AUSTRIA'S = TIROL is
renowned for its superb ski
slopes. North Americans tend to
head for well-known Innsbruck
and Kitzbuehel, but any one of
countless tiny villages in the
neighboring valleys can also be
your base for fine skiing.

By Judi Lees
Contributing Writer

Take the Tux region, where vast
Hintertux Glacier overlooks narrow
Ziller Valley. At 3,250 metres,
Hintertux is skiable year-round. Five
pretty villages are connected to it by
a shuttle bus.

A seven-night ski package to
Hintertux, including. Vancouver-
Munich airfare, transfer to the Ziller
Valley, and accommodation with

Dial 1-800-647-9913
Fox: 725-2138 (604) 3 sor 8
Box 590, Tofino, B.C. VOR 220

breakfast, is $1,270. Ski passes
($260 for six days) are extra.

For more information: Tour East
Holidays, 1033 Bay St., Ste. 302.
Toronto, Ont. M5S 3A5, phone (toll-
free) 1-800-667-3951.

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Mayan ruins, howler monkeys,
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cal rain forest are highlights of a 10-
day river-rafting excursion down the
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Brian
Vancouver's Rivers & Oceans
Unlimited Expeditions describes the
Usumacinta, which flows along the
border between Mexico and
Guatemala, as “slow-moving but

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powerful.” Expect fairly peaceful
paddling —~ with a touch of excite-
ment the last two days of the trip.
You need to be physically fit, but
McCutcheon says he’s had people in
their 70s complete the 168-kilemetre
route.

‘Trips begin April 1 and 10. Price
from Villahermosa,'a 11/2 hour
flight southeast of Mexico City, is
$2,595, including al] equipment (not
sleeping bags), meals, and hotel
accommodations before and after the
trip.

For more information: Rivers &
Oceans Unlimited Expeditions Inc.,
Box 244, Brackendale, B.C. VON
1HO, phone (toll-free) 1-800-360-

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