Snow in the mountains in winter is expected.
However, on June 21, it was a bit bizarre for snow to fall so heavily and to
last for so long. The first official day of summer in Kananaskis saw huge, wet,
feather shaped snowflakes replacing the torrent of rain that had drenched the
area for the previous twenty-four plus hours. The weather didn’t help the
Search and Rescue teams that had started to make their way down the valley.
Their first priority was to locate and air lift a group of twenty-one high
school students who were on a camping trip in the higher mountain elevations.
When contact was made with the group there was around three feet of snow on the
ground. Back at the lodge and on a personal note, I don’t think that my shoes,
socks and pant bottoms have been so wet for so long a period of time. The
pictures below were taken on the start of that snowy day.
The first picture shows the snowflakes starting
to fall around our campsite.
The second picture shows me standing in the
snow beside one of the walking trails.
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| Campsite |
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| Sue and snowy campsite |
What a lovely first day of summer. lol
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