Sunday, November 12, 1995 — North Shore News - 31

I-WINTER ADVENTURE GU

Guides
helpful
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country

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multi-day trips to the Pemberton
{ce Cap.- Tantalus and Rainbow
Ranges, that combine instruction in
Sy vinter mountaineering, camping,
fecaevalanche awareness and glacier
Miravel,

North . Vancouver’s Sage

ilderness Experiences also offers
2x cellent back-country
skiing/wilderness survival courses
nm Garibaldi Provincial Park; call
183-3108 for a weekend totally off
phe beaten track,

If you're supremely confident of

ur abilities and endurance, No
Wimp Tours of Whistler offers
Everything from one day to three
peck advanced ski-mountaineering
qours, Call (604) 932-2312 or (604)
32-4336,

If you hate. skis, boards, lift-
fines and helicopters but still love
Ahe mountains in winter, there are
alternatives, ;

Snowmobiling is a distinctively
Canadian sport, a sort of motocrass

n skis, noisy but fun. And severe-
at restricted in most areas. To get
anto it seriously will cost big bucks

ur to 14 grand) and you should
foin a club, but you can: sample
Anowmobiling on two-hour hut to
put tours by calling Blackcomb

Snowmobiling. at (604), 932-8484 |

tWhistler Snowmobile Guided
ours at (604) 932-4086.

If you're a total Luddite purist
gbout. your’ back-country experi-
ince, go for snow-shoeing. Think

it as hiking with a shuffle, since
mow-shoes do require some

idjustments to your gait, But they
yor: my own recent winter-cam-
lout with Sage Wilderness
veriences used light state-of-the-
agt skids with ‘spikes for uphill
ork that were a vast improvement
wen on the popular portable “bear
wv" mini-snowshoes widely used

ocal mountains,

If-you're ‘up for this traditional
fanadian travel mode, call Sage

iderness Experiences at 983-

O08 or Canadian Snowshoving

rices in: Whistler at (604) 932-

77 to arrange a unique weekend
aiventure, ,

There is, of. course, one last

ort for those who love the alpine
getting but just can't bear the cold,

MOUNTAINSIDE
LODGE

Guetta, ATR, ne

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NEWS photo Terry Peters
SKIERS IN Whistier knaw no
bounds, but writer John:
Moore reports that skiing is
just one of many adventurous
winter activities in the popular
B.C. resort.

the wet, the ‘trail mix’ cuisine, the
distance from Starbucks. It
involves deep snowdrifts outside, a
crackling fire, a deep couch and a

bottle of wine in the company of -§

your Favorite Other, If you're a lic.
tle uncertain of your survival skills
in this situation, | happen to be the
Grand Sofa-Cobra of the [mperial
Order of Chesterfield Guides and
Ul be happy to come around and
give you a few pointers...

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