A great alternative to a day of skiing at the Big White Ski Resort is a snowmobile tour with Outback Snowmobile Tours, British Columbia Field Reporter Ivan Hughes gives it a try.
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Family Ski Resort Trips: How to Plan Western Family Ski Vacations
Planning to take the whole family skiing out West? Here are some great resort choices and some good advice to help you plan and get organized, from Travelocity’s Senior Editor, Genevieve Brown.
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Spring skiing in January as temperature rises, snow is melting and it’s a beautiful sunny day. Too beautiful.
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History of Breckenridge’s Mercury SuperChair:
The Mercury SuperChair was built by Poma (now Leitner-Poma of America) in 1997 as a replacement for the aging Lift B. Before the Beaver Run SuperChair was built in 1990, Peak 9 had five lettered lifts: Lift A (triple chairlift), and B, C, D and E (all double chairlifts), all of which were Riblet built. Of course, they all went to different heights on the mountain. Today, only Lifts A, C, and E of those five survive. The fates of Lifts B and D, you probably know…
In 1990, Lift D was removed and replaced by the Beaver Run SuperChair. Actually, it wasn’t fully removed. If you look to your right while riding the Beaver Run SuperChair after crossing under the Peak 8 SuperConnect, you’ll see the Ski Patrol Evacuation area, which uses some of Lift D’s parts.
Lift B would be replaced by the Mercury SuperChair* in 1997. The lift was actually one of two lifts built that year, the other being the Rocky Mountain SuperChair on Peak 8. Unlike the Rocky Mountain SuperChair, the Mercury SuperChair was built to replace a previous lift. Lift B partially survives. The upper terminal house survives as the Peak 9 Patrol Hut and the lift line is intact between the top of the lift and the Quicksilver Quad terminal.
If you look closely, Tower 18 on the Mercury SuperChair seems designed such that the lift can cross over a ghost lift. This suggests that Lift B was still intact when the Mercury SuperChair was installed in 1997.
Stats:
Opened in 1997
Replaced Lift B
20 towers
154 chairs
Omega chairs
Challenger terminals
TB-41 detachable grips
*The Beaver Run SuperChair was known under this name from 1990 to 1993.
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Its the Snow! is our motto at Big White Ski Resort. In a typical year, Mother Nature blesses Big White with over 700 centimeters (thats 24.5 feet) of champagne powder. From our immaculate cruising runs and alpine bowls to the world-famous Snow Ghosts (frosted trees caked with snow). Big White provides an exhilarating ski and snowboarding experience for beginners and experts alike. Five powder bowls, 118 marked runs, and endless lines through the trees are waiting just for you!
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Whistler ski resort, the official alpine skiing venue for the 2010 Winter Games, is profiled on Travel Channel’s 21 Manly Adventures. For more information, visit http://travelchannel.com/vancouver2010
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Skiers and snowboarders take their favorite resorts for granted. When it snows, they arrive and have a blast. This story takes you behind the scenes to one of Ski Magazine’s Top 50 resorts to show you how an efficient team turns a profit and makes logistics, marketing and snow control go off without a hitch.
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A boutique, cosy polynesian 5***** resort loacted on Matira Point on the main island of Bora Bora. This is where Canoe Breakfast and Glass bottom boats where invented. Elected best Resort “to make babies”…
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Craig tells us if this is a true Wii classic or just a glorified tech demo.
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A clash of spring and winter has allowed Jay Peak to stay open.