by the ocean,
although the cool
spring air didn’t

the pleasare now.

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B.C.‘S SPRING SKIING ~

HERE IN B.C. we have some of the greatest skiing
in the country — and it is easy to reach, not too
pricey and offers a great holiday escape from the

‘Big City Blues’!

Close to home there is of
course the super ski wonder-
land to be found at Whistler
with two great world class
mountains to ski on and a
splendid modern ski village
with classy accommodation
and facilities right at the foot
of the slopes. Hotels in the
Whistler Village offer some
great packages, including
super ‘“‘mini mid week"
specials at bargain rates. The
Whistler Resort Association
— 932-4222 — can put you in
touch.

Up at Hemlock Vallicy
they have modern con-
dominiums and hotels right
on the slopes with some really
great deals for holiday skiers,
like free night skiing for
gucsts of the Hemlock Inn.
Two double, one triple
chairlifta, a rope tow and
handlebar tow serve the
Hemlock runs, and there is
cross country skiing on
groomed track-sct trails right
from the condominiums. A
call to 324-7222 gives you all
the info.

Further aficid the idyllic
Okanagan resorts of Big
White, Apex Alpine and
Silver Star have all recently
initiated multi million dollar
programs to transform these

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delightful powder ski centres
into luxury mountaintop
resorts.

Big White Ski Village is the
most fully developed. With
over 2,500 beds in its slope-
side village this swinging
resort has developed into a:
tastefully designed modern
ski resort.

Indoor pools, hot tubs,
saunas, racquct bail courts,
restaurants, bar and lounges
offer joyful apres ski fare,
and out on the slopes the
magnificent runs offer
something for all. Three cri-
ple chairs, a double chair and
three T-bars lead to some of
the most cxciting skiing in
B.C. with steep mogulled
plunges for the hot shots,
tong wide open powder bowls
for the deep powder lovers,
wide rolling breadways to
show off intermediate styles
and well protected carefully
groomed beginner slopes to
satisfy newcomers to the
sport. They have packages
galore, whether you plan to
fy, bus or drive yourself,
Super low cost weekend bus
trips leave Vancouver Friday
night and arrive back Sunday

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LONE SKIER heads downhill, to make a great finale to his
ran, while others take a rest up the chairlift, anticipating the

runs to come.

evening. For more details call
Linda at 731-1073, or the toll
free mountain number at
112-800-663-4253

Apex Alpine, close by Pen
ticton, is busy developing its
own slopeside accommoda-
tion and can look after over

900 in modern condo style
The mountain has undergonc
quite a transformation in the
last few years and now boasts
two double chairs, one triple
chairlift, and a T-bar Icading
to a nice variety of. well
groomed runs with some
great hot shot skiing on steep

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chutes and powder bowls,
plus some very nicely groom-
ed intermediate skiing, and
Special separate beginner
area. A couple of nice
restaurants and lounges offer
some happy evening enter-
tainment and there is night
skiing on the novice run.
Give a call to 112-292-8221

At the head of the Valley
Silver Star’s long popular
slopes have been graced by
the addition of the Putnam
Station Inn which opened
this winter, the first hotel in
the long awaited Silver Star
Village. This is an ideal fami-
ly style mountain with long
well groomed runs, powder
snow and famed Okanagan
sunshine. Putnam Station
guests can enjoy relaxed din-
ing, steam bath and jacuzzi
as well as free night skiing. A
call to 112-542-0166 will tell
you more.

And if you care to flirt
with the picasures of the
supreme ski caxpernience —
helicopter skiing — you
might like to try the holiday
oriented excitement of Pan-
orama Resort, a short drive
west of Radium Hot Springs.
This is another arca which
has recently blossomed into a
fully serviced ski complea
with a slopeside ski village
complete with all the extras
from soothing hot tubs,
saunas and games room to
gourmet restaurants and live-

Take the great holiday escape

ly watering holes.

Located between Toby
Glacier to the south and Lake
of the Hanging Glacier to the
north, Panorama’s 7000 ft.
plus elevation is a skier’s
fantasy come to life. Three
chairlifts, a Poma and T-bar
serve the slopes which have
something for every level of
skier — even helicopter ski-
ing, Hans Gmoser’s world
renowned Canadian Moun-
tain Holidays helicopter pad
is just a short walk across
Toby Creek, and the famed
Bugaboo heli ski runs lie just
north of Panorama. Special
one day heli ski trips are
available, as well as on-slope
training for this ultimate
high, through the Panorama
ski school. Twenty kilo-
metres of cross country trails
offer a change of pace, and
nightly cross country ski-out
parties ending with campfire
singalongs are just part of the
Panorama experience. For
information call
112-342-694).

These are just a few of the
many super B.C. ski resorts
waiting to tempt you on a
get-away-from-it-all winter
holiday. Resorts like Tod
Mountain near Kamloops.
Kimberley’s North Star
Mountain, Rossland’s Red
Mountain, Whitewater al
Nelson, or Forbidden Pla
teay on Vancouver Island
and many more