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May 1, 2024 · Wally (left) and Levi Huser stand with Salmo Ski Hill in the background. The community hill was open only 14 days last season. Photo: Tyler Harper
May 1, 2024 · Christopher Nicholson is president of the Canada West Ski Areas Association, which represents 130 ski areas located in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Yukon. He said hills the size of Salmo’s represent the majority of ski areas in Western Canada, but not all of them are struggling in the same way, depending on location.
May 2, 2024 · The snowpack, which was recorded by the BC River Forecast Centre at just 72 per cent of normal for the West Kootenay on April 1, is impacting the region’s wildlife in a variety of ways. Kootenay Lake is partially fed by glacier melt, but it doesn’t rise naturally with the freshet.
Feb 7, 2024 · The warm winter in the West Kootenay has also crimped Whitewater Ski Resort’s snow season, with a snow base almost three feet below its summit average of 90 inches (www.onthesnow.com) at 56 inches (143 centimetres). The daily snow report is taken at the Summit weather plot at 1,950 metres.
Oct 8, 2020 · On August 5, a bus pulled up to a helipad at Parson, BC, southeast of Golden. A group of about 30 individuals, all wearing masks, were decked out in ski gear, complete with helmets, gloves and ...
Dec 31, 2020 · When Steve Spencer of Rossland, B.C., and his friends entered a lottery back in May to book a backcountry ski trip in the West Kootenay, provincial COVID-19 case counts were low and staycations ...
Feb 10, 2022 · Heavy snowfall early in the new year has pushed the West Kootenay’s snowpack levels to the highest in the province. The River Forecast Centre’s first update for February says precipitation ...
