Crazy winter driving in BC #bcstorm

Happy New Year!

We spent the year end in Seattle with family, and came up into the interior of BC on the snowy passes of what drivebc.ca is calling #BCStorm. We had some record snowfall, treacherous roads and a lot of shoveling to do.

 

A friend of mine got 2-3 feet of snow and was unable to get home from work on Monday night. He lives out of town and the plows had packed snow across his road. Crashing through the barrier in his Ford Expedition sent snow over his hood.His chains later broke and he had to turn around and head to somewhere else for the night.

 

Here’s a look at some of the weather we had and a video of the trip up on the fourth.

 

December 26th, before we headed down to Seattle.

 

 

We had a few inches come down before we left. Note the car on the left and shrub on the right. Both didn’t move until after the 5th of January.

January 4th – Driving from Seattle, WA to Armstrong, BC

 

As you can see in the video above, the foot or so that fell kept the plows busy on the main roads. We had to abandon one attempt at driving home on a side road that hadn’t even been touched since the snow started to fall on the Sunday.

 

 

We managed to come home on another more recently paved side road that had only 4-5 inches of snow on it. We were welcomed by a full driveway and lots of snow piled in our front yard.

 

 

Note how much more snow there is compared to that same shrub (bottom left) of the photo.

 

 

Over night and during the next day another foot or more fell, making for some impressive amounts of snow, even where it wasn’t piled up.

 

 

This is a very impressive amount of snow on my parents’ deck. Close to two feet.

 

 

When I got home on Monday, January 5th, we had to shovel again. The snow piles are now higher than the roof of our minivan.

 

 

Yes, that’s my car under there. There were 12-18 inches of snow on top of it. Fortunately it was powder, so it moved pretty quickly.

 

 

 

Sorry for the steam. After that much work, I’m sure you’ll understand just how warm I was.

 

Here’s a short camera phone video of what things looked like. After shoveling our own driveway twice and my parents’ driveway once I think I crashed at about 8:30 pm.

 

Be safe out there. I’d love you hear about your own winter storm experiences! Feel free to comment below or reach out to us on facebook or twitter (links in the sidebar).