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ENTERPRISE SKI SECTION Nov. 24, 1969 Page 4i'* *\ ■}Ski the three and ‘Okanagan Powder’ tooOgopogo, the legendary sea monster who Is purported to be a year-round resident In Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, has taken up skiing.All green with matching plaid scarf, Ogopogo is depicted on the Big White areaski pin as he skia the deep powder runs 38 miles from Kelowna and the shores of his home lake.You don't have to be a monster or even know how to swim to be impressed with any one of the three major ski areas located in the high -wma.’ ' A/‘YSS- 3 ..M$80$115■-v.vv, -► * 4 fLARGEST-•A1.v,*v.v.y.v.-•-v.V.'AVSKIt-y.SPORTS CENTER2816 N.W. MARKET ST. LYNNWOOD SHOPPING CEMTER SU 4-1227 - BALLARDPR 8-3737 - LYNNWOODmountain ranges bordering the Okanagan Valley.Developed over the years as local areas to serve the ski buffs from Vernon, Kelowna * and Penticton, the respective areas of Silver Star, Big White and Apex-Alpine have now become internationally - known as the skier's big three of British Columbia’s sunny Okanagan Valley.APEX-ALPINE AREA Penticton, the summertime city of beaches and peach festivals, is accessible by air or Highway 97 northeast of Seattle or eastward from Vancouver via Highway 3. Apex is 22 miles southwest of the city and the most southerly test for Washington State ski buffs bombing north into Canada. Your first look at Apex isa delight to the expert, a challenge to the intermediate skier and a sobering sight to the novice.Such runs as the Chute, Big K and Gun Barrel are front and center and offer steep mo gulled skiing and a degree of difficulty that sets Apex skiers a bit apart from the more leisurely and lackadaisical set.However, a weil-laid-out novice area with wide, gradual slopes is available. Such intermediate trails as the •‘Old Mill Run” are the next step up the mountain on the trail to bigger and better tests.Before a package learn -to-ski week is .out, the instructors under the direction of Millie and Al Menzies will have even the novice taking a tentative run or two on the big trails.Apex is pretty well strictly a skier’s mountain. At the hill accommodation and apres-ski life is confined to a large, unlicensed day lodge featuring cafeteria service and ski shop.Apex Lodge is located nine miles from the lofty Apex runs. Other over-night accommodation is bountifulBLACK BEAR FACTORY OUTLETIN LYNNWOOD30%Beautifully StyledJACKETSf* 9 For Skiing—Sportingor Casual Wear . .VVw\•'VmmCanadian ‘Snow Ghosts’ are snow-laden trees4Tl-I£ SNOW GHOSTS” OF BIG WHITE near Kelowna, British Columbia, are enjoyed, not feared even by a superstitious skier as he coasts through boot-top Okanagan powder. The weird and wonderful shapes of the snow-laden evergreen trees are as characteristic to the Okanagan Valley ski areas as their famous fast and fluffy snow conditions.(Canadian Government Travel Bureau Photo.)at the 72 motels and hotels in Penticton.BIG WHITE AREA Northwards from Penticton for 43 miles on Highway 97, you arrive in Kelowna. . . the capital of Ogopogoland and one hour away from Big White via Greyhound bus or car on a paved road.Big White is big and friendly to the intermediate skier.High up the Monashee Range, the huge, open-faced mountain features top alpine sking in the characteristic fast, dry, boot-top Okanagan Powder.”Halfway down the vast domed face, the skier encounters the first of Big White's snow ghosts” . . .towering white and weird fohms that stand like sentinels in a skier's world. The warm winds of springtime turn the ski season's snow ghosts back into stately looking evergreen trees.While expert trails such as ‘*The Cliff” are tests for the hotshot, the varied terrain of the Enchanted Forest” will excite and impress eventhe most blase.The sublime to the ultimate is offered by Big White’s heli-coper service being inaugurated this year to flit virgtn-powder buffts up to glacier skiing on the surroundingpeaks of the Monashee Range.■Over 150 beds are available at the area, ranging from economical dormitories where you bring your own sleeping bag, to motels, lodges and separate chalets. The base lodge offers a licensed dining lounge for apres-ski activities particularly suitable for groups or ski clubs.MOUNT SILVER STAR The most northerly member of the Okanagan's Big Three is only 16 miles fromtown and is a complete treat for the skiing family. The variety of terrain is so evenly balanced that Silver Star could be considered one of the most natural ski areas in North America.Runs range from head-wall and expert skiing on the high ridges to high bowls at the top third of the intermediate runs. A new chairlift installed last year with a 1,600 foot vertical rise services the wide white way of the Big Dipper’* run. • a rare test that the expert finds exciting and the novice an irresistible challenge.Prow-shaped, picturesque three-level A-frame chalets lend almost a winter fairytale effect to the alpine villageand can accommodate 100 ski-*week guests in the snow-laden fnr*est at the foot of the lifts.
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Lynnwood Enterprise
Lynnwood, Washington, US
Mon, Nov 24, 1969
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