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Does the exciting sport of snowboarding, that unique mixture of snow
skiing and surfing, get your blood to pumping? As you've watched
snowboarding events in the Winter Olympics or the Winter X-Games, have
you thought, "Wow, that looks fun. I want to try it myself."? If you
don't live in a state that has tons of snowy mountains to play on, you
might want to plan a snowboarding vacation to the north in Canada,
where they know a little something about winter fun.
A great place to start your search for the perfect snowboard vacation
destination in the land of the maple leaf is the Ski and Snowboard
Canada Web site,
www.skicanada.org , which has a wealth of information
covering Canada's ski resorts in each of the country's provinces, snow
reports so you can determine where the best powder is, and even
snowboarding and skiing packages, many targeted toward beginning
snowboarders so you can learn how to enjoy the sport without
endangering your personal safety.
As would be expected in a country whose population eagerly anticipates
the first snowfall of each winter, Canada is peppered with ski and
snowboarding resorts from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Their slopes
range from the extremely easy for beginners to the super challenging
for the risk-taker or Olympic-calibre snowboarder. And to encourage
more people to take up the sport, many resorts offer private lessons,
introduction to snowboarding classes and even special Discover
Snowboarding discount packages.
Some of the Canadian resorts that offer Discover Snowboarding and
Discover Skiing packages are Apex Mountain in Penticton, British
Columbia; Shames Mountain in Terrace, B.C.; Canada Olympic Park near
Calgary, Alberta; the Edmonton Ski Club of Edmonton, Alberta; Loch
Lomond Ski Area in Thunder Bay, Ontario; Snow Valley Ski Resort of
Barrie, Ontario; Ski Stoneham in Stoneham, Quebec; and and Ski
Chantecler in Sainte-Adele, Quebec.
Canada is so in love with winter sports that it has a National Ski and
Snowboard Week, usually scheduled in January. Special events of
interest to skiers and snowboarders will be hosted by more than 100 ski
and snowboard resorts across the country. There's not a better time to
totally immerse yourself in the edgy, fun snowboard culture than during
Canada's national celebration of the sport.Jayne Collingwood
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