June 25 - Summer Snow

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. 

Campsite

Sue and snowy campsite