Posted on 06/24/2011 5:57:29 AM PDT by Libloather
Mount Washington to open in July for first time ever
By Lindsay Chung - Comox Valley Record
Updated: June 21, 2011 2:07 PM
Thousands of people skied and snowboarded this weekend at Mount Washington — and this wasn't even their last chance.
Mount Washington Alpine Resort opened to skiers and boarders in June for the second straight year this Father's Day weekend, and with so much snow still on the hill, the mountain will be opening for skiing and boarding July 1, 2 and 3 — the same time as it opens for summer operations with its Mile High Chairlift rides.
"That will be the first time we've been open in July," said resort spokesperson Brent Curtain. "I don't see in a week and a half to two weeks (the snow) melting away."
Lift tickets will cost $25 for the first July skiing in Mount Washington's history.
**SNIP**
This winter, Mount Washington received more than 19 metres of snow — the deepest winter in resort history — and it claimed the deepest snow pack in Canada before opening day in December.
(Excerpt) Read more at bclocalnews.com ...
Record snowfall extends ski season to July
Other resorts scheduled to remain open for July 4 include Mount Bachelor in Oregon, Arapahoe Basin in Colorado and Snowbird in Utah.
Don't put those skis away just yet
Celebrate July 1 ...on the ski slopes!
An Aussie ski season filled with promise
Global warming!
Errr... I mean Climate Change!
Only taxation can reverse this man-made global warming caused snow.
Today is opening day of the ski season in Chile. El Colorado is now open, La Parva expects to open next week and Valle Nevado on 15 July.
I think it is really classy of the British Columbians to name a mountain after our first president. ;->
I look out my window and Red Mountain, just over the border in Canada, is still covered in snow.
19 meters of snow is a lot of snow to melt. And what if it doesn’t all melt? And then next summer’s snowpack adds more? Could be that a trend is starting.
I wonder how the polar ice cap is doing?
I wonder how the polar ice cap is doing?
Sorry, can’t see that far
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