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Calgary Snow Storm - April 10th 2008

Written by Neil Galloway

What a wonderful country we live in...right? Well, I woke up today to quite a sight. Calgary is getting bucketed on with snow right now. My wife's normal 20 minute drive to work is now at 2 hours and she just pulled into the parking lot at her school and got stuck. She opened her door to step out and the door was pushing snow.

Apparently everything is severely backed up, people are turning around on hills and off ramps and driving back down them. City is at a stand still.

I'm staying put for a bit, but will try to head in later. My truck is useless on hills when the whether is like this (and I have to go up one to get to work). Anyhow, here are a few snapshots from our house.

The Street Sign on the Corner Looking South West

Cars On The Street

Out the Kitchen Window Looking South

Out Our Back Window

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3 Comments

Alan Says:
2008-04-14 00:34:25
Wondering if you guys usually have snow into May... I am planning a snowboarding trip but am not sure where I can really go. I live in CA. I found a cheap trip to Calgary directly from the LA Airport. Any good snowboarding parks over there?

Neil Galloway Says:
2008-04-14 09:05:46
Snow is definitely leaving now, but the hills to the west are open for
awhile. We are an hour from Banff and the hills are Sunshine Village,
Lake Louise, Norquay, and Nakiska. We are 3 hours from Fernie,
Kicking Horse, and Panorama and another hour takes you to Kimberley as
well.

Sunshine and Lake Louise are definitely the biggest that are within a
couple hours and I know Sunshine has its Slush Cup event at the end of
May and I think they close after that. Snow is getting pretty soft by
then, but the weather is awesome and a lot of people ski in t-shirts.

You can probably find more info just Googling it. Check out the first
4 hills I mentioned. They are the closest to Calgary (and also the
busiest).

shawna Says:
2008-04-15 15:35:43
Crazy snow storm.
I didn\'t have a chance to check out the pictures until now-it looks worse than I had imagined!