Worse in 2015. If conditions had been thus during Winter Olympics no amount of hay bales and snow would save the day.
You can see your image ok? Weird. I'll just have to describe it, lol. It's just beyond the parking lot of one of Grouse Mountain (local ski hill), at base of chair lift. Ground is completely bare. We hiked up the first run, nothing but rubble, all the way. Got to a little lake: there was a little snow where the trees provided some shade, and it was barely frozen enough to on.
I was concerned as you may have been when I moved to Canada from Southern California. I installed a block heater AND a VIPER 5706 alarm/remote start. So far I have had no issues. Remote start on the fob works a great distance but I added the additional SmarStart for unlimited range alarm/remote start control. The 5706 didn't not require me to leave the fob in the car. It did require an additional wiring module called DBALL.