Happy holidays everyone! After a few weeks of asking for some good, colder storms it looks like we're finally getting it. This week we skied a few different spots all over the Coquihalla and Manning Park zones and found conditions becoming more and more wintery with improving coverage
Last weekend officially kicked off Ascent's winter programs! We got out exploring the Manning Park and Coquihalla Summit backcountry and while Manning still has less snow than other local zones, we managed to find some good touring up towards Poland Lake. On Sunday, we skied 25-35cm of fresh
This week, our big question was the impact of last weekend's wet storm. The answer was some good news, some bad news. The good news is that freezing levels dropped late on Saturday across the region and that a good amount of the storm still came in an
After a steady walloping of snow for the past few weeks, this week saw clear skies, warmer temps and rising freezing levels. The bad news is that this melted out some of our snow and set up a crust across a lot of aspects and elevations. The good news is
After a solid series of storm cycles piled up snow in our local mountains, the forecast is decidedly drier this week. Coverage is decent, and better the higher up you get, but overall the snowpack is still early season with rocks lurking, alder still standing in open areas and creeks
It's been a minute since winter started like this in the Pacific Northwest. All across the region, the mountains are starting to turn white and fill in with snow. Here in the Fraser Valley, people have been touring up Cheam, on the Coquihalla Summit and both Manning Park
Last Friday, after a week of looking up at the Cheam Range on clear days, I finally got out for a first tour of the season. I had pretty low expectations, which was good because conditions were still very marginal. That being said, I still got some turns which, for
The last week has brought more cold, snowy weather to higher elevations throughout the Fraser Valley. Looking up at the Cheam Range from Chilliwack, conditions look to be off to a nice start for the season. But, it is still very early in the season, so there is a lot
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Welcome to Ascent Guides new Fraser Valley Backcountry Conditions report! Right now, I'm sitting at Land Cafe looking up the Chilliwack River Valley at a fresh dusting of snow on the peaks. To our west, I'm already hearing reports of some early season turns on the