It is common knowledge that the higher you go in elevation, the colder it gets. Yesterday there was visual proof of that across the road on the mountain slope. We were getting a wet snowfall, which melted when it hit the ground at our place, but just a bit higher on the slope, it was a bit colder and the snow was sticking to the trees.
This is not an uncommon sight. The Robson Valley bottomland across the Fraser River from us, has an elevation of 2,330 ft (710m). The elevation of our house is 2,408 ft (734m) and those trees with the snow on them is about 2,500 ft i(750m) in elevation. Even that small difference in elevation can create differences in temperature.
I just got back from driving into McBride, and again I could see snow on the trees growing on the mountain slope, while there was no snow on the lower trees on the slope and in the field at its base.
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