PHOTOS: Vancouver Island life after Mother Nature paints it white

Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)Sledders hit the slopes at Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 17 after Victoria was hit by a snowstorm. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

With a rare crush of snow hitting Victoria, local families took advantage of the frosty slopes of Beacon Hill Park to do some sledding on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

It was just one of many examples of Vancouver Islanders working and playing through the snow.

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