Expedition Canada

It's Wet Mon Jan 16th Roberts Creek Towards the end of last year as the drought continued into Winter, if we had doubts about the area retaining the status of a Temperate Rainforest, we should not have worried.  It has been wet.  Not enough to cause the level of flooding that the UK and California has suffered, but wet.  The creeks are in full flood. In the mountains the snow has been abundant, unlike much of Europe - though that appears to be improving, but interspaced with warm and occasional wetter weather.  As a result the snowpack is Avalanche Warnings in SW BC unstable and the avalanche risk is at 3 of 5.  A "considerable" risk rating.  Off piste and backcountry skiing is not advised. The blue blobs at the top of the map are the Whistler area. Not that it affects us, we have cashed in our season passes as Fred's hip replacement is due in Feb.  I hope to get up for the occasional boys-day-out before the op and and when we get back f...

Still feels like Summer Mon Oct 3rd Sunset over Van Island - still warm enough to eat outside Message from the editor:  Technical glitches in the last blog update email, lost the formatting and didn’t save the changes after the typos were corrected.  Guardian readers may not have noticed.  The forecast rain reported in the last blog never arrived, water restrictions remain in place and the Sunshine Coast Regional District has convened their Emergency Committee.  Although it’s cooler at either end of the day, temperatures have been in the mid twenties which is 6c - 10c above average for this time of year.  The rain forecast set to swamp the Public Holiday next weekend  (Monday Oct 10th is Thanksgiving in Canada) is also looking less likely, maybe a few showers.  The coast has gone 80 days without any significant rainfall.   Some are speculating it may lose its status as a temperate rain forest. Canadian Thanksgiving is a celebration of th...