This is good news if one is an avid skier!
It is rather early in the season - maybe too early to make any difference, but it's "dumping" at the ski hill!
George is up there right now building a house and he has had to work in the snowy conditions for the last two days. Long underwear, heavy jacket, gloves and a hat have are his work partners at the moment.
We live only a two-hour drive north of the 49th parallel, so our living conditions are far from "arctic"! We would have to travel much farther north and cross the 60th parallel to find those severe type of conditions.
That said, we are looking forward to a snowy winter - hopefully...
The past few seasons have been pretty sketchy - very little snowfall and too much ice. Thank goodness for snowmaking machines! Right now there are some international ski teams doing their pre-season training.
I LOVE snow.
Whether it's here in the valley where we have to shovel it, or up in the peaks where we have to ski it...
We will be saying the skiers' prayer tonight!
I love snow too! How pretty and fun!
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I'm dying for some snow - although I loved the beautiful day we had here. For living in the mountains (much older than the young Rockies), we don't see a lot here. I've heard there's been times when people have been snowed in for days here ... of course, I lived through Ice Storm 98 in Eastern Ontario, so I'm ready! I'm so jealous you go skiing. I haven't been downhill in about 12 years, although I did a lot of cross country and snowshoing before I moved.
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