Keith Nicol Adventures

This blog covers travel suggestions and ideas by Keith and Heather Nicol. Most of our travels deal with outdoor activities like hiking,sea kayaking, cross country skiing, alpine skiing and other activities. We also enjoy traditional music and cultures. We have written over 800 articles in various magazines and newspapers. We are frequent contributors to Ski Trax and Saltscapes Magazines. Keith Nicol has also written 2 books and has a popular you tube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/k2nicol

Thursday, 26 January 2023

Fog in Courtenay-Comox may mean sunny skies at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

By Keith and Heather Nicol

On Wednesday, Jan 25 the fog had seemed to settle in for the day in Courtenay but we knew from past expereince that this often means sun at Mt Washington Ski Resort. We checked the Raven Lodge web cam which showed clear skies and 4 C so we decided to do some spring skiing in January. Another up side of fog in the valley is that it often keeps the crowds away since people in town often think that it will be the same foggy –cloudy conditions on the mountain. The Nordic skiing was great and it was nice just being in the sun. So next time you see fog in the Comox Valley check out the web cams at Mount Washington since it might not be the same up there. Here is the Mount Washington web site and you can easily navigate to the web cams- https://www.mountwashington.ca/ In the first photo below you can see the fog spreading out behind Heather from the Lookout cross country ski trail. See you on the mountain.