Sunday, November 9, 2014

Winter Has Arrived!! - Nov 9/14

Its HERE! I said this afternoon, NO MORE RAIN. I had had it with rain. It rained steady all night and most of the day to and from Fernie. We loaded up the horses and went to Bohomolec for 2.5 hrs and when we came out we had 3 cm of snow (alot of grauple) and it had just started to look like it was going to snow when we went into the arena. Jason...Sat was really nice (go figure) - the first sunny day we had had in ages but it poured all night Fri night too. Hope you made it out. So it is about -7 right now and dropping into the icebox. It is supposed to snow about 10-15cm total between Sparwood and Crowsnest reports and Crowsnest is under a Snowfall warning right now. This continues until Tuesday. Wed the sun comes out and without cloud cover the temps drop to -20 as the low and -10 to -16 during the day until Saturday so far. Supposed to warm up a bit by the weekend. BEWARE....the rain made the roads wet before this instant freeze so the roads are slippery and traffic has been slow. No need to dive into winter driving confidence....please think about the rest of us before putting the hammer down with your new winter tires and rushing off to whatever you have to - its now and the spring that people die on the road from going too fast. Time to start checking out avalanche.ca - be in on the info for the first layers so you can grow your understanding and common knowledge as the season progresses. Summit Log cabin still open for Christmas & New Years...I really should keep notes on the people that call for situations like this but this is the first time we have had it open! Quick update...Cooper just drove in and said roads have had a plough on them, they are dry now except for the bridges...they are icy. Good to know. Oh and to all our crew at the Saskatchewan Snowmobile Show this weekend....you are killing me...looks like you are having a great time and rubbing it in is a real bummer! Wish we were there - Cheers Everyone...V

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