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Dog Mountain Snowshoe
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Dog Mountain Trail Difficulty: green snowshoe trail (took us 3 hours to complete) Traffic: very busy on weekends Facilities: flush toilet in the ski resort View: spectacular views of Metro Vancouver Overall score: 8/10 Dog Mountain Trail is one of the most popular, beginner-friendly snowshoeing trails around Vancouver. It is very…
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Toddler Ski Lessons 10-15: Chair Lift
For Lessons 10-13, we slowly worked on Junior’s confidence on the Magic Carpet. We also took 2 weeks off during the winter break to avoid the epic crowds. We read reports that it took more than 2 hours of lining up in the car just to get to the parking lot. I attempted to bring…
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Discovery Snowshoe Trails on Mt Seymour
For an easy, well marked, well maintained and moderately trafficked snowshoe trail in the Lower Mainland, we recommend the Discovery Snowshoe Trails on Mt Seymour. Day passes are $15 for adults, $35 including snowshoe rentals, and limited season passes are available. We got our season passes before they sold out. An added bonus is that…
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Toddler Ski Lessons 8-9: Magic Carpet
After multiple sessions on random slopes pre-season and in public areas, we have officially moved onto a proper serviced beginner’s slope. After looking into our options among the local mountains near Vancouver, we chose Mt. Seymour to be our playground for teaching Junior to ski this year. I usually ski much more often at Cypress…
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Toddler Ski Lessons 4-7
We tried to build on the success and progress from our ski lessons 1-3, and hit the slopes pre-season a bunch more times. During our Lesson 4, we hit a small hiccup: it was snowing. We thought Junior’s enthusiasm was enough to conquer a little bit of dry snow, but he was having none of…
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Toddler Ski Lessons 1-3
One major family goal of ours for this winter had been to teach Junior skiing. We had been looking forward to this ever since he was born, because we knew that as he turns 3 this season, he would officially be old enough to take ski lessons. Then COVID hit, and it sure put a…