SouthSardiswx wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 1:36 am
Yeah l kinda wondered Tspoon about the Cranbrook area as lush greenery as it looks it's misleading l suppose.
How does Creston do for snowfall? although it's definitely one town l would never move to, we spent a night there back on Canada day eve back in 2011 most depressing town. Was glad to leave there the next day, the next night we spent the night in Oliver and saw the most awesome Canada day fireworks on the lake in Osoyoos. We've seen them before while camping in Osoyoos on the July 1st weekend when the Knuckles traded for Luongo in 2006.
I think that was the same year Burke tried to pry the Sedins away when he was the GM in Laffs land.
Definetly a bit misleading. Most of the valley north and south of Cranbrook is traditionally grassland with fairly sparse forest cover.
Creston gets a bit more snow than Cranbrook mainly because it's a wetter climate. It's in a valley further west but it's also at a lower elevation and a bit further south so it's warmer on average in the winter.
Typeing3 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:13 pm
Definetly a bit misleading. Most of the valley north and south of Cranbrook is traditionally grassland with fairly sparse forest cover.
Creston gets a bit more snow than Cranbrook mainly because it's a wetter climate. It's in a valley further west but it's also at a lower elevation and a bit further south so it's warmer on average in the winter.
Talking about the Kootenays, ymir is a hidden gem and gets major snow.
Monty wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:58 pm
-16 is legit. I didn’t remember that being so cold.
Yeah. Despite the favourable upper level temps, Surface temps were not too impressive. No snowcover, too much of an easterly component and too much wind.
Other than the late Dec cold snap this winter, these are the most impressive cold snaps this century from an upper level perspective.
Typeing3 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:13 pm
Definetly a bit misleading. Most of the valley north and south of Cranbrook is traditionally grassland with fairly sparse forest cover.
Creston gets a bit more snow than Cranbrook mainly because it's a wetter climate. It's in a valley further west but it's also at a lower elevation and a bit further south so it's warmer on average in the winter.
The Cranbrook airport is also in a very dry microclimate with sagebrush in some spots. Where I live it is a bit wetter and snowier. Moyie is quite wet as well thanks to the geography there. Probably the driest areas I've seen here are Elko north to Canal Flats, at least at valley bottom.
Back in December I drove to Creston one afternoon and it was -1C there and when I came back to Cranbrook it was -8C.
