Mount Washington BC. For 30 years, Mount Washington has been Vancouver Island's answer to alpine recreation, attracting skiers and snowboarders from all over the world. Located on the Eastern fringes of British Columbia's Vancouver Island Ranges, the resort is approximately a 3-hour drive north of Victoria, only 25 kilometers west of the Comox Valley and Courtenay. Mount Washington is famous for its ocean and alpine vistas. Weather permitting; the Sunshine Coast on the Strait of Georgia is visible from Powell River to Sechelt while the other direction provides an eagle's eye view of Strathcona Provincial Park and the peak of Forbidden Plateau. But this destination is also famous for the sheer volume of snowfall it receives annually. Often the deepest in the province, it has even held the title worldwide once… something anyone who clicked into a pair of bindings late in the 1995 season can attest to! (over 21 feet of snowpack) But whatever the year and whatever the snowfall, Mount Washington enjoys a season that runs from early winter to Easter. It's easy to see why this destination ranks a close second just behind Whistler for the title of busiest alpine resort in the province