Heavy snowfall shuts Mount Washington ski resort

When Sheila Rivers arrived at work at Mount Washington Alpine Resort Sunday morning, she found a troop of stranded Boy Scouts sleeping on the lodge floor.

Vancouver Island’s only ski resort received more than 100 centimetres of snow in 24 hours, forcing the resort and access roads to close due to dangerous conditions.

It is the first time in almost a decade the resort has closed because of too much snow. The last closure was in 1999 and lasted three days.

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