This long weekend was supposed to be a busy one for the North Shore mountains but the warm weather forced the cancellation of some major events.

Grouse Mountain was forced to postpone the annual 24 Hours of Winter festival along with the Snowshoe Grind Challenge, which has been rescheduled for March 22nd.

The two other North Shore mountains, Cypress and Seymour, are also feeling the effects of the warm weather. Almost everything is closed or on standby.

"Please, Mrs. Nature, give us that snow," pleaded Paul Zirk, owner of local ski shop The Destination.

Back in November, Zirk was looking forward to a good season and said he hoped the upcoming season would be “pandemonium.”

But now, he describes the mood as “a little depressed.”

"As owners we were talking about, ‘How deep can we cut?’" Zirk wondered. "Just keeping runs open is a problem. So the guys who can make snow and move snow, they've got a job, the people who teach skiing a little less so, some of the other support staff, not at all."

Further east in B.C. in the Fraser Valley, the Hemlock Resort has shut down for the entire season.

Kevin Bourdin, the Hemlock Resort general manager, said the initial weather patterns in October and November were encouraging.

"We were expecting a phenomenal year. We were delayed the previous season … January 16th was when we finally got open then and so to have it happen two years in a row really took us by surprise," Bourdin said.

The resort has had to decrease its staff by 75 per cent, from 80 people to 20, which is not enough to run the resort.

While the ski season is far from over, Grouse Mountain staff made a plea for conditions to improve Friday, writing an open letter on Facebook.

The letter read in part:

“Please, Mother Nature, let’s work together. Collaboration is all the rage. We’re happy to do a snow dance, meditate, do a little self-reflection. Whatever you need us to do. Just give us back our winter. We know our passholders – and our staff – would certainly appreciate it.”

With a report from CTV Vancouver’s Scott Hurst