This winter season marks 25 years of X-C groomed tracks in Yoho! It is also the anniversary of Emerald Sports & Gifts.
The Field Kicking Horse Ski Club has been getting ready for the upcoming 2013-2014 season.
❄ Our crated brand new skidoo arrived at Motor Tech Enterprises in Golden mid September.
❄ Kathryn Cameron picked up the new track setter from Advance Tracksetting in Sherwood Park, AB October 21.
❄ John Morrison purchased a used track setter from Lake O’hara Lodge and gathered old equipment to bring to Emerald Lake.
❄ David Allen picks up the new sled from Golden and brings it to Field.
❄ Sean Coubrough of Parks Canada helps us find winter storage for new equipment.
❄ Todd Keith of Parks Canada skied through bureaucracy to get the green light to do new trail construction.
❄ 5 days later the Club has a new trail thanks to Mountain Iron Construction / Ryan Gallagher of Golden BC.
❄ Michael Furfaro helps with the chainsaw clean up work.
❄ The new trail “the Re- Connector” avoids the avalanche area on the Tally-Ho cliffs, drops down towards the Natural Bridge and then bear’s back up again. It is still an intermediate to advance trail rating as most of the Connector. Just waiting for snow at this point(so we are heading for Hawaii)
❄ First trails to get track set this early winter will be along Emerald Lake and the Alluvial Fan with possibly the first 2 km of the upper connector down the Emerald River.
❄ The remainder of the Connector, including the new Re-connector, is usually not track set until after the Christmas holidays due to less snowfall in that area and the roughness of the terrain.
❄ Other trails to open early are the Kicking Horse Fire Road from the Information Bureau to the Otterhead River and the Takkakkaw Falls Road.
❄ Sign up for free updates on the web site to keep in the loop (bottom of the HOME page). Send in your memberships and get ready to ski this winter.
We appreciate the support of Skier Bob for promoting Yoho trails. Check out his site: www.skihere.ca
Ski ya later hey… Marilyn, Bruce, and Denise
Marilyn checking out the new sled.
The new Re-connecter!
