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Most of Canada’s resorts are located in unspoilt
mareas where you can enjoy big
empty spaces, low skier density, and beautiful
scenery like the National Parks of Jasper and Banff.
But the range of resorts means you’re spoilt
for choice, from cosmopolitan, world-class Whistler
to the unique cultural cachet of French Canada and
Quebec. Canada offers unparalleled skiing for
beginners and intermediates, together with an
abundance of challenging skiing in patrolled areas
that would be classified as “off piste” in Europe. It also
has the most extensive heli-skiing in the world,
notably within the stunning wilderness of interior
British Columbia.
The northern latitudes of Canada ensure a long ski
season and copious amounts of snow, but the
surprising bonus, especially in the Rocky Mountain
resorts and in British Columbia are often long, sunny
days in glorious open bowl terrain. Canadian resorts
are unpretentious and very welcoming, and the
favorable exchange rates in recent years have
provided an extra incentive for British skiers to
discover this fabulous and diverse country. And last
year’s award to Whistler as the venue for the
2010 Winter Olympic Games is a further endorsement of
what is now undoubtedly one of the world’s
great winter sport destinations.
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