Pace on Earth

Velvet Snow

Crabbe Mountain's website is showing the year to date accumulated snowfall to be at 194cm. Typically I would not have any clue what that meant in feet but it just so happens that's the one metric lenght measurement I do know; it's 6'3", just like me. In other words that's a lot of snow. That's more snow then has fallen in the last 3 winters combined (so I heard someone say). And the craziest part is that it's only the first week of January. This picture may look the same as the one from mid-December but it's actually from the New Year's Eve storm. Another storm followed on Wednesday and as of today we are still digging out.

This much snow reminds me of two things: 1)my youth, I'm sure this is the kind of snowfall that I grew up with. I bet that there are kids out there who don't even konw that King of the Mountain is, and not just because of PC safety BS. 2)Ski Towns - I remember visiting the ski bums in Fernie or Nelson and being amazed at the sheer amount of snow. Well that's what Freddy looks like right now - a little ski town. It's awesome.It made for the best Snow Bowl in recent memory too!

Pace out.

Labels: Freddy Beach

posted by Vitamin S @ 3:58 p.m.