Winter Photograph - Gastown Snow by Alexis Birkill

Gastown Snow is a photograph by Alexis Birkill which was uploaded on December 20th, 2013.

Gastown Snow

For once, Vancouver was forecast to get snow, and snow arrived! About three to four inches fell overnight and continued on through the... more

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Gastown Snow

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Alexis Birkill

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For once, Vancouver was forecast to get snow, and snow arrived! About three to four inches fell overnight and continued on through the morning.

With rain forecast in the afternoon, I knew my best chance would be to set the alarm to go off well before sunrise, so at 5:30 I struggled out of bed and headed out.

I walked over to Gastown, passing a few cars that managed to get stuck in the conditions, although in general there was very little traffic, even for that time in the morning. The snow was still falling in tiny flakes that sting your eyes.

This is Abbott Street in Gastown, taken from Water Street just before 7:00am this morning. With the fine flakes of snow blowing all around in the wind, keeping the front of the lens clear of snow in these conditions was driving me crazy!

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December 20th, 2013

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Comments (21)

Susan Rissi Tregoning

Beautiful! l

Mike Eingle

Love this scene Alexis! Really nice! l/f

Julia Bars

Very beautiful! Cozy and quiet winter night. l/f

Jan Dappen

beautiful night scene captured

Sorin Apostolescu

So beautiful !

Lois Bryan

beautiful ... love the cheerful warm lights on this snowy scene!! l/f

Janice Drew

Fabulous winter town scene. Beautifull detail from the foreground to the distance.

Cascade Colors

Nice. For whatever reason, I'm especially liking the tire tracks in the street.

Delilah Downs

Love this so much. I visited Vancouver for the first time 3 years ago when I made a friend who lives there. Gorgeous area. This die-hard Texan fell completely in love! You've really captured the magic of this section of the city.

Veronica Minozzi

Wonderful image, I love this atmosphere! Lf

Lukasz Lawreszuk

great image!

Diannah Lynch

Gorgeous! l/f

David Birchall

A beautiful scene Alexis of a beautiful city. V/F

Jim Justinick

One summer I rode my motorcycle form Calgary to Vancouver four times and always stopped in Gastown at a fav bar for a beer but never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this visual. Beautiful. Thank you for your hard work.