Worst Skiing In Canada For Years
Canada’s previous good snow was not evident this year after and very poor conditions left some people calling it the worst season in 10 years. People taking holidays in Canada this year got something of let down.
Plentiful snow and some of the best ski runs around make Canada world renowned by skier and snowboarders alike. The resort of Whistler is a house hold name and thousands of people embark on the pilgrimage to the great Canadian Rockies every year in search of their adrenaline fix. However, this season just gone did not delivery quite as much magic as people were expecting.
A freak -30 degrees high pressure period just before the Christmas period left the slopes wanting and the usual low pressure snow drop never really materialised. There were small flurries happening now and again of around 4cm but not enough to stick and certainly not enough to ride on comfortably.One man interviewed as he left a resort states “it’s been borderline terrible”. Castle was the resort he had been to the previous week but upon his arrival he was greeted by zero cover and exposed slopes.“I maybe got 4 days of riding out of 14, that’s not good”. Another visitor said that she decided to ditch the skiing in favour of doing some sightseeing on one of the local company’s polar bear holidays.
The unreliable temperatures and pressures that caused the lack of snow have been blamed by many of the effects of global warming.Europe and most of America have been fortunate enough to benefit from some of the best snow they have had in years though, taking some of the weight out of this argument.Bad luck is the general consensus and most people think that next year will be a different story