It feels like a switch has been flipped. Someone, namely, a microscopic multicellular microbe we call the Corona virus pushed the fast forward button to the end of the Alpine ski season and the lifts have stopped turning. The ‘big shrink’ of the snowpack has rapidly...
Crust season is upon us, though the ability to stay on the surface depends greatly on aspect, or degree of exposure to the sun. South facing and flat, open aspects have gotten plenty saturated during the warmth of these past sunny days, so that with the firming chill...
It is hard to say whether March came in like a lion or a lamb this year. Moderate temperatures, partly cloudy skies with some wind that brought in light flurries with little accumulation heralded the beginning of the month. Perhaps this would be the predictor of a...
As the snowbanks pile up to monumental heights, and snow-covered streets are narrowed to tighter lanes for travel, we are starting to look more like a classic mountain town, ensconced deeply in Ullr’s wintry embrace. The trails, likewise, are laden with a thick...
There is a LOT of snow out there, and it just keeps coming! Weather disturbances have just lined up to drop their load of white fluff upon us with little pause for us to come up for air. Between the skiing and the shoveling, snow sliding devotees have been kept busy...
We sit, one month into the new decade, perched on the fence of fate. Shall we drop to the inside and maintain the status quo, or do we venture forth into the unknown future with hopes that change will bring us good fortune and good times? I’m talking of course, about...
The winter seems to be flying by without taking a pause for a breather. No warm spells, no dry spells, just continued cooler temperatures and periodic refreshening snow showers. There! Just jinxed it for all of those who are ready for a reprieve from the frosty icy...
Ullr has been kind to our little winter hamlet amidst the Rocky Mountains, providing both frequent moisture and low temperatures that can keep a skier smiling. A few bouts of wind, some waves of moisture from the west, and the snowpack just keeps piling up. The...
Merry Christmas from the trails! We have had a wonderful gift of 18-24” of white fun on the ground upon which to glide to our hearts content. A cold front brought us up through mid-December to the Solstice with crystal-preserving lows and highs that only dallied...
We are nigh onto Christmas and it is certain to be a white one here in the Fraser Valley. Snow cover pervades the landscape and grooming on community trails has begun. First passes have been made on the Fraser River trail from Safeway south to Rendezvous, in the old...
