November is usually a great month for watching movies, catching up on crafts, reading good books and trying out those new recipes you've been saving for a rainy day - all in anticipation for the ski season to start. Sure enough, Mother Nature called for an early winter this year. It's only mid-November, and the mountains already have the snow coverage you would expect to see in January! Whistler-Blackcomb opened this past weekend, two weeks early with a record early season base. That recipe is just going to have to wait.
Even the backcountry in the Squamish is good to go. But we weren't the only ones to realize that - Remembrance Day saw a full parking lot at Garibaldi Provincial Park, just up the road from Quest. But that didn't stop us from reaping the goods! The clouds parted and the sun peeked out, exposing a marvelous winter wonderland totally unexpected for this time of year.
And it ain't stopping! Check out the Whistler forecast below:Whistler Alpine Recreation Forecast
Alpine recreation forecast for the South Coast Mountains issued by Environment Canada at 2 PM PST Monday 16 November 2009. The next mountain forecast will be issued at 5 AM Tuesday. Synopsis.. A very intense front will remain stationary over the South Coast giving heavy snow and strong winds through Tuesday morning.
Alpine recreation forecast for the South Coast Mountains issued by Environment Canada at 2 PM PST Monday 16 November 2009. The next mountain forecast will be issued at 5 AM Tuesday. Synopsis.. A very intense front will remain stationary over the South Coast giving heavy snow and strong winds through Tuesday morning.
Whistler - Blackcomb.
Tonight..Snow heavy at times. Blowing snow. Alpine low minus 5. Snowfall accumulation 20 to 30 cm. Freezing level lowering to 1000 metres. Mountain top winds southeast 60 km/h gusting to 90 increasing to southwest 90 gusting to 120 around midnight giving near zero visibilities in snow and blowing snow.
Tuesday..Periods of snow. Alpine temperature falling to minus 7. Snowfall accumulation 5 to 10 cm. Freezing level 900 metres. Mountain top winds southwest 90 km/h gusting to 120 giving near zero visibilities in snow and blowing snow. Winds diminishing in the afternoon to southwest 30.
5 Day Trend.. A series of frontal systems will move across the South Coast through Friday.
Extended forecast for Whistler - Blackcomb. Wednesday.. Cloudy with flurries. Snow beginning late in the day. Snowfall accumulation 15 to 25 cm. Freezing level 1200 metres. Thursday.. Periods of snow. Snowfall accumulation 25 to 35 cm. Freezing level 1200 metres. Friday.. Snow. Snowfall accumulation 15 to 25 cm. Freezing level 900 metres.
Copyright 2009 Environment Canada.
