“¢ Whistler Mountain? Hae .y a fi ie tage Vie See eae ‘ Gk . , MOUNTAIN-BIKE guide Rob Swartz (facing camera) allows his charges a rest during a 4,500 foot mountain bike ‘descent down the Mainline route on Whistler Mountain. Whistler Backroads Mountain Bike Adventures Ltd. began guided descents down the popular ski mountain this summer. Dally descents are available until Sept. 22, with the weakend schedule running until the second Weo.kend of October. And for the really adven- turous, the company offers Hell-Biking, utilizing 162-year-old miner trails in gold rush country. wo-wheeled thigh burner Guided bike descents at Whistier Mtn. GOING DOWNHILL WHO said you need snow to ing, Waat it does require is | Whistler Mountain offers a number of packages for “get vour thi burning.on 2 es. And goou ones. mountain . bike descents through . istler get yo ghs ningon csc Whistler”. Backroads | Backroads Mountain Bike Adventures: teh as aOnee os... ¢ Mountain’ Bike Adventures. | © Lift ticket, bike and helmet rental, guide —~ $55 “The! pula ski destination 1%hours . Ltd. “operates the daily | * Bike, helmet, guide (own lift pass) — $38 north of West Vancouver'added guided descents, supplying bikes | © Lift ticket, guide (own bike and helmet) -~ $41 mointain-bike-descents this year to its (Grst-rate Brodies) and an | ¢ Guide only (own lift pass, bike and helmet - $23 ever-expanding summertime activity ros- exverienced guide. You can Lift tickets are free for children 15-and-under, ter. (Incidentally,-cwo influential North ~ use. your own bike, but the} and 16 to 18-year-olds package prices are less $3. American. ski magazines. have" rated . company thoroughly pre- Daily departure times from Whistler Village are Whistler the number one ski resort on: “checks every bike, at 10 am., 1:30 i and 3:30 p.m. Reservations the continent. ; Me - Guide Rob Swartz cau- | are recommended, ; ; ‘os The ‘beautiful. vistas.and expanding ~ tions that “about half of Daily departures through Sept..22, then on horizon; once the domain of skiers alone, the bikes brought by people | weekends until Oct. 13. a 4s ‘now’ available to two-wheeled adven- > ‘aren't allowed, usually Whistler Backroads is located at the Westbrook. _turers. And just like downhill skiing, the: | because of the quality of the Hotel in Whistler Village (1-604-932-3111). descents-are fully gravity-assisted.- brakes. Note: All prices do not include GST). _.° A descent down the Mainline:run-— —- , —- Andrew McCredie for -beginners-and those unsure’) | we of-their:skill on a mountain biki. aan" ene cw "= requires no, repeat no, pedal . 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V73.3HS beget det i FU pa ws rie e EME Sunday, August 25, 1996 - North Shore News ~ 33 ship schedule 1 Song of Norway, Ryndam, Legend of the Seas(B) 2 Statendam, Star Princess, Windward(B) 3 Noordam 5 Nicuw Amsterdam, Golden Princess(B) 6 Horizon 7 Crown Princess, Westerdam, Sun Princess(B) 8 Rotterdam, Legend of the Seas(B) 9 Statendam, Sky Princess, Windward(B), Crown Dynasty 10 Universe Explorer, Tropicale 1] Song of Norway 12 Nicuw Amsterdam 13 Horizon ; 14 Regal Princess, Westerdam, Sea Goddess 2, Sun Princess(B) 15 Ryndam, Legend of the Scas(B) 16 Statendam, Star Princess, Windward(B), Crown Dynasty 17 Noordam 19 Nicuw Amsterdam 20 Star Princess(B); Horizon 21 Crown Princess, Westerdam, Sun Princess(B) 22 Rotterdam 23 Statendam, Crown Dynasty(B), Sky Princess, 24 Tropicale, Noordam, Golden Princess(B) 26 Nieuw Amsterdam ~ o- 27 Sky Princess(B), Niew Amsterdam: 28 Westerdam poe 29 Rotterdam, Ryndam | 30 Statendam 1 Noordam 6 Nieuw Amsterdam 9 Rotterdam . 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