By D’Arcy Davis

All the signs are
there as plain to see as a set
of tire tracks leading off of
an icy road. Every carelessly
tossed snowball is a herald,
every ear full of slush one
receives from some assholes
“carelessly tossed “ herald is
a cold, wet reminder...
Meteorologists and
astrologers are in agreement,
the planets are in line.
Psychics and arthritics can
feel it, on days when a certain
huge unbe endowment
contributor is not releasing
tones of smelly crap into the
air you can actually smell the
snow coming.

With every flake that
cascades gently from the
heavens we are being hurled
at high velocity into the kind
of ski season legends are
made of. The kind of ski
season that justifies taking a
week or two off of school
for, the kind of ski season
worth blowing your student
loan on. The kind of ski
season that will renew your
faith in god and leave you

dickering with the devil for

more.

Those of you new to the

promised land (you know
who you are _ former
Vancouverites) can add
skiing to your (already
lengthy ) list of cool things to
do in Prince George. It is for
you that we present the
following review of local
down hill ski facilities.

Tabor Mountain
-not actually a mountain
in the traditional alpine sense,
more like a
big hill really, tabor is great
because it is only fifteen
minutes away.

-night skiing, t-bar, triple
chair, nice lodge, and a ski
jump.

-cheapest of the local hills.
-not overly aggressive
groomed runs.

Purden Ski Village

-further away (1-hr) and a
little more expensive then
Tabor, but it is bigger.

‘weekend.

BIG SNOW COME!

Don’t have a trap line? Can’t bring yourself to go ice-fishing? Well then break-out the boards and hit the slopes.

-Purden has some really
cool runs and a couple of
pretty laid back ones as well.

-runs are groomed but
sometimes you can get some
nice powder snow.

-nice lodge, try and hook-
up with someone with a cabin
out their so you can ski all

-Purden has a dinky little t-
bar that goes nowhere, and a
double chair which makes for
some long lines at the
bottom.

-apparently purden has
been renovating, there are
rumors about new runs and
even another chair I can’t say
if those will be ready this
season or not (if you can shed
some light let us know).

by Karin Fennell

A major winter sport in Prince George is skiing; both downhill and cross- country are easily
accessible.

- There are some excellent places for cross-country skiing here, like Cottonwood Island Park, Forests
for the World, Otway, Tabor Mountain and even right around the campus.

For downhill skiing enthusiasts PG has quite a selection of hills. For day trips try the Hart Highland,
Tabor Mountain or-Purden Lake. A little further out of Prince George is Murray Ridge (Fort St. James)
and Troll Resort (Quesnel). If you want to make it a weekend trip, try Powder King, Marmot Basin
(Jasper), Hudson’s Bay Mountain (Smithers), or even Sun Peaks or Silverstar (near Kamloops).

There is also a wide variety of ski clubs to join. The Otway Ski Club has cross-country trails that it
regularly maintains, as well as the Nordic Ski Club.

Powder King If you’re more of a downhill fanatic, the local Prince George Nancy Green Ski Club is one of the
-not really local (a 2-hr.+ —_ largest branches in Canada.
drive). So, no matter how you choose to defy death with 2x4’s strapped to your feet, there are mar; “Ly clubs

-it is powder king, tons
and tons of snow.

-a couple of groomed runs,
and lots of bush skiing.

-I hate the new lodge, the
old “Chateau Atco” was dark
and wet but it had way more
room.

with lots of comacosie skiers to join you out in this winter wonderland of skiing.
See you on the slopes! wy,

GRAND OPENINGS 1

if you are reading this and
you have an-ear-ring in your
nose, and your parents feel
that you are not responsible
enough to have ski-poles then
you are probably a snow
boarder (or is it thrasher?) .
You will be happy (well as
happy as you
disenfranchised, counter-
culture types get) to know all
three hills are snowboarding
friendly . All three also
provide limited bus
transportation..y,

Powder King: Friday November 18th.
Purden: Saturday November 19th.

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