Coastal Snow Report

[Scooter]

Here are the rumours I've heard from around the Island in the past 24 hours. All unsubstantiated, of course:

- Evergreen has missed a couple days in Campbell River on one crew, but for the most part has been working since the start of March. They have three other crews which have also experienced slight delays, but by and large have been pretty lucky.
- Fieldstone in Courtenay also started at the beginning of March, but only got about nine days of work in so far.
- Timberline's crew on the north Island started February 19th and has only missed about half a dozen days due to snow. Their Port Alberni crew is roughly the same.
- Coast Range crew on the mid-Island has only worked six days out of the past 34.
- Sitka in Port Alberni has only worked one day in the past week.

Any other reports from Coastal crews? Or any word on snow pack around the Interior?

[mwainwright]

we havent even started yet up here on haida gwaii. there's fresh snow almost every day.

[jules]

People I've been talking to about early starts in the Interior are starting to bump their start dates back because of snow. I'd love to find something to fill the second half of April with, but it's starting to look like it won't really happen out here. Maybe I should try the Coast.

[marj]

Summit's coastal crew around Lake Cowichan has also been off for 9 days now. And of course, it's currently snowing.

[TheHamsterizer]

Here are the rumours I've heard from around the Island in the past 24 hours. All unsubstantiated, of course:

- Evergreen has missed a couple days in Campbell River on one crew, but for the most part has been working since the start of March. They have three other crews which have also experienced slight delays, but by and large have been pretty lucky.
- Fieldstone in Courtenay also started at the beginning of March, but only got about nine days of work in so far.
- Timberline's crew on the north Island started February 19th and has only missed about half a dozen days due to snow. Their Port Alberni crew is roughly the same.
- Coast Range crew on the mid-Island has only worked six days out of the past 34.
- Sitka in Port Alberni has only worked one day in the past week.

Any other reports from Coastal crews? Or any word on snow pack around the Interior?

I used to hate hearing that other companies were working when I was snowed out... I don't really see the point of knowing at all.

[Scooter]

Misery loves company.

[Hugo Pants]

Steep and deep in Nootka Sound, taken today

[Pandion]

That's really too bad that CR and Summit are snowed out, their poor planters have probably lost money so far this year. I'm actually quite surprised that Tchida has tried to weasel his way back into coastal planting after he left a decade ago with his tail between his legs. He just never seems to learn.

[SwampDonkey]

Meanwhile it was in the 70's and lower 80's all this week back in NB. :)

[ryguy]

So far we've been pretty lucky here on the Timberline Courtenay/Alberni contracts.......have 23 days in and missed 3 due to snow. We are right on that line though.

[Timberjack]

Seems some companies have little down time.Higher ground is not being down to snow but alot of the lower ground is.And yes scooter I also heard CR hasnt many days.I wonder how they are going to complete their obligations here on time as mother nature sure isnt helping them :)

[retrovertigo]

Ancient prophecies foretold the Return of the Tchida One, thus the Wrath of the Snow Gods, and ultimately, the declaration: You Shall Not Plant.

[Timberjack]

^ :) wish this site had a like button like facebook...... ;)

[backcountrysister]

Snowed out again in Port Alberni! looks like 5 - 10 cm in town!

[RPF]

Just when you thought spring was here and it decides to snow again overnight.
Very strange weather this "spring"...