Mt. WASHINGTON at New Year's

 “A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”   ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

 MT. WASHINGTON is currently open. 68/82 trails open. Snow depth is 168cm at the summit as well. If you can brave the crowds on New Years week, this is the place to be. 

 Provided you can find a parking space......so popular.

Mt Washington  is a snow paradise , skiing, tubing, snow boarding  resort ;the eastern side of the Vancouver Island Ranges in British Columbia, Canada. 

 The closest town is in the Comox Valley, about 45 minutes drive down.

 Beautiful place to be. Summer. Winter. We've mostly gone up in summer when it's been so hot. But the snow seems to be a drawing card.

 We've never stayed up there. But Mt. Washington Village is  really popular with many of our friends.

 Seems like every week there is something planned on the mountain.

 Tobogganing, Snow tubing......

 Snowshoe Fondue ( snowshoe through Strathcona park and return to Raven lodge for a fondue)

 Fat Biking ( Fat Tire Nordic mountain bikes on the snowy trails)

 And coming in the spring of 2019: ZIPLINE down 2.3 km of Mt. Washington. (2313 meters and drop 415 meters) 

 Hmmmmmm Zipline. High up. Whoosh. Zoom......

 Will have to think about that. I'm not real keen on heights.....but it would be cool. Maybe my daughter will go.....and she can go whoosh, zoom across the mountain ........

 “There is no such thing as too much snow.” – Doug Coombs

Photographs 2019