Things have been quiet here on the blogging front recently. But, aside from that, the current question is when will it snow? It's December 6th today ... and the snow conditions on the south coast of BC are pretty darn minimal.
I've been trolling lots of weather sites, and have an impressive list of sites to uncover snow depth and weather info. But, the reality is that this is a very late start to winter this year. I skied at Blackcomb on November 27th last year - had a 9000m day, and recorded " blue sky, fresh snow, and cool temperatures - a perfect day!". I recall a great snow pack. In constrast, right now Whistler/Blackcomb has a 40cm base (that's, like, one foot and 3 inches or so). On the local hills, there's no snow covering the lower cut on Grouse Mountain, and only a few centimeters of snow up higher.
Further afield, I've heard that folks have been having some good skiing at Roger's Pass - up above treeline.
I'm supposed to lead an alpine club trip next weekend to explore up the S and W sides of Mt. Sproatt from the new Whistler Olympic Park (that's where the x-country and ski jumping will be for the 2010 Olympics). But, they only have a few centimeters on the ground, so very likely I'll be canning that trip ... unless there's a big dump of snow down to 1000m or so (not looking good right now).
Ron, Carole, Gord, Jenny, Killaine & I are planning to do the Bonnington Traverse near Nelson over New Years - snow is pretty light out there too (again, 40cm reported at Whitewater).
Ah well ... one thing is (hopefully) certain ... it will snow sometime soon!
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