The chairlifts and parking lots were full at Cypress Mountain resort.
Snow has indeed been a rare commodity in recent months. This has forced ski resorts, like Cypress, to close several times, or Whistler to continue using its snow cannons, when it usually stops them at the beginning of March.
We waited quite a while to have good enough conditions for skiing, and mid-January was good, and now it's good again, so we're going to make the most of it, reassures Maxime Thelliez.
Despite recent snow accumulations, most of the province's automated snow weather stations are below the median snow level for March 1, indicates the government website (New window).
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This new snow can form a fragile layer likely to collapse. Avalanche Canada has issued a special warning (New window) for much of the province, in effect until at least Monday evening.
S' Sticking to low slopes, avoiding overhead hazards and choosing more modest routes to reduce the consequences of an avalanche will be important strategies, advises Avalanche Canada
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