The winter that wasnt

Just arriving at work this morning with my jacket off and a light sweat up... and its still early Feb. Depressing or what? This is almost an Australian winter!

So last week all my dreams of local snow were crushed well and truly with a massive Pineapple Express rolling through coastal BC. It produced some record snowfalls up further in places like Terrace BC, but down here in Vancouver where the temperature was around 15 degrees, it was hard and heavy rain. The local hills were wiped clean of snow, taking it back to grass and dirt.

snowmaking, with lots of dirt in there..

Even Whistler was washed out, with a swimming pool forming under one of the highest chairlifts:

Wakeboarding anyone?

So with my cousin arriving this weekend with her snowboard this weekend, I might have to get her out on a bike instead!