As you know, the world is getting hotter by the day but does that really affect the way we look at the ski season and the cold mountains?
Wondering about winter weather and the prognosis for the slopes?
You could consult the Farmers’ Almanac, which is predicting colder-than-average temperatures over much of the country, or the folks at the National Weather Service, who are calling for just the opposite. You could even confer with the nearest woolly bear caterpillar, but apparently they’re not talking.
Me? I’m going with the huckleberries growing around Whitewater Winter Resort, near Nelson, B.C., earlier this fall. “They were hanging thick and heavy,” says Marketing Manager Anne Pigeon, “and that means it’s going to be a good snow year.”
