Snow Tubing Areas in Canada - Snow Tubing Areas in British Columbia, Snow Tubing Areas in Quebec, Whistler Blackcomb, Big White Ski Resort (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Snow Tubing Areas in British Columbia, Snow Tubing Areas in Quebec, Whistler Blackcomb, Big White Ski Resort, Silver Star Mountain Resort, Kicking Horse Resort, Mont Tremblant Resort, Mount Seymour, Cypress Mountain Ski Area, Sun Peaks Resort, Mount Washington Alpine Resort, Apex Mountain Resort, Harper Mountain, Mont Orignal. Excerpt: Whistler Blackcomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Whistler Mountain is the right-most (southern) mountain when looking at the Whistler-Blackcomb ski area from Whistler Village. It has a summit elevation of 2284 meters (7,160 ft). The total vertical drop is 1530 meters (5,020 feet) and 4,757 acres (1,925 ha) skiable inbound terrain. Whistler is served by a total of 20 lifts; 2 gondolas, 7 high-speed detachable quad chair lifts, 2 fixed grip chair lifts, 2 T-bars. and the drive station for the Peak 2 Peak Gondola connecting it with Blackcomb mountain to the north. There are 4 on-hill restaurants, as well as a children's ski school facility and children can sign up for a five day lesson called "Adventure Camp". It is served by two base areas: Whistler Creek, the original base on its southwest flank, and Whistler Village on its northwest flank. Blackcomb Mountain is the left-most (northern) mountain when looking at the Whistler-Blackcomb ski area from Whistler Village. It has a summit elevation of 2182 metres (7,494 feet) at the top of the 7th Heaven chair - Blackcomb Mountain itself is higher at 2440 meters (8000 feet), but unlike Whistler the peak is not lift-served. Blackcomb has a higher skiable vertical, at 1609 meters (5,133 feet), has less area at 3,414 acres (1,382 ha). It is served by 17 lifts; 1 gondola, 6 high-speed quads, 3 fixed-grip triples and 7 surface lifts, as well as the end-station for the ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=178532