Goose Creek Trail Feb 22nd 

With reports for Goose Creek trail coming in saying the trail is in great shape past 4km we will be keeping the cat off this week to try prolong the snow on the lower section of the trail. Lots of rock on the lower section so take it easy. Your call if you want to try drive up if you see dirt at the trail entrance. The ice we had at the bottom is now slush and dirt as of this morning mostly dirt.

Ladybird Trail Feb 22nd 

East Ladybird Trail groomed to 24km. The snow was wet all the way back but we gain very little elevation on that trail. Had a report from a rider there was 15cms of fresh a 19km cat turnaround of good snow. Parking is your call, some are parking at the cat and others in the lot. If you choose to drive up its a logging road so keep it in the middle as the ditches may not be so visible. 
Be safe out there and check the avy reports if your not sure about conditions.
​ Remember its been quit a different year so be sure to remember that as the melt does have some risk and down low its here.

Ladybird Trail Feb 14th 2024

Norns Creek Trail to 19km cat turnaround groomed.
Probed 180cms with 28cms of fresh since our last run up there.
We encourage you all to park in the 3km lot for now as there is enough snow to cool sleds and truck traffic will make the road messy. The cat is still at 7km and will move down if we get some better snow next week. 

Goose Creek Trail Feb 16th 2024

Groomer is up tonight and reports 190cms of base with good powder ontop of a crust about 30cms below. Again we hope everyone will use the parking lot as the first half a km is pretty icy and truck traffic if not the best. Better snow is not to far up. 

Have a great weekend and be safe out there. 

​Ladybird Trail Feb 8th 2024


Ladybird trail groomed to 22km on east ladybird. We decided to head up the backside this week as we had not been that direction due to the logging activities. Although the trail up to 14km was in good shape it did need to be widened out for the tiller. Pulling some of the bank snow onto the trail was our goal. Not much new snow to report as we only saw 1500 meters in elevation, so spring like conditions to there. The cat is still parked just before 7 km with a small park area there and a larger area about 100 meters before it. Not much room for turning trailer’s around at the cat so you may want to stop when you see our signs up ahead. 

Goose Creek Trail Feb 8th 2024
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The br-180 and drag are now parked up at 2 km. The plan is to try grooming across the snow bridge tonight as temps have been better this past week. Parking is tough on Goose when you have to drive up as switch backs are best but there are only a couple unless your ok riding gravel. Trailers are not recommended unless your prepared to unhook and spin around by hand. If all goes well tonight we will update the website tomorrow morning for those looking for snow conditions up top.
Quick update on snow for Goose we probed 30cms of fresh powder at the airport and 185cms of base. Solid crust under the fresh. Parked cat just after the 2km bluffs problem is not alot of parking up there so you may have to ride the bluff secton of gravel if you decide to head up. 

Thanks goes out to CIMS again this season for helping out with a 500 dollar fuel tank fill. Your donation goes a long ways toward helping the club and community.

Also want to thank all of you that bought memberships this season as the trail collection is way down. Your memberships and donations from all our great sponsors are the only way this club survives. If you hear others say they are going to just do trail passes next season remind them of what it means especially on a low snow pack year. Still lots of season left up top to explore with this type of snowpack.

Be safe and check the avy reports before heading out.

Ladybird Trail Feb 1st 2024

Trail groomed from 6.5km to 19km cat turnaround on Norns Creek. All went well other than the snow is not so good, as it was raining hard to 19km. We pulled snow from banks from 6.5 to 11km to make riding from cat parking spot better for sleds so please try not driving  past cat with trucks. If  the ice thats on the road gets ruts in it from truck traffic we may have to stay off it with the cat. Some ditches were settled but we were able to repair them as they were still intact. 
Probed 160cm and 10cm of wet heavy sloppy snow. 

Goose Creek Trail Feb 2nd 2024

Trail is also not so good, as the bottom has melted to the point you may want to drive up anywhere up to 1km. Please don't go further than you need to as it does melt the snow off quicker. The best thing would be to stay off it if you can resist the urge. I know how it is, I was there many years ago but it is bad.  The report from the cat team today was that the snow bridge at the Frosty Y is still intact but the cat was sinking into the trail about 5inches so it was decided to not cross it. From the picture you can see it looks good for sleds but if we lose it by crossing it we the cat we may not be able to get it back in this season. Please ride like its spring if you must ride and hopfully we get some cooler temps next week.  
Enjoy the weekend and be safe out there.