I drove about 2/3 the way up Mt Baker in May of '06 before the roads were closed for safety reasons. The weather was cool, but you'd be comfortable in a light coat or sweater at that height(that day) and there was a good 15-20 ft of several years of snow packed down at that point. Southern BC has had more than it's share of snow over the last 3 yrs according to the parents. Lol, three years ago Ontario had an unusually warm winter, I had my windows replaced in January that year! H Depot ect were overstocked with snowblowers, couldn't sell them for even 30-40 % off. The same year, my father couldn't find a snowblower at ANY price on the west coast...HDs in BC were ordering their snowblowers from....Ontario!! of course they paid full price though.