 2347	By Kevin Oszust 2014-12-14
Highwood Pass Area 2014-11-17 By Kevin Oszust Hi All! Has anyone been up to the Highwood area? If so, how's the snow coverage? Kevin	replies 4 views 3784	By Kevin Oszust 2014-11-21
Early season tour 2014-11-12 By gm Thinking of an early season tour, any info, conditions at Rae ?? Perhaps a different suggestion? Thanks	replies 1 views 2257	By Chasing snowflakes 2014-11-12
Friday in the Rockies 2014-05-11 By bekks I'm planning on going for my first tour in the Rockies (1st in the Rockies, not touring) this Friday. I'll be on teles and I hope I'm...	replies 1 views 2986	By bekks 2014-05-16
Ski Monday 2014-05-04 By Jim McNamara I'm traveling solo and would like to ski with someone Monday May 5. I'm thinking about Bow Summit or Kananaskis. I'm new to the area...	replies 0 views 1949	By Jim McNamara 2014-05-04
Kananaskis Spray Valley Tomorrow/Sunday 2014-04-26 By Kevin Oszust Is anyone interested in skiing tomorrow in the Spray Valley?	replies 3 views 2258	By Jim McNamara 2014-05-04
French Haig Robertson 2014 2014-03-31 By sdong Does anyone have any beta on conditions since the MCR post earlier this month? I suspect glacier coverage to be decent with all this new snow....	replies 2 views 2082	By sdong 2014-03-31
I got snow in my everything - Soap Box 2014-03-27 By trevdingman A snow fall warning fell over Banff area March 26 2014 so a friend and I tried to head to the resort on some free days. After finding out...	replies 1 views 2080	By Kevin Oszust 2014-03-31
Anybody interested in doing a tour tommorow in kcountry? 2014-03-07 By mikael.schlumpf Don't have a partner this weekend unfortunatley and looking to get out and do a tour in some of this fresh snow! Anybody interested? I live...	replies 1 views 2126	By Kevin Oszust 2014-03-08
Staying in the sun to stay warm- SOAP BOX 2014-02-13 By skiitsbetter It was cold out there, the thermometer in the car read -30C at the trailhead. Solar aspects were crusty. Northern aspects held the good snow, but...	replies 0 views 2266	By skiitsbetter 2014-02-13
Kananaskis Area Update 2014-01-01 By Kevin Oszust Hi, The skiing in and around Burstall Area is really hurting now. The Kananaskis Safety guys have given up and are ice climbing! Anyone visited...	replies 0 views 1996	By Kevin Oszust 2014-01-01
Just in time for X mas - SOAP BOX 2013-12-20 By trevdingman Finaly we get a good dump of snow in Kcountry with little to no wind Dec 18, and on the 19th we got a cold bluebird morning. Shawn and I...	replies 3 views 3097	By one4adventure 2013-12-20
Roctober! a Soap box entry 2013-10-31 By Chasing snowflakes On the up We set out on October 29th 2 days after a 35cm dump came through the Highwood pass region of Kananaskis...	replies 4 views 2786	By Shanekats 2013-11-16
Looking for someone who wants to do some backcountry in Kananaskis 2013-09-24 By luca80 Hi, I'm 33 years old and i do snowboard since i was 20. I just bought snowshoes and i want to start to do some backcountry in...	replies 4 views 2231	By Kevin Oszust 2014-03-08