Canadian Birkie Trails at Cooking Lake-Blackfoot PRA

Trail conditions at Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area (PRA) can vary greatly, depending on localized precipitation, tree cover, and the timing of snow or rain events.  Please check back here regularly for updated trail condition reports. 

 

If you have "hot off the trail" information on trails that you just skied, you're invited to provide "citizen trail reporting" so that we can respond quickly to changes in trail conditions posted here.

                                     

Click here for current Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation Trail Conditions report for Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area.


 

Conditions as at February 2, 2012 are shown below.  Trails are much improved with recent grooming!

 

OVERALL SNOW CONDITIONS
Snow accumulation: 24 cm 
Packed Base Depth: -
WASKEHEGAN STAGING AREA:
Cross Country Ski Trails: All open.  Groomed and track set on Feb. 1 to Islet Lake

CONDITIONS: Good
BLACKFOOT STAGING AREA:
Cross Country Ski Trails, Skate Skiing & Dog Sleds:   All open.  Groomed and track set Feb. 2

CONDITIONS: Very good
CENTRAL STAGING AREA:
Cross Country Ski Trails: All open.  Groomed and track set Feb. 1

CONDITIONS: Good
ISLET LAKE STAGING AREA:
Cross Country Ski Trails:  All open.  Groomed and track set on Feb. 1 to Waskehegan

CONDITIONS: Good

 


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