Tales from the Trails

Treks

A Canadian Crossing of Finland: The Border to Border Event

By Norbert Meier and partner, Silvia Stettler of Canmore, Alberta March 19, 2011 The ski across Finland is now completed.  We both have mixed emotions about it and it will […]

1967 Great Divide Ski Traverse

This article is retyped below the images for ease of reading Source: Bow Valley Crag and Canyon

Border to Border Ski : Finland

Loppets

A Vasaloppet Experience
Our 2012 Loppet Adventure

Dave Rees and Jean Bristow: Canmore Masters Skiers We spent Valentine’s Day 2012 side-by-each in our black Chevy. It was the day we set out from Canmore on a three […]

The Fossavatnsgangen: 2014

Fossavatnsgangan – that’s easy for you to say! By Jon Amundsen Alberta Master Skier April, 2014 We arrived in Iceland with only the minimal website information on this first week of […]

Competitions

A Nightmare Race Adventure

A trip to Europe with Junior skiers… often these trips were chaotic as the one described below…. FILE: LW-ITALY . RPT January 22, 1992 MEMO TO: NSTC , Management Group […]

An Early Biathlon Story

Canadian Military Biathlon Team Competes in 1957 World Championships In 1956, Second Lieutenant Garry Hunt, 22 years old, of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment (PPCLI), was stationed in […]

The Alpe Cermis Climb 2015
Arctic Circle Race 2009
Masters World Cup 2015: The Russian Adventure
Canadian Masters 2014
Report on Toblach Races
Masters Skiing in Europe: January 2014

Text by Jean Bristow and Photos by Dave Rees January 2014 was earmarked in our calendar a year ago as the month when we would complete three Worldloppets and the […]