All Grade 2 students in Western Canada have the opportunity to ski or snowboard practically free all season long with an RCR Rockies Grade 2 FunPass™. Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (Fernie, Kicking Horse, Kimberly & Nakiska) and Lake Louise Ski Area both offer the FunPass program which provides Grade 2
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I love backpacking for what it promises me: solitude, beautiful scenery, and a natural camping experience free from the noise of generators or loud music at the campsite next to me. The one thing I don’t like though is having to walk for hours to reach my campsite, while carrying
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On the slopes I overhear two instructors talking about plans for next winter and their hopes to be hired again at the Lake Louise Ski and Snowboard Resort. One of the pair sums up emphatically: “I know you can make more money in other countries, but (makes a sweeping gesture
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  Nakiska is located in Kananaskis Country and is the closest resort to Calgary–which makes getting out for a day of skiing so easy! It has 64 runs and 4 chairlifts plus 2 carpet lifts. Fernie is known for its deep powder and heavy snowfalls! The resort has a total
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Some kids, like my imaginative youngest daughter, can find adventure in a bare backyard. Others, like my eldest two, need a little more encouragement and structure to inspire them to climb, run and explore. On a recent trip to Kamloops, British Columbia, I constantly caught myself thinking, “The kids would
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“Are you ok?” the chairlift operator asked as I scrambled to my feet after bailing hard exiting the chair lift at the top of Panorama Mountain Resort in Invermere, British Columbia. I decided to credit his concerned expression to my current situation, not his worry over how this clearly inept
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I’ll admit it. I didn’t see what the big deal was about Whistler. Yeah, I know it’s pegged as Canada’s premier ski hill, but the cynic in me wondered if it really deserved that title. How much better could it be than skiing in Banff National Park, where I consider
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A visit to Santa at the mall or the annual Christmas party is fine, I’m not knocking it. But if you really want to up your holiday game, you’ll want to see the man in red at one of these, the 5 Coolest Spots for Santa Sighting in Canada! Water’s
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Autumn is a lovely time to visit Kamloops, British Columbia, and we’ve pulled together the perfect fall family itinerary for a weekend getaway. Friday Check into Hotel 540 in downtown Kamloops and let the kids work up an appetite in the rooftop pool. If the littles are foodies, we highly
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  Since becoming a mom, I’ve found there to be a special place in my heart for the various family vacation destinations I visited as a child. My family, along with our close family friends spent annual Christmas vacations slope side at Apex Mountain Resort. So the idea of escaping
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