Fondue trip skiers along the Kananaskis river near Ribbon Creek hostel Jan 2012
Fondue Tour
Category Archives: Mountain Tours
Blanket Glacier Wonderland!
By Derry
Backcountry skiers dream of carving turns in beautiful soft powder snow. We may have exceeded our dreams with 165 cms of new snow (over 5 feet) on our Blanket Glacier trip from March 18-25. Too much of a good thing!
Tonquin Valley Marathon
Family Day Weekend 2012 Authored by the group of 5
—-12 members of the ski club say “put the Tonquin Valley ski on your list“.
Good snow, warm temperatures, and a great adventure. We had heard that it is a long ski in and by God it was- in fact a ½ marathon long.
Our welcome at the lodge was warm and satisfying with waiting hot coffee, tea, juice, fresh chocolate chip cookies (hot cinnamon buns the next day) and with the reception of our generous and friendly hosts Sara and Caroline. Our very abundant and delicious, made from scratch, meals were served at a round table comfortably seating all 12 of us and equipped with a lazy-susan. One had to be quick with the self-serving as hungry ski- mates around the other side of the table wanted to “spin the wheel” to avail themselves of lasagne, greek salad, scalloped potatoes, ham, pancakes, bacon …and the list goes on.
Hilda Fat Ski Gallery
Warm weather and great snow lead to fantastic skiing, big smiles and a few crashes on the Hilda Yo-Yo Tour
It’s All Greek To Me
Tour leaders, Richard and Marilyn took nine of us on a beginners’ tour of the trails near Lake Louise, January 28-29. The skiers were: Frank, Trudy, Sally, Lorna, Dianne, Karen, and three new members, Sheila, Marilyn and Robert. The camaraderie and support for each other was evident in our group throughout the weekend.