Images of the year's first snows at higher elevations at Canadian ski resorts Whistler and Sunshine Village were cruelly (today's forecasted high for Denver is 85 degrees) broadcast this morning around the globe. Though the snow is all but doomed to melt later in the day or week, one can be forgiven for pumping one's fist in the air given yesterday's dire-sounding NOAA forecast. Memo from Canada to the Pacific: El Nino can stuff it.

Sunshine Village cam

Whistler cam