Tent, Trailer, Snow Gear?
Prince George, BC – It seems the recent hail and snow has dampened the enthusiasm of many local campers this long weekend.
Don Stephen with Quartz Contracting maintains the provincial parks in our region and while he says all but Carp Lake are open this weekend, he’s seen a definite hesitation as people try to decide what Mother Nature has in store for the weekend.
Stephen says that on a good year, Purden Lake Provincial Park’s 78 campsites will be almost full by the Thursday evening before the May Long Weekend. This year, there were only 25 occupants ready to brave what came their way, weather-wise. Stephen, himself, drove through heavy snowfall on Thursday evening on his way to Whiskers Point Provincial Park, 130-kilometres north of Prince George on McLeod Lake.
The area contractor says this is the third year in a row that Carp Lake, also north of Prince George, has been impassable because of snow. "Last week was so nice when we were getting up and ready, if it had continued on, I’m sure we would be packed everywhere because things were drying up."
Area residents’ reluctance may melt away as Environment Canada is calling for sunshine and a high of 16 today. The temperature is expected to climb to a high of 20 by tomorrow.
Comments
You never know what you’re going to get on the May long weekend. Camping sucks when it’s too cold.
Camping has become too expensive.
The provincial campgrounds are horribly maintained and closed for far to much of the year. I think most people think its better to travel down south than visit our local run down campgrounds.
I was out at Bear lake last weekend for a hike with the wife and the campground wasn’t open, but the parking lot for the beach was. A few inches of snow still in some of the trails, but no other human foot prints. No one to be seen on a beautiful sunny hot day at the park. When I was a kid every campsite would be booked up at Bear Lake, firewood was on hand, the washrooms and beaches were maintained, the trails were cleared of fall down, and it didn’t break the bank to spend a weekend there.
Eagleone: “The provincial campgrounds are horribly maintained and closed for far to much of the year.”
How true. Most of the money that used to go to maintaining campgrounds are now going to pay the wages and benefits of people who for the most part aren’t doing the job.
J-Belt: “Most of the money that used to go to maintaining campgrounds are now going to pay the wages and benefits of people who for the most part aren’t doing the job.”
How VERY true. So much tax revenue is soaked up by multiple layers of administration that it is difficult to get anything done in B.C. Another glaring example of this, to the ‘nth degree, is Northern Health.
metalman.
Why is it that we continue to pay more and more to all of our level of governments to only receive less and less.
Yet it seems that the size of government is ever increasing in size. Just what is it that they all do? Administration grows and service drops.
Northern Health is a perfect example of one level of government out of control. Anyone want to argue about this one?
Northern Health has become one of the largest employers in northern BC. (and growing) Are there any more beds? Are the line ups getting any shorter?
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