Maps, Tools and Safety

The C.O.R.E. Maps page is a collection of trail maps the our hike leaders have collected during outing planning.
Some are uploaded directly to our website, while others may be simply links to readily available maps.

Topographical Maps

• The Atlas of Canada – Toporama

Hiking Trails

• Kananaskis Trails by Gillean & Tony Daffern
• Crowsnest Pass Hiking Trails 1
• Crowsnest Pass Hiking Trails 2
• Calgary Bike and Walking Pathways
• Nosehill Park Pathways
• West Bragg Creek

Winter Trails

• SkierRoger – XC Ski conditions blog
• Lake Louise Ski Trails
• Peter Lougheed Provincial Park X-Country Ski Trails
• Kananaskis – Ribbon Creek north
• Kananaskis – Ribbon Creek south
• West Bragg Creek Ski Trails
• Yoho Park Winter trails

Cross Country Ski Instructional Videos

Some beginner and intermediate videos to help you get started and improve your XC skills and technique

• Beginners guide to Cross Country Skiing – Breckenridge Nordic Center

• Classic Cross-Country Skiing for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started – REI Co-op

• Beginner Cross Country Ski Lesson – Nordic Ski Lab

• Beginners Guide to Cross-Country Skiing: Get Started with the Classic Technique – MXC

• Basic Classic Ski Techniques: Striding and Polling – Missoula Nordic Ski Club

• Intro to Classic XC Skiing (Part 4): Jared Manninen – Turning, stopping and slowing down

• Intro to Classic XC Skiing – Jared Manninen has a whole series of XC ski videos if you subscribe to his channel

• Fundamentals of cross country skiing technique – Beginner to Intermediate – xczonetv & o2films