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.