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Western Canada is the main draw for visitors from Britain. It has fabulous scenery, good snow and a wonderful sense of the great outdoors. The big names of Whistler and Banff-Lake Louise capture practically all of the British market at present, but there are lots of worthwhile smaller resorts. We recommend renting a car and combining two or more of these resorts, perhaps with a couple of days on virgin powder served by helicopters or snowcats as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Canada’s rise to prominence on the British market has been simply amazing. Interest in America came first, triggered by the acute snow shortages in the Alps at the end of the 1980s. In the early 1990s, British skiers started going to Canada or, to be precise, to Whistler in noticeable numbers. But it was in the mid-1990s, when the exchange rate went from C$1.8 to C$2.25 in the space of two years, that things began to take off. By 1996, Canada had overtaken the US, with over 5% of the British market. The 1996/97 season saw a massive hike in the numbers going to Banff-Lake Louise, where there was (and is) a surplus of accommodation in winter. By combining cheap rooms with cheap charter flights to Calgary tour operators were able to offer packages starting at under ?300. Canada as a whole is now taking about 8% of the market but some further growth is expected this coming season because there have been further favourable exchange rate movements. Read the rest of this entry »
For us the main attraction of skiing or riding in eastern Canada is the French culture and language that are predominant in the province of Quebec. It really feels like a different country from the rest of Canada as indeed many of its residents want it to become. The slopes of each resort are small both in extent and in vertical drop, the weather can be perishingly cold in early and mid-winter and the snow can be windblown and icy if it’s powder you’re after you’d be better off heading west. But extensive snowmaking systems mean snow of some sort is more-or-less guaranteed. And the cities are interesting, especially Quebec City, which dates from the 17th century. Read the rest of this entry »
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