kiteboyza - 26-11-2012 at 06:37 AM
Any info on ice? Is it kiteable yet, got a week in Canmore and need a spot to kite
Thanks
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macboy - 26-11-2012 at 01:09 PM
Get in touch with Transcanada Tom (tctom (at) me.com) - he'll likely have the most up to date info. Or hit up the Bow Valley Snowkite group on
Facebook.
kiteboyza - 26-11-2012 at 08:28 PM
thanks Mac...still not enough ice...bah! i hear rumours of people kiting Pigeon Lake though
canuck - 27-11-2012 at 10:15 PM
Tom posted on another forum that Spray needs a couple more weeks but he has been out on Vermillion Lakes already. They are just west of Banff
townsite. Lac des Arcs on the way into Canmore could also be ready but nobody has confirmed that for me yet. Still enough snow in cowtown to not drive
too far to kite but the wind has been light.
canuck - 29-11-2012 at 10:39 PM
windguru is forecasting good winds for Saturday (10mph gusting to 30 by 5 PM) but light on Sunday (2-7 mph) at Vermillion Lakes.
canuck - 1-12-2012 at 02:31 PM
Another bogus forecast ..Where's the wind? :dunno: Cold with new snow overnight but no Chinook winds yet.... They will likely show up as the sun goes
down. Hope the clouds go away and the moon shines bright.
rectifier - 3-12-2012 at 08:31 PM
I was up XC skiing near Spray this weekend and there is almost NO ICE! Most of the lakes are open water, surprising as Chestermere appears to be
frozen pretty thick by now. It was 0C up there and the skiing was terrible, waxed for -10 as it should have been colder than Calgary!
I agree where are these Chinook winds... it has been windless for a month...
Prussik - 5-12-2012 at 09:00 AM
Historically, the season at Spray starts late compared to the other lakes. It is a very deep lake (and so a large mass of water to cool) exposed to
Chinook winds. But the depth works to its advantage in May, occasionally in June. Winds ? - have been good (if anything - too much) in all the windy
locations.