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Merry Christmas 2021!

JDCanuck - 12-25-2021 at 11:58 AM

While we are enjoying about 10 inches of fresh snow today, my family is out surfing west of La Paz with the neighbours and enjoying great waves. I'd rather be getting my exercise on the nice warm beaches, but we'll take what we get.

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David K - 12-25-2021 at 12:09 PM

Merry Christmas to you, JD!

JZ - 12-25-2021 at 01:09 PM

Let's see some pictures of the snow!

JDCanuck - 12-25-2021 at 01:38 PM

Too big to upload to Baja Nomad....working on getting them to smaller sizes. This is the temp this morning out at the Pacific west of La Paz...complaints of cold weather abound

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JDCanuck - 12-25-2021 at 01:52 PM

Temps have risen and this will be gone again within a few days here in Nanaimo. This is what had built up by this morning. Kids have yet to get out there with new sleighs, and neighbours are busy clearing out driveway entrances. I apologize for the sideways view, was not what i loaded.

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JDCanuck - 12-25-2021 at 02:43 PM


Snow is melting almost as fast as it falls, creating those interesting driving conditions we all love.


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JDCanuck - 12-25-2021 at 03:06 PM

While we're on the subject, maybe our friends from Alaska can weigh in. Here's an historical I found here:

https://www.snowblowersource.com/promotions/record-snowfalls...

1. Mile 47 Camp, Alaska

On February 9, 1963, a whopping 78″ of white stuff fell in Alaska, setting the official world record for most amount of snow that fell in a single calendar day. Although this location only contains a highway maintenance station on the Richardson Highway, it still meant a lot of shoveling to get to work that day.

David K - 12-25-2021 at 03:19 PM

It's the Great White North, eh?

JDCanuck - 12-25-2021 at 05:56 PM

And continuing to get even whiter. Predictions for rest of the year are very cold, so this may stick around a bit longer than we are used to:

Vancouver’s predicted high on Saturday is just 1°C, a far cry from the seasonal high of 6°C for December 25. This would make for one of the coldest Christmases on record for the city. The coldest Christmas high temperature in Vancouver was -1.7°C, a record set in 1924, 1964, and 1971.

AKgringo - 12-25-2021 at 08:49 PM

Quote: Originally posted by JDCanuck  
While we're on the subject, maybe our friends from Alaska can weigh in. Here's an historical I found here:

https://www.snowblowersource.com/promotions/record-snowfalls...

1. Mile 47 Camp, Alaska



That would be Thompson Pass! During the 1990s, there was an annual "Extreme Skiing" contest there, put on by an organization in Valdez. My ski patrol was asked to provide rescue, avalanche and safety support for the event, and I was able to work that venue for nine years!

Our team headquartered at the highway maintenance station mentioned in the article, and got to share a lot of history of the pass with the snow removal crews.

They kept a chart of annual snow fall amounts, and I remember that at least one year, they recorded over 1200 inches! Donner Summit, on average, gets almost as much snow as Thompson Pass, but it is 7200 feet above sea level, and Thompson pass is only 2600!

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JZ - 12-25-2021 at 10:39 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  



That would be Thompson Pass! During the 1990s, there was an annual "Extreme Skiing" contest there, put on by an organization in Valdez. My ski patrol was asked to provide rescue, avalanche and safety support for the event, and I was able to work that venue for nine years!

Our team headquartered at the highway maintenance station mentioned in the article, and got to share a lot of history of the pass with the snow removal crews.

They kept a chart of annual snow fall amounts, and I remember that at least one year, they recorded over 1200 inches! Donner Summit, on average, gets almost as much snow as Thompson Pass, but it is 7200 feet above sea level, and Thompson pass is only 2600!



Thanks for sharing AK. Very interesting.

David K - 12-26-2021 at 08:40 AM

Just realized, nobody reposted Sculpin's 'Night before Christmas' Baja version.... Let me see if I can bump it up!