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Along with his other goodies, the Easter Bunny — swinging-nightclubs, and no”
brought’ some snow for our local ski mountains. liftlines...

_ Grouse: Mountain wound up a terrific season with

three cms. of new snow for their last day of skiing, pressive” three storey lodge |

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PREPARING TO BOARD the helicopter for.another great Bugaboo ran.
(CMH photo

on. Easter Monday.

Cypress Park and Manning

Park also closed their downhill ski operations on

| ‘that day, but cross country trails will still be going

'strong in both these Parks well into May.

: Before you swap the old
boards for the sail boat or
ithe lawnmower, remember
there’s still some great spring
skiing to come. Mount
Seymour expects to be open
until the end-of April. On
Easter. Monday ount
Baker had five cms. of new
snow on a 342 cm. base and

" they will be in operation on —
_ weekends and holidays for a
_ Couple of months yet.

Hemlock Valley’ will
operate weekends only until

7 the end of April, and up in

the Okanagan ‘at Big White
they will be in daily
operation until the 6th of

B: May.

- There’s all kinds of snow
in the high bowls of Whistler

' Mountain where they are
well into some super spring
skiing, and they will con-

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tinue daily operation until
the fourth week of May.

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And if high mountain ski
adventure is what you crave,
how about some helicopter
skiing? This is the ultimate
ski dream for those who
yearn for deep powder and

And this super sophisticated
form of skiing really made its
name here in B.C.,. when
Hans Gmoser started-- his

unique helicopter ski
development in the
Bugaboos.

Today the wilderness area
of glaciers and rocky spires
known as the Bugaboos has
‘become one_of the world’s
ultimate ski locales. You'll
find no ski lifts marching up
the mountain sides, no
crowded parking lots, no

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‘friend and partner,
miles of virgin snowfields. .

of massive timbers and stone’ -

overlooking “the majestic

Bugaboo Glacier. The ski lift
is a jet-powered helicopter,
and the ski terrain has over
100 major ski runs.
surrounding 100 different
mountains, each one of !
which would probably make
a tremendous ski resort in
itself. ~

Hans Gmoser and his .
Leo.
Grillmair, arrived in western
Canada in 1951. They.
wanted to do one thing —
see the Canadian Rockies.
Having seen them, they
found it hard to concentrate
on work in the city and wére
very soon ‘busy working in
the mountain’s leading ski
tours and guiding mountain
climbing parties.

Leo Grillmair is a
knowledgeable and _ ex-
perienced mountaineer and
skier with a great sense of

‘humour. He made the first

ascent of the north face of
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633 HOWE STREET

just down from
the Georgia Hotel