One thing that you obviously are yet to learn is the fact that the Lower Mainland's local mountains, especially Grouse, enjoy utilizing deception.
For example, last year, I was apparently skiing on a 125cm base, but for some reason I could see brown patches and rocks all over. When it's raining up there, rarely do they say "Raining" on their reports. They simply don't mention it and leave it for you to figure out. Of course, if it's snowing, they'll advertise that to the high heavens. In addition, when they say they got 30cm, it's probably closer to 10cm.