1. Government of Canada - Canadian Weather Links to an external site.

source: Government of Canada - Vancouver, BC - https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html Links to an external site.

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This website provides detailed weather conditions across Canada. Includes both current and forecast values of pressure, tendency, temperature, dew point, humidity, wind level, and visibility distance. It's a very useful website for hikers because the specific values can help you to easily determine whether it's an ideal day for hiking. For example, if the wind level is very high and visibility is poor, you should consider not going hiking on that day and change to another date.  

2. Mountain Forecast Links to an external site.

Source: Moutain Forecast -

pic 1 -  https://www.mountain-forecast.com/weather_maps/Canada?over=pressure_arrows&symbols=mountain.forecast.dots&type=wind Links to an external site.

pic 2 -  https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/White-Hill-Nova-Scotia/forecasts/532 Links to an external site.

accessed by Mar. 23

This website has detailed weather maps for specific mountains across the whole world. Every weather map shows the value of temperature, cloud cover condition, weather condition, wind speed, snowfall amount, rainfall, amount, max/min temperature, wind chill, freezing level, and sea level. And this website is able to forecast these values for up to 10 days. Hikers can utilize this website to examine the weather conditions for a specific mountain or peak, and therefore help them to choose the ideal mountain to go to which has the best weather conditions.

3. AllTrails Links to an external site.

Source: AllTrails - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/canada/british-columbia/grouse-grind-trail?ref=result-card Links to an external site.

Accessed by Mar. 23

This website gives hikers detailed information about trails that they need. Including the specific length, elevation level, route type, waypoints info, and a brief description of the route. Also, the visitors could review and attach images when they are back from the hike. Overall, the specific information on trails is useful for hikers to decide which trail is best for them. For instance, if you are a beginner hiker, you should choose a trail with a relatively shorter length to maintain energy. Also, the reviews could provide hikers a first impression of the trail and help you decide to go or not.