May 31st

According to Facebook, my May 26th post was incorrect - Mountain Manager's birthday is today.

Cool

A little fresh white - cool enough in Oliver that Jack of ODN put heat on at his place this morning.

May 29th

BC Holiday - Family Day

Mark this one on your calendars Kids of Baldy. February 11, 2013 is Family Day - stay up Sunday night and Ski Monday.!

Ski Baldy Reminder

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May 26th Birthdays

Friends with milestone birthdays today - with past and present Baldy connections.
Orehouse Road - Happy Birthday Shirley M, and Betty O.

Our Mountain Manager is half of Shirley or Betty's age on the 31st.. Ten more years Matt before we call in the Baldy Fire Brigade for your cake.

Photo lifted from Oliver Daily News - And I thought I was a little bold putting it on the blog....

Gardening

Some time in the next few weeks, the snow will melt off my raised garden bed, and I expect that some of the herbs will have survived the winter. I love Okanagan grown tomatoes, and gardening, so I have joined the Oliver Community Gardens Society. I have been working on the irrigation for the gardens, and started planting today.

Melting

Down to the ground around the trees.

McKinney bare patches.

Driveway drainage.

Wednesday

Snow is melting fast, Emcon has been fixing up the road.

Big ditches now on McKinney road where the washout was - several rock piles now in the ditches.

Baldy Racers

More photos on Baldy Racers Blog

Coach Warren attended the BC Alpine spring meetings in Kelowna. More news and photos on the Baldy Racers blog - link on the right.

Conkle Lake - One Road Open (Johnstone Creek)

The access to Conkle Lake Provincial Park campsite, with 34 sites, has been reopened via Johnstone Creek Road West, from highway #3, near Rock Creek. A landslide continues to block the access route to Conkle Lake, via the Conkle-Ripperto FSR, from Hwy #33. Road accesses were washed out by heavier than normal freshet over the last two weeks. The forest engineering section of FLNRO is acting quickly to restore all accesses to the park.

Hot

Another 20plus C day on the mountain, and the snow is going fast. Evaporation, and melting.
Nice to come home to a cool cabin after a very hot morning at the Oliver Community Garden.

I can't use my basement as a guide for spring run off anymore - I put the money in to sealing the outside so it won't get wet again. My best guess is that if you are going to get water in your basement, it may be wet now.

A couple of sleds were here this afternoon, but didn't stay long - assume the snow was too mushy for them.

Still snow on the condo roofs. In the village, deep in some areas, and melted down to the ground around tree wells etc.

I also received a couple of comments on this post that I am not sure are real or spam. If I have ignored your comment, e-mail me and I'll post it.

The re-construction of the McKinney road appears to be complete, other than paving. Two new culverts installed - not sure if there is another to go in.

Conkle Lake Washout

Conkle Lake Provincial Park campsite is closed until further notice due to culvert wash outs caused by heavy spring runoff. Conkle Lake is located northwest of Rock Creek. Both road accesses, from Hwy #33 and #3, are blocked. BC Parks is arranging road repair with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, however, the closure could be extensive because of similar events throughout the Boundary region.

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From BC Parks Facebook and Ski Baldy Facebook

 

Looks like washouts are the story of spring.

Melting in the Sunshine

No, I didn't stuff it there........

EW's Last Day at Marmot

Elizabeth had lots of days skiing Baldy this winter - here she is, closer to home, on her last day skiing at Marmot today.

Summer Events

Are you following "Ski Baldy" on Facebook? Kyle is keeping tabs on the South Okanagan events and posting regularly - things to do while you wait for ski season!

Road Update

Argo has filled in most of the big holes in the road - drive slowly, and avoid the edge. Filled in sections are sinking a bit in places. Shoulders not yet rebuilt.

How much snow is left?..lots!

Tempting I know kids, but stay away from these piles near the creek.

2nd of May

So here's the routine of the past too many days. Wake up to sunshine, admire the look of freshly fallen snow, and shovel the deck before it melts through on the firewood. Then the clouds move in, it starts to snow, and the whole sequence repeats.