From many perspectives, January was a stellar month at Sunshine. It snowed every day, and there was powder all over the place. The temps were typically -10 to -8°, so cool but not cold. But the viz was usually poor, and about half the time the winds were a pain. Today was “deja vu all [...]
It started snowing around the Banff townsite on my way in, and it snowed all day, finally giving up as the day drew to a close. That doesn’t mean there was no viz; even up in the cloud on Divide, the viz was entirely adequate. It was sunnier over on Goat’s Eye all day, and [...]
While mostly a blue sky day, it was still an interesting weather day. It started with a cap cloud on Divide that was curling over onto Delirium that looked very surreal. On and off during the day, it snowed, but without a cloud in sight. The hill wasn’t reporting anything new overnight, but I’m sure [...]
Today was a carbon copy of yesterday, though the powder is now mostly tracked out. Same sun. Same chilly temps. Same lack of wind (mostly). Same crowd (okay, maybe a slightly smaller crowd). A nice day, but a bit better to be cruising the very silky groomers than venturing too far into the boonies.