Tomorrow may the be the official first day of spring, but high in the mountains it couldn't feel more like mid-winter right now. This past week saw lots of people getting out, and finding both great powder skiing, and some touchy and widespread wind and storm slab avalanche
Like many of you, the warmer weather a couple weeks ago had us starting to dust off trail runners and mountain bikes, but winter isn't done quite yet. Last weekend we had our Community Uphill Day with the Hope Mountain Center. With mixed precipitation and high freezing levels
I'll be honest, we didn't get out skiing that much this past week. Between the Vancouver Outdoor Show last weekend and fighting off a flu, time on snow has been hard to come by. But, we did get a few reports. Over the weekend, temperatures soared,
Afternoon update: Avalanche Canada has issued a Special Public Avalanche Warning for most of BC this weekend, including the Fraser Valley. Last weekend was a mixed bag when it came to snow and weather. On the one hand, we finally got some snow. On the other hand, we had to
After a prolonged period of arctic outflow and high pressure, this past weekend saw a return to more normal coastal weather patterns. This week, conditions in both the Coquihalla Summit and Manning Park have been a bit mixed. We've found everything from powder turns to wind hammered snow,
Brrrr! This past week of skiing has been some of coldest we've experienced in recent years in southwestern BC, but with the cold temps we've found some great snow. Let's get into it. This past week we've spent most of our ski
Last weekend winter roared back into our local mountains with 30-60cm's of new snow across our local mountains. We couldn't be happier about the return of winter, but with it comes some elevated avalanche hazard that could be challenging to manage. Let's get into
You can feel it in the air this morning. After a long, sunny, dry stretch of weather, winter is making its way back to the North Cascades. This will bring some fresh snow, but also ramp up avalanche hazard. Let's get into it. The past week we found
This past week has been blue skies and cool temperatures. It makes for beautiful days in the mountains but less than ideal skiing conditions. Everywhere except protected northerly aspects has seen significant solar effect. Add with a widespread inversion crust across most of the mountains, finding good snow is challenging.
It's been a beautiful week here in the Fraser Valley. Normally we would love that, but this time of year, we're hoping for storms. Let's get into this week's snow report. Last weekend conditions were pretty decent in our local mountains. After
The last week brought on drier start to January with stable weather, minimal precipitation and some beautiful bluebird days. Conditions through last weekend and early this week were quite good. Some fresh snow was redistributed moderate to strong winds, particularly onto northerly slopes at alpine and treeline. On supported and
The end of 2024 and the start of 2025 has brought some great skiing. From storm days to bluebird powder days, the past week has been great for getting after it all across the North Cascades. Overall, we've seen 20-50cm's of cold, unconsolidated snow atop a