The SVCA Welcome Center and Rec Center will be open today, Thursday, for normal business hours, but will be closed on Friday, December 23rd, and Monday, December 26th, in observance of the holiday.

Because bad weather is expected, snow removal and de-icing crews will be scheduled to work, as needed, throughout this holiday weekend.

Currently, many of Sudden Valley’s roads are hard-packed snow and ice, and driving conditions are treacherous. There are multiple reports of vehicles in ditches, some partially blocking roadways. Please note: tow trucks are unable to navigate many of these locations in the current conditions, so these vehicles may be left in these locations for several hours or possibly days. This is true throughout Whatcom County. Please avoid driving if at all possible. Vehicles blocking the plows or emergency services can have a devastating impact. 

Updates on road conditions will be posted here throughout the weekend. You can also get updates by calling the SVCA Weather Hotline at 360-746-7010.

If you have an emergency, call 911. If you need to report road conditions or an abandoned car, call Security at 360-715-2449.

SVCA snowplows cleared Primary, Secondary, and UTV routes on Tuesday and re-sanded them Wednesday morning to mitigate the icing that occurred overnight. Residential plowing began late on Tuesday and will resume on Wednesday. Roads throughout Whatcom County are icy and slick. Please avoid driving if possible.

Many cars have been abandoned at the roadside or parked inappropriately. These cars will be towed to prevent accidents and allow plowing to continue. If SVCA tows your car, it will be available for pickup at the lower golf parking lot.

If road conditions prevent you from getting home, please park in the designated overflow parking areas: Gate 5 Overflow, Gate 1 Park and Ride, Community Center lot, Lower Golf parking lot, Lower Gate 28 parking. Click HERE to see more detailed parking maps. If you have to abandon your car outside one of these areas, please call Security at 360-715-2449 and give them your name, contact info, make & model of your vehicle, and its location. Remember, if your car is blocking plows or presents a hazard to other drivers, it will be towed to the lower golf parking lot.

If you have an emergency, call 911. If you need to report road conditions or an abandoned car, call Security at 360-715-2449.

SVCA Crews have been plowing since 4:30 this morning but snowfall may exceed their efforts. Per the Snow Response Map, crews have been working on primary roads first, then responding to the secondary roads. For your safety, please avoid driving if at all possible. We are in a current NOAA winter storm warning expected to last until 7pm

We ask that you assist the plowing efforts by either staying off the roads or ensuring your cars are located in the designated overflow parking areas: Gate 5 overflow, Gate 1 Park and Ride, Community Center Lot, Lower Golf Parking lot, Lower Gate 28 Parking. Vehicles blocking plows or emergency services can have a devastating impact. If you have to abandon your car outside one of these areas, please call Security at 360-715-2449 and give them your name, contact information, make and model of your vehicle and it’s location. If your car is blocking plows or presents a hazard to other drivers, it will be towed to the lower golf parking lot.

A weather alert was issued for Monday evening into Tuesday with very low temperatures and several inches of snow predicted. All primary, secondary, and UTV routes were salt-brined last Friday. This helps to prevent icing. Over the weekend, all of the upper gates and affected roads in the lower gates were plowed and sanded as appropriate. SVCA has a crew scheduled to begin plowing late this evening and another crew scheduled to come in very early on Tuesday morning to continue the snow removal effort.

Please use caution when driving and avoid driving if possible. If road conditions prevent you from getting home, please park in the designated overflow parking areas: Gate 5 Overflow, Gate 1 Park and Ride, Community Center lot, Lower Golf parking lot, Lower Gate 28 parking. If you have to abandon your car outside one of these areas, please call Security at 360-319-8200 and give them your name, contact info, make & model of your vehicle, and its location. If your car is blocking plows or presents a hazard to other drivers, it will be towed to the lower golf parking lot.

Updates on snow removal and road conditions will be posted to this website in the announcements.

If you have an emergency, call 911. If you need to report road conditions or an abandoned car, call Security at 360-319-8200.

For SVCA’s complete snow removal plan, click HERE.

Due to a power outage, the Welcome Center and Rec Center will not open until 10 am today, Wednesday, November 30th. If power is not restored, the delay may be extended.

SVCA’s Property Transfer Fee Refund Program Administrator (Epiq) has completed processing of all completed applications and will be mailing out refund checks on Wednesday (November 30, 2022). Additionally, for those who have chosen to receive their refund payments by means of direct deposit, you can expect to receive your refund by Friday (December 2, 2022). 

Epiq received and processed for payment a total of 755 completed refund applications, and a total of $526,417 will be reimbursed tomorrow by means of 630 mailed checks and 125 initiated direct deposits. Moreover, last week Epiq also provided SVCA with an additional listing of 476 incomplete applications that could not be processed due to exceptions. However, SVCA’s Accounting Department has completed its review of these exceptions and 357 have been cleared for payment. As a result, Epiq will also be distributing an additional $320,984 of refund payments by the end of next week (December 9, 2022), so keep this fact in mind if you don’t receive your payment this week. The remaining 119 refund applications can’t be currently paid due to reasons that could not be promptly resolved, such as applications not including title closing statements, and SVCA will be begin reaching out to these individuals shortly. 

For those who have not yet applied for their refunds, SVCA will soon be conducting a second round of property transfer fee refunds, which will be advertised to the community and posted on SVCA’s website. 

In summary, the response rate to this first round of reimbursements was very good. During the duration of the time that SVCA charged ¼ of 1% for property transfer fees, SVCA collected these fees from a total of 1,767 separate property transactions. During this first round of the property transfer fee refund program, 1,231 applications were received (70% of total property transactions) and 1,112 of these applications have already been approved for payment (63% of total property transactions), which represents a current approved refund total of $847,401. 

Information about SVCA’s approach to snow removal for the 2022-2023 season is available HERE.

Detailed snow removal maps are available HERE.

Emergency Parking information is available HERE.

Ice melt can now be purchased at the SVCA Welcome Center. Each 40 lbs. bag costs $15.00 (including tax). The Welcome Center is open between 9am and 4pm, Monday through Friday. Ice melt will also be available at the Pro Shop starting this weekend, December 3rd.

On Sunday, December 11, SVCA will host Breakfast with Santa, a fun way to kick off the winter season! Please call the Admin Office at 360-734-6430 to reserve a time slot for your children to meet with Santa and Mrs. Claus in our beautiful Welcome Center. There will be lots of great opportunities for a family photo or a close up of your child with Santa. Then visit with your neighbors in our tent outside while enjoying a warm drink and a tasty breakfast!