Snowfall warning for North Island New Zealand Issued 24 July at 10am local time. A deepening sub-tropical depression will quickly cross North Island on Saturday accompanied by a short period of gales and heavy rain. Expect easterly blizzard conditions to develop on Ruapehu as well as the ranges from the Tararuas to the Kawekas and perhaps even further north. A Cool SE flow with further bands of snow for mountains elsewhere. Many resorts have seen more than 20cm snow over the past 24hrs.

Mount Washington, Canada - BC

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Ski or snowboard on an island in the Pacific! Mount Washington Alpine Resort is ideally located on Vancouver Island just off BC’s wild west coast. Whether you’re a snowboarder or a skier of the tele, nordic or alpine variety, Mount Washington provides the flavour for all discerning tastes. Straddling spectacular Strathcona Provincial Park and overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the resort attracts massive amounts of snow. Mount Washington’s 1600 acres of bountiful terrain welcomes the legendary 10 metres of the fluffy white stuff every winter season. Add an average ambient temperature of -3C and it’s easy to see why islanders want to keep Mount Washington Alpine Resort a secret!

Resorts close to Mount Washington include: Cypress Mountain (156 km), Grouse Mountain (165 km), Whistler (169 km), Mount Seymour (176 km), Chilcotin Mountain Range - TLH Heliskiing (216 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 60	Halfpipes: 0
	Summit: 1589 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 20% Int: 35% Adv: 45%	Terrain Parks: 2
	Vertical Drop: 505 m	X-Country: 55 km
	Lifts: 8 (6 chair lifts, 2 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: N
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 0	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 6	Acres of ski: 1600
	Bars: 1	Nearest Airport: Comox Valley (YQQ)
	Nearest Train: E&N	Info phone: +1-888-231-1499 \| Mount Washington Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Mount Washington

Gary from CANADA writes:

Most of these comments seem to have a common theme. Great skiing, management sucks. That pretty much sums it up.
I am a pass holder averaging 45 ski days a year on Mt Washington.
This hill has a captive audience because they are the only major hill on Vancouver Island and there is nowhere else to go within a days drive for all the islanders. There is Mt Cain which I understand from friends is excellent skiing / boarding, but limited in services.
Since Mt Washington has this large "captive audience" I understand they enjoy one of the largest "skier visits per day" of all the BC hills, with only Whistler Blackcomb + Big White getting more.
The problem with this is that the mountain does not have to do anything in order to draw in customers. They have limited shopping and dining (they have promised more, but have not done as they said they would). They do not have good public relations. They have the worst grooming conditions of any mountain I have ever been on. They are very 'closed' when it comes to allowing new business ventures on to the mountain.
On the positive side, the skiing is excellent over all, except for the overcrowding, which is ,primarily, when conditions only allow skiing on "groomed" runs. The mountain also has good plans for actual ski terrain/ski lift expansion, and they have followed through with this by putting in the outback chair.
Bottom line - New management with a more customer oriented thinking would make this a top class hill.

2008-02-28

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