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XC Skiing at Boom Lake

Boom Lake is easily one of my top 3 cross country ski trails in the Canadian Rockies. Although it’s never machine groomed/track set, it has enough elevation gain that you’re quite often using a herringbone or snowplow instead of the skier set track. The lack of grooming also makes this feel like a back country […]

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XC Skiing at Elk Pass

When it comes to cross country skiing, the first area to be trackset each season is usually Lake Louise. The second area is quite often the southern end of the Kananaskis Lakes, which sit at a higher elevation and see quite a bit of snow due to the lake effect. The highest point in this

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XC Skiing at Lake Louise

The Lake Louise area is usually the first area in the Canadian Rockies to get trackset for XC skiing. The Moraine Lake road in particular typically closes around Thanksgiving day and sees its first snowfall shortly after. The photo above was taken at the entrance to the Moraine Lake road and as you can see,

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