This was the view from the back deck (and the kitchen window) of Rohan and Sally's place on those infrequent occasions when it wasn't raining or snowing. Not bad hey?
The mountains in the top shot is the wilderness area to the north west of Vancouver (and possibly Vancouver Island). I don't know what the region is called. Vancouver is directly over the headland on the extreme right.
The area in the foreground of the lower shot is White Rock which is in Canada. Once again, Vancouver is directly over the point and the mountains are directly to the north of Vancouver including the ski fields at Mt Fromme and Cypress Mt. We could see the ski fields lit up at night.
Semiahmoo Bay is in the foreground
They certainly had a great view. The mountains covered in snow from top to bottom, that’s a sight we don’t see too often. The freezing level is usually about halfway up. You’ve mostly described it accurately, the Cypress ski area being the westernmost and then the Grouse Mountain ski resort which is right next to Mt. Fromme, which has world class mountain biking trails. You would not have seen Vancouver Island because the Gulf Islands would have been in the way. If you looked due west you would have seen Point Roberts and beyond that Galiano Island and Mayne Island. The channel between those two islands is called Active Pass and the ferry to Vancouver Island sails through it.
@cdcook48 Re the snow: DiL Sally was working at the Cherry Point oil refinery at Birch Bay and she was told that it rarely snows around there because of the warm ocean currents but they had quite heavy snow a couple of days before we arrived and it snowed on and off the whole time we were there.
On our last day we were driving around Vancouver and many of the side roads were blocked by snow. Don't know if its true or not but someone told us that because of the heavier than normal falls, Vancouver had run out of grit for the roads.
December 23rd, 2020
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On our last day we were driving around Vancouver and many of the side roads were blocked by snow. Don't know if its true or not but someone told us that because of the heavier than normal falls, Vancouver had run out of grit for the roads.