Police luckily saw no serious injuries on Sunday (March 2), having been called to eight vehicle accidents, Squamish RCMP Sgt. Wayne Pride said.
As of 8 p.m. that evening, 22 centimetres of snow was recorded at the Squamish Airport and 20 cm downtown. Squamish RCMP were busy at the scenes of multiple traffic incidents, including a two-vehicle collision near Brohm Lake at 1 p.m. and another near Porteau Cove at 7:20 p.m. The accident at Porteau Cove partially blocked northbound traffic, creating a three-kilometre-long traffic jam, Pride said.
We were lucky. There were no serious damages or injuries, he said.
Squamish Fire Rescue was also busy. The first responders attended six vehicle accidents that day one at Furry Creek, two in Squamish and three just north of the community. None of the incidents where major with no serious injuries, officials wrote in an email to The Chief.
Ploughing and sanding trucks spread 300 tonnes of sand and 100 tonnes of salt on Highway 99 between Horseshoe Bay and Function Junction on Sunday. All of the equipment belonging to the company that maintains the highway Miller Capilano Maintenance Corp. was on the road, division manager Tom Cloutier said.
We had 10 trucks out there, he said, noting it was the second time this winter the entire fleet was deployed.
The snow started at Horseshoe Bay and then moved north, he said. On Monday morning (March 3), the trucks were still on the highway.
It is still snowing, Cloutier said, noting the white stuff was falling north of Squamish.
Police conducted snow tire checks throughout the weekend, Pride said. Vehicle drivers without proper winter tires can be turned back down the highway, he noted.
If people are coming from the city and it's sunny, it does not mean it is nice up here, Pride said.
