1972 - Paul Fairweather photos from May. On June 2nd 1972 Osoyoos Lake flooded our family home.
I'll look for the photos - I think they were prints. On a warm sunny afternoon, there was a sudden downpour, and the surface melt accelerated overflowing the ditch on the upper curve of Bobcat, eroding the road, and threatening everything in it's path.
Every person on the mountain grabbed hand tools and worked hard to get the water directed back into the ditch - I got home after the work was done.
2012
April 26th 2012, there was a culvert blockage, and the creek backed up and flooded the area on the village side of the lodge, and started down the road. It was a mad scramble to dig down through the snow and get the water flowing. That night, major sections of McKinney road also washed out. I have a video of that somewhere too.
2023
We have a lot of snow, and a strong warming trend in the forecast. I have given the heads up to BMR, and notified one of the people involved in 2012.
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