Skiing

Get outside and enjoy the beautiful North Shore mountains this winter! Grouse Mountain is the ideal family spot for all ages to learn to ski and snowboard, or dust off the snow from last season and improve your skills. With classes at Grouse Mountain, you can be sure your kids
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Join the 1.2 million people who visit Grouse Mountain annually! Located just 15 minutes from downtown, Vancouver’s premier attraction offers the perfect destination for a variety of cultural, educational and outdoor adventures. With 26 ski and snowboard runs, 14 night runs, 4 chairlifts, 2 terrain parks plus the Cut Jump
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What makes a ski hill family-friendly? Is it the easier runs, the kid-oriented lessons, the daycare programs, the restaurants which understand kids can be picky eaters? A family ski holiday is never a cheap endeavour so you want to ensure the experience is enjoyable for everyone in the family. We’ve
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Does anyone else cross their fingers and toes for snow every year? Yes, I’m one of the snow-lovers. I know many people in Metro Vancouver aren’t fans of the white stuff (at least not fans when the white stuff falls any place other than the mountains). But last winter offered
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Less than 365 days ago this middle-aged momma took her first ski lesson. After the first lesson, the season was over and I assumed my dabbling in skiing was done. I tried it, I didn’t break any bones, and I was good to carry-on with my non-skiing lifestyle. However there
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I wish I skied. I don’t and as the years keep passing my willingness to hurtle down a mountain wane ever more. But I don’t want my scaredy-cat attitude to influence my kids. While competitive skiing isn’t an aspiration (at least not yet), I’d like my kids to feel comfortable
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For people seeking extraordinary coastal mountain experiences, Mount Washington has it all![…]

Sun Peaks offers 3,678 skiable acres of terrain, 122 runs, including 12 designated glade areas, 11 lifts total including 3 high speed quad chairlifts, 2 quad chairlifts, 1 triple chairlift, and 5 surface lifts

Cypress Mountain offers the most skiable terrain on the North Shore! Located only 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver, Cypress is proud to provide its skiers, riders and sliders with the most vertical drop, the best snow conditions, 600 acres of skiable terrain, 53 ski runs, and 9 chair lifts, all
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One of the major venues for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort is the premiere location for skiing and snowboarding near Vancouver. Located about two hours north of Vancouver in Whistler, B.C., it’s easy to get away to Whistler for a day trip or weekend. Whistler Blackcomb has
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