WINTER IN CALGARY



old man winter's bitter grasp on my city has eased - just slightly - and i took the opportuntiy to get out on the xc skis for the first time this winter. one of the benefits of this hard, snowy, cold winter so far is that the golf course by my house has been trackset and there is close to 8kms of groomed xc trails that are in really good shape. in the ten years i have lived here this is the best i've seen these trails - so, might as well enjoy it before a chinook comes in and melts everything. i think if the weather holds i will try loading the xc stuff on my xtracycle and maybe ride over instead of driving...