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Three iconic ski resorts in the beautiful Canadian Rockies, boasting abundant snow falls, excellent ski areas, un-crowded slopes and magnificent mountain scenery.
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Legendary Kicking Horse boasts huge snowfalls, fantastic champagne powder and superb terrain. Jasper is a friendly frontier town in the stunningly beautiful Jasper National Park, with superb skiing at nearby Marmot Basin. Whilst the friendly, laid back former mining town of Fernie, is renowned for its abundant powder snow and fabulous quiet, ski area.
MOUNTAIN FACTS Transfer Time Kicking Horse 3¼ hours from Calgary, Jasper 3¾ hours from Edmonton, 5 hours from Calgary, Fernie 3½ hours from Calgary. Altitude Pistes: Kicking Horse 3900m, Jasper 2417m, Fernie 1925m; Resort: Kicking Horse 1188m, Jasper 1058m, Fernie 1068m Snow Sure yes Pistes Kicking Horse 12km², Jasper 6.7km² Fernie 10km² Terrain Parks yes in each resort Lift Pass 6 days Kicking Horse from: Adult £155 Youth £125 13-18 years Child FREE 7-12 years (excl. Dec22-Jan04) Lift Pass 6 days Jasper from: Adult £109 Youth £109 13-17 years Child £55 6-12 years Lift Pass 6 days Fernie from: Adult £185 Youth £128 13-17 years Child £77 6-12 years LOCAL SKI INFORMATION LIFT PASS Covers all lifts in the respective resorts. KICKING HORSE Kicking Horse is a playground for advanced intermediates and expert skiers and boarders, with huge alpine bowls and over 1,000m of vertical and some seriously challenging terrain. However there are also a number of immaculate green and blue runs that weave down from the Eagle Eye Gondola to keep beginners and improvers happy. JASPER Marmot Basin, approximately 20 minutes drive from Jasper, offers a superb mix of terrain for all abilities. Well groomed, uncrowded trails through trees are perfect for families, beginners and intermediates and the hundreds of acres of challenging steep alpine bowls, chutes and glades will test even the most advanced skiers and boarders. FERNIE Beginners will relish the soft powder snow on the gentle, perfectly groomed, wide open slopes, on the lower area of the mountain. Intermediates have plenty of runs to explore including the fabulous Cedar Bowl. Advanced skiers and boarders have seemingly endless terrain with numerous chutes, steeps and deep powder bowls. However real powder hounds should try the excellent cat-skiing APRÈS SKI Kicking Horse offers a selection of bars and restaurants including the Highland Pub. Jasper has a good range of friendly, inexpensive lively bars and a good range of restaurants. Fernie hosts a great range of friendly bars and excellent choice of restaurants catering for all tastes. ACTIVITIES All resorts offer snowmobiling, dogsledding, snowshoeing and winter hiking, Jasper also offers wildlife safaris, Maligne Canyon ice walks, sleigh rides, scenic train rides, aquatic centre with waterslides, iceskating, shopping trips to West Edmonton Mall, heli-snowshoeing, skiing and sightseeing. Fernie also has torchlight descents, catskiing, indoor ice-skating, ice-hockey matches, bowling, aquatic centre with waterslides, cinema and kids activity nights.
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