Located just 2 hours driving time from Vancouver, Whistler is an ideal get-away-from-it-all retreat. Usually associated with winter sports, tourists are now getting to know Whistler as a year-round destination, with golf courses, spas and activities for the entire family. The original Whistler Mountain opened as a ski resort in the mid1960s; it now has 17 ski lifts to service over 100 ski runs down from the 7160 feet ...
The second annual Whistler WinterPRIDE festival wrapped this month to unanimous praise, a number of sold-out events and various rankings as the best gay ski week in the world. WinterPRIDE 2008 - a winter version of the many summer pride events that are held around the world - ran from February 3-10, 2008. The event was attended by thousands of guests from around the world, including an increase in ...
Alberta ski resorts are, without a doubt, some of the best in the world.� All over North America and Europe, there are problems going on with ski vacation resorts right now. Rising global temperatures seem to be cutting the ski season shorter and shorter, and low altitude ski resorts are going out of business right and left. As all this happens, however, Alberta ski resorts continue to thrive ...
Slather on the zinc. Break out your board. It’s time to wrap a season of shredding with a host of cruise-worthy (and slopeside) pursuits. Start the festivities in the southeast corner of the province during Kimberley Alpine Resort’s annual Spring Splash – an opportunity to soak up rays with some late-season powder, or fantastic spring corn. The festival, held March 29 and 30, features live music in the ...
When the world's largest, most experienced heli-hiking company teams up with an accredited child-friendly retreat hotel in Canada's famed Banff National Park, there are serious memories to be made on this summertime family dream-vacation! Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), in partnership with the Banff Rocky Mountain Resort, has created a six-day family adventure with Rocky Mountain high country beauty, the exhilaration of helicopters and whitewater rafting, the comfort of wonderful ...
