A Mountain Adventure 2023

We cross country skied every day that we were at Silverstar! It’s just so incredible to be able to ski out the door! The trails are also groomed every day! Every day that we were at Silverstar was a snow day with lots of beautiful light champagne powder! Such a spectacular place!

Ross’s 60th birthday dinner at The Den at Silverstar followed by a Powder Day! The champagne powder is just so so light! It’s magical skiing!

It’s a very flat boring highway until you get closer to Jasper. Near Jasper we encountered many friends along the road. It was a good rest day after our race! Such beautiful animals! Once we got to Jasper we went up to Pyramid Lake and then went to the Jasper Park Lodge for the night!…

The Canadian Birkiebeiner is held just outside of Edmonton and the first one was held in 1987. It follows the tradition of the Norwegian Birkiebeiner, held in Lillehammer, Norway since 1932. There is also the American Birkiebeiner which began in 1973 and is the largest cross country ski in North America. Skiers ski from Cable…

The Evan Thomas Creek waterfalls are really beautiful! Along the 11.1 hiking loop you’ll see 7 waterfalls with the Green Monster Falls at the very end! There was no water to be seen coming down the falls, just greeny-bluish ice! So cool! The creek did have some open water sections. It’s an easy hike but…

It sure is a long gondola to get up to the lodge at Sunshine- 5 kms.! It was a cloudy day but quite warm. Unfortunately, there hadn’t been any fresh snow in a few days. However, the coverage was better than Lake Louise. The skiable terrain is huge! We had a great day with some…

This is a beautiful facility with all of the amenities a cross country skier needs. It was designed and built for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. The trail network has been expanded since. The trails were wide, well groomed and sweet for classic or skate skiing. There are also fat bike trails and snowshoe trails. The…

Today we went downhill skiing at Lake Louise. It was a was a mix of sun and cloud with a balmy temperature of -9 degrees. What a spectacular place to ski-so much terrain. Unfortunately the snow coverage was a bit thin. We still had a fabulous day! The highlight was skiing off the back of…

After 32 years of teaching Elementary School for me and 30 years of practising medicine, as an orthopaedic surgeon for Ross we are both officially retired from full time work! We have also just reached the great age of 60 and have decided to spend at least 60 days living in the mountains of Western…

Welcome to my Mountain Adventure Blog! I hope you enjoy reading about the highlights of our trip and get inspired to spend some time in the mountains! Marie The view of Mt. Temple from Lake Louise Ski Resort. Ross and I climbed to the summit of Mt. Temple (11,600 feet) in 2013 on a Summer…