B.C.’s Greatest Ski Road Trips

Whether it’s the crème de la crème of experiences or an off the radar mom-and-pop style adventure, these four B.C. ski road trips are sure to satisfy any slope-side craving B y R ya n S t u a r t

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Road The world‘s largest Trips cuckoo clock is a big part of Kimberley’s distinct Bavarian charm. THE POWDER HIGHWAY Where: Highway 3 from Rossland to Fernie. Why Go: Skiing culture as deep as the snow.

When skiers from around the world dream of coming to B.C. what they imagine is often the Kootenays: deep, dry and consistent snow that falls on friendly ski hills littered with perfectly spaced trees, open alpine and lots of secret stashes. That pretty much sums up skiing at Red Moun- tain Resort, , and , four hills spread Fernie is about as classic as it along Highway 3, part gets for a ski town vibe, with a of the Powder Highway, great laid-back, outdoorsy feel. between the Okanagan Ainsworth Kimberley Area of Nelson Hot Springs (Terex Titan) and the border. enlargement These community- Cranbrook Fernie Fernie Alpine Resort focused hills lack the 1 offers fantastic snow, and Whitewater glamour of bigger 1 is a 10-minute drive away Fernie’s Lizard resorts, but make up 3 from the town of Fernie. Creek Lodge is 6 1 just 80 metres K o o t e na y s away from the Elk Directions: 95 Quad . Driving to Red Moun- 1 tain is straightforward Red Mountain 3 0 25 50KM from just about any- Creston Rossland fast. The mountain ridge that loves where they live. where in the province. makes up Fernie Alpine Re- The same holds true for Head towards the U.S. sort creates its own weather, the whole Kootenay region. border and merge onto Highway 3, the Crowsnest for it in hard-core skiing, a Mountain is the newest ad- books told the world what a persistent cloud that stalls People live here for the life- Highway. East beyond the friendly vibe, great snow and dition and the best place for locals already knew: the over the ski hill’s five bowls style and in the winter that Okanagan the highway plenty of personality. intermediate skiers with lots hill owns the best on-slope to dump way more snow means skiing. splits in two. Follow the For instance, Red Moun- of room to roam. Granite is eats. The skiing’s not bad than in the town of Fer- southern branch, 3B, tain is the first ski resort the main summit, with runs either. Twenty minutes from nie, just a 10 minute drive Websites: redresort.com; toward Rossland, Red is just before town. White- in North America to use pitching off in all directions, Nelson, this is the hill at the tree skiing and fall line runs. beyond Vimy Ridge to the away. The terrain is a playful skiwhitewater.com; water is further east off crowdfunding to raise providing access to the steep heart of the Kootenays’ ski Kimberley Alpine Re- Black Forest for the steepest mix: open bowls, ridge lines, skikimberley.com; Highway 3, 22 kilometres capital for improvements. tree skiing Red is famous for. scene. It’s known for amaz- sort’s Bavarian theme sets runs on the mountain. Also faces, runs through the trees, skifernie.com from Nelson. Highway Supporters will own part Meanwhile, Whitewater ing tree skiing and 12 metres the hill apart from any resort of note: Kimberley basks in natural jumps and gullies 3 eventually spills into of the mountain. Actu- Ski Resort may be the only of snow per winter. Find the outside of Germany. Stick a some of the sunniest weather and wide open cruisers. It’s Where to Eat: The obvi- Cranbrook. From here head north on Highway ally, mountains. The ski hill ski hill as well known with deepest shots on the Glory coin in the world’s largest in B.C., adding to its family an easy ski hill to like. And ous can’t-miss spot is The 95A to reach Kimberley. sprawls over three summits foodies as powder aficiona- Ridge chair. The newest lift, cuckoo clock, a fixture of the friendly vibe. so is the town. It’s a funky ex- Whitewater Fresh Tracks To continue on to Fernie, with a fourth devoted to the dos. The Whitewater Fresh it accesses the mountain’s walking promenade through Pop over into the Elk Valley mining village, with a happy Cafe, in the ski resort’s backtrack to Cranbrook resort’s own cat-skiing. Grey Tracks Cafe’s four cook- backside, a playground of the centre of town. Ski and the weather changes outdoorsy community that day lodge. Wonderfully and continue on Highway 3 for another hour. Fernie Alpine Resort/Henry Georgi from Top: Kimberley Alpine Resort/Chris Elder; Lizard Creek Lodge/Mark Shannon; Henry Georgi B C m • 2 7 Winter Road Kimberley Alpine Resort offers winter fun for the Trips whole family.

The Whitewater Fresh Tracks Cafe Express is one of the region’s most famous places to grab a slope-side lunch.

Celebratory shots at Lizard Creek Lodge’s ice bar.

Whitewater.

Where to Ski: Get a local The Main Event: The Koo- to show the way to Cambo- tenay Coldsmoke Powder dia, maybe the gnarliest of Fest encapsulates everything Red Mountain’s many super skiing in the Kootenays is steep runs. Kimberley’s about: powder, mountain Geneva is tamer, but still culture, backcountry know named, The Flying Steam an adventure through the how, gear demos, 30 clin- Shovel in Rossland serves perfect glades of the Black ics and evening socials. The excellent tacos and rosemary Forest. And you can’t miss annual event takes over the herb crust pizzas, but the The Blast, under the Summit Whitewater ski area Febru- real attraction is playing Chair at Whitewater. ary 24 to 26. neglin, a Kootenay bar game coldsmokepowderfest.com that every visitor should try. The caves at Avoid the Crowds: Ski skiwhitewater.com; thefly- Ainsworth Hot against the flow: head out Springs. ingsteamshovel.com. to Kimberley’s Easter Chair first thing. Sign up for First Where to Stay: Take Tracks at Fernie. This guided advantage of the on-site ice Off the Slopes: Hot Springs Soaking program grants pre-opening bar and still stumble out of Spread through the Kootenays like oases for tired legs are three access to the mountain for bed in time for first chair by natural hot springs. Halcyon Hot Springs, Ainsworth Hot Springs small groups. staying at the deluxe Lizard and Lussier Hot Springs are each a detour off the route linking the ski hills. Halcyon warrants a day trip after a stop at Red. The scenic Creek Lodge right the base drive up the Slocan Valley leads to the town of Nakusp, full of art- Keep it on Budget: Kim- of Fernie Alpine Resort. Built ists, and the toasty pools, overlooking the lake and fed by mineral berley and Fernie are both rich waters pouring out of the hills. Ainsworth is a short detour off in 1898 and recently restored, owned by the Resorts of the Roadside Highway 3 near Nelson. Like at Halcyon, the water flows out of the the Hume Hotel is the heart . An RCR Attraction: of Nelson. Enjoy jazz in its mountain and into a spa, this one with two pools, the 42ºC indoor Rockies discount card pays cave and a slightly cooler outdoor, horseshoe-shaped pool. Lus- Continue beyond Fernie to Sparwood, home to Library Lounge all week. The Hume Hotel in sier is undeveloped. The rock pools sit on the banks of the Lussier for itself, with three free days one of the world’s largest lizardcreek.com; downtown Nelson. River in White Swan Provincial Park. of skiing and discounts every humehotel.com halcyon-hotsprings.com; ainsworthhotsprings.com; bcparks.ca other visit. dump trucks. The box on the Terex Titan could fit two Greyhound buses and From Top: Steve Ogle; Lizard Creek Lodge/Henry Georgi; courtesy of Hume Hotel; inset: Kari Medig two pickup trucks. 28 • B C m Top: Kimberley Alpine Resort/Raven Eye Photography; Above; David Gluns B C m • 2 9 Winter 0 25 50KM lines, gullies and Road 1 open faces, a lot of it 5 Sun Peaks groomed to perfec- Trips tion, one of Sun Peak’s best attributes. n There’s also an end- less list of things to a do off the slopes, including a ride in a Silver Star groomer, dogsledding g and a Segway tour of Area of enlargement the village, which is Vernon a1 vaguely Austrian a 97 looking collection of hotels, restaurants and shops connected n by snow-covered lanes. Kelowna 1 a At Silver Star, 33 1 the cross-country Myra skiing competes 97 Canyon k with downhill for Big White attention. Combined with the connected

O provincial park trail Apex Penticton network there’s more than 100 kilometres of groomed trails Directions: to explore. Spider webbing Sun Peaks is about an through them are even more hour north of Kamloops off Highway 5. To reach snowshoe trails. Some packed Silver Star, back track routes are open to snow bik- to Kamloops and fol- ing. Up on the mountain, the low Highway 1 west to terrain lends itself to improv- Highway 97 and Vernon. ing and the excellent snow In Vernon follow signs to the resort access road, school programs help. just south of town. Big “Big and friendly” Big Cross-country is just as White is two hours south, White may embody the important as downhill at Silver first on Highway 97 to Okanagan style of skiing the Star, with more than 100 Kelowna and then on best. Like its neighbours, it kilometres of groomed trails. Highway 33 to the Big White access road. Final- basks in plenty of sunny days ly, to reach Apex continue but also lands 760 centimetres has a south on Highway 97 to of snow a winter. The terrain charming skating loop. reason: hot, sunny weather is everything from ice climbing Monashee Mountains an Penticton and then follow ranges from long, easy runs Apex Mountain Road to almost guaranteed, the lake to skating, hundreds of kilo- hour north of Kamloops. The to steep alpine bowls, and the resort. THE offers a perfect place to cool metres of cross-country trails second largest ski resort in Big White is famous for its Apex Mountain’s small size ALL- off, there’s tons to do and the to Segway tours, even non- sprawls over three gives it a more intimate feel excellent tree skiing for skiers plethora of local wine and skiers will find plenty to do. mountains surrounding the and smaller crowds. of just about every ability. Off food doesn’t hurt. The lakes The furthest north of the compact village. Each moun- the slopes there’s just as much INCLUSIVE may not hold the same allure four, Sun Peaks, is not techni- tain has its own character. variety. Tykes and adults can come winter, but everything cally in the Okanagan—but Expect a mix of weaving runs play around on snowmobiles. WINTER else remains in place with it’s close, tucked into the through trees, fall line ridge There’s an ice-climbing tour. the added benefit of four of Two spas soothe sore muscles. VACATION the province’s most excit- And there are horse-drawn Sun Peaks is the second ing ski resorts for families. sleighs, dogsleds and more. Where: largest ski resort in Canada. The length of the Beyond the diverse terrain Apex, the smallest and Okanagan. that makes progressing easy, most southern resort on this Why Go: the Okanagan resorts—Sun road trip, doesn’t have as Where skiing is only Peaks Resort, Silver Star much going on, but its small half the fun. Mountain Resort, Big size has advantages. On pow- White Ski Resort and Apex der days everyone gets their Heading to the Okanagan Mountain Resort—are more share. The village is intimate. for a holiday is a summer like all-inclusive resorts than And it doesn’t take long tradition in B.C. for good traditional ski hills. With to gain the confidence to

30 • B C m clockwise from top: Silver Star/Blake Jorgenson; david Webb; Apex Mountain; Sun Peaks/Kelly Funk B C m • 3 1 Lots of family fun at Sun Peaks offers many Winter Big White, even for unique options for getting Road the non-skiers. out in the snow, including Trips dogsledding.

Unique touring options at . explore beyond the runs into Where to Eat: Near the steeps of Headwalls at Sun the glades and chutes. Once top of the village lifts, right Peaks is the venue for the the lifts stop spinning, skate in the centre of the Big Canadian Speed Skiing on a one-kilometre-long skat- White village, The Woods Championships. At Big ing loop that’s lit after dark is a good bet for a mid-ski White the Cliff Chair is or play shinny on a full-size fuel up or a cozy dinner where people go to push hockey rink. apres. Ignore Eatology’s themselves, but the best location, attached to the powder skiing is in the Websites: sunpeaksresort. bus depot in Vernon, and trust Roadside snow ghosts (iced-up trees) com; skisilverstar.com; big- your gut for healthy, satisfying Attractions: of the Falcon Glades. Explor- white.com; apexresort.com and delicious breakfasts and The Myra Canyon section ing the Putnam Creek area of of the Kettle Valley Rail- way is just as worthy in Silver Star requires guts and the skills to match. It’s steep Mission Hill Winery. winter. Bring snowshoes and tromp the 12-kilome- back there. tre rail-to-trail across 18 trestles and two tunnels Avoid the Crowds: Head high on the side of a nar- row canyon. bcparks.ca further from the village and the crowds fall away. At Sun Peaks, try the Morrisey Ex- lunches. Everyone loves pizza press and at Big White wan- and beer and few do it better der over to Sun Rype Bowl off than Bad Tattoo Brewing in the Gem Lake Express. Penticton. thewoodsbw.com; badtattoobrewing.com Keep it on Budget: Feel- ing spontaneous? Silver Where to Stay: Backing onto Star Stays, a vacation rental the runs at Sun Peaks, the Ca- manager, offers discounts for hilty Hotel and Suites caters bookings made within three Off the Slopes: Wine Tasting to families of all sizes. Shin- days of a visit. Once snow settles on the vineyards the hustle of the wine tasting ing after a summer renova- silverstarstays.com tours and sample rooms quietens down, but the wines still taste good. Tasting rooms at some wineries stay open throughout the tion, Apex Lodge sits at the winter, but with reduced hours. Others will open by request. If entrance to the resort’s village The Main Event: Snow- figuring out which is which sounds like too much work, sign up for with easy access to the runs bombing makes its North a wine tour with a company like Toast the Okanagan Wine Tours. and restaurants. American debut April 6 to 10 They’ll pick you up from Big White or in Kelowna for a tour of four cahiltylodge.com; at Sun Peaks Resort. The fes- local wineries over three hours. The driver ensures you can take full advantage of all the tasting opportunities and provides insight apexmountainlodging.com tivities combine DJs and live into the Okanagan’s wine producers and their wines. bands with mountain venues. toasttheokanagan.com Where to Ski: The fall line snowbombingcanada.com

32 • B C m clockwise from top left: sun peaks resort; Big White/Andrew Jay; Tourism Kelowna; mission hill winery sun peaks resort/ KELLY FUNK Winter Road is one of Trips the best and most famous ski resorts in the world.

Callaghan Valley

Whistler Blackcomb

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99 cosmopolitan streets to the FROM snowy cobbles of Whistler Village. It’s one of the few CITY places on Earth where it’s easy to ski powder in the Squamish TO morning and sail into the sunset. Or ski all day and SKY then catch an NHL game. Or Britannia Mine check out a world-class rock Museum Where: climbing area, fly with a kite From the ocean in to the summit of Whistler. board, mountain bike in one of the sport’s meccas or Why Go: SCUBA dive. The list is long The best of the best—the Cypress food, the views, the terrain and few places can match Mountain Mount and the city too. the possibilities. Seymour Maybe the most overlooked The list of reasons why opportunity is skiing on the Whistler Blackcomb North Shore ski hills, Mount consistently ranks as the Seymour, Grouse Moun- number-one ski destination tain and Cypress Mountain V a n c o u v e r 0 25KM in North America is as long Resort. Few cities can brag and expansive as the resort. three ski resorts within a The off-mountain offerings It’s the largest ski resort by 30-minute drive of down- at Whistler Village easily rival area. The vertical drop is town. The ski hills are a good Directions: Beginning in Vancou- anything on the slopes. the second longest on the place to warm up for the ver, the first step is continent. Ranging from main event, with run pro- to cross to the North high alpine faces to winding gression from super easy to Shore. From there fall-line double black dia- Squamish too brags a world- weather means both trail Howe Sound’s tidal waters overload, which can carry tree runs, the terrain is world challenging. They’re an ideal the three ski hills are monds—is off Cypress’s Ra- class mountain bike trail and rock are often dry in and up into the Coast Range. over to the resort and village. class. Guest experience rules. destination for an afternoon. easy to find, all ac- ven Ridge Quad Chair. network to go with its rock the middle of winter. That’s Leave time to pull over But experience the resort cessed off the Trans But one thing few mention Plus, the view is one of the Canada Highway. To Down the mountain from climbing and kiteboarding part of the reason this is a and take in the mountain in bite-sized chunks and when talking about WB’s most beautiful in skiing: city, reach Whistler, con- the ski hills, and often free venues. The town is midway popular wintering area for views along the way, espe- it becomes manageable. excellence is everything that ocean, mountains and, once tinue onto Highway of snow all winter, are the between Vancouver and bald eagles. cially Tantalus Mountain’s Figure out one lift and then lies on the road to the resort. the sun sets, the city lights. 99, the Sea to Sky mountain bike trails that Whistler and makes a good From here, the Sea to Sky glacier-covered flanks. move onto the next. Learn In less than two hours, one The newest and steepest Highway, at Horse- helped push the sport to its pit stop. And like around Highway earns its name, By the time Whistler rolls the neighbourhood around shoe Bay. Whistler travels from Vancouver’s terrain—including three Blackcomb is a little fast and flowy present state. Vancouver, the mild coastal climbing quickly away from into view, expect a scenic your hotel and then expand more than an hour north from here. 34 • B C m Whistler Blackcomb/David McColm Whistler Blackcomb/Paul Morrison B C m • 3 5 Cypress Mountain is the Winter largest of Vancouver’s North Shore ski hills, and Road offers . Trips

Where to Eat: In Van- Shore hills is not only a qui- ny and Crystal Ridge. couver, check out Forage eter time, typically devoid on Robson Street. The of crowds, but also uniquely Keep it on Budget: Don’t menu emphasises local scenic, with the city lights buy your WB lift ticket at the ingredients, highlighted twinkling below. At Whistler hill—you’ll pay more and by monthly dinners with Blackcomb, start at Whistler probably stand in line. Shop wine pairings focusing on Creekside, where the early online or stop on route at specific B.C. watersheds. morning lines are always a 7-Eleven in Vancouver or At the top of Blackcomb shorter, and then session Squamish for discounted lift Roadside Mountain, Christine’s not quieter lifts like Sympho- tickets. Attractions: only has a killer view, but a Kids of all ages love the menu to match. foragevan- Britannia Mine Museum, a Off the slopes: heavy metal mine turned couver.com; whistlerblack- Earning turns at hands-on mining lesson. comb.com Olympic legacy the Hankin-Evelyn The highlight: the train The 2010 Olympic games may be history but the venues continue Backcountry Skiing ride right into the old mine Where to Stay: Right on to inspire. Just a few minutes from the Vancouver airport, speed Recreation Area. shaft. Nita Lake, a ski-boot walk to skaters rocked the Richmond Oval, now a multi-sport playground britanniaminemuseum.ca the Creekside Gondola, Nita home to The ROX, interactive experiences that simulate Olympic and other sporting events. For the real thing, head to the Whistler Lake Lodge is a great base in Sliding Centre, near Blackcomb’s Base II. After basic training whip ing fling in the north. From know the lifts only turn Fri- Whistler. nitalakelodge.com down the icy track via bobsled or skeleton. Two more Olympic GREAT NORTHERN the bustling town, it’s about day through Monday. While out. And don’t just ski. One sports are on tap at the Callaghan Valley, host of the cross-country half-an-hour to Shames that may be inconvenient, it of the greatest things about Where to Ski: Anyone from skiing and biathlon events. Rent skis and explore the 90-kilometre ADVENTURE Mountain, one of the snowi- also has a silver lining—three Whistler is all the off moun- experts to intermediates will trail network or give biathlon, a combination of marksmanship and est ski resorts on the planet. days worth of snow piled up cross-country skiing, a shot. tain stuff: museums, spas, love Glissando Glades, a lab- therox.ca; whistlersportlegacies.com Where: no on-slope shopping, no In an average winter, more every Friday morning. The 28 shopping, bouncing on tram- yrinth of single lane groomed The northern Coast Range zip-lines. However, special than 12 metres of snow falls ski runs and perfectly spaced polines, one of the province’s runs through a wide open from Terrace to Smithers. rewards await the skier who on the three-lift hill. Also trees in between are playful best playgrounds, snow- forest ending at Whistler’s Why Go: wanders off the beaten path and varied: fall-line steeps mobile tours, cross-country Symphony Chair. The short Big, wild and deep—adventure to cavort with the friendly lo- to mellow groomed rollers. skiing and eating. Just about hike up Spanky’s Ladder skiing at its best. cals, sample deep snow and When that gets tracked, ride everything around here is leads to some of Blackcomb’s adventure in the backcoun- the top T-bar and then start world class. steepest and gnarliest terrain Depending on your tastes, try. Go north and play. Roadside Attractions: skinning or hiking into the and the long run out from the Northern ’s Just getting to the Skeena Just before reaching backcountry. Easy access Websites: whistlerblack- Blackcomb Glacier. ski destination charms could Valley is a trip. Plane, train, Smithers from Terrace, runs fall away within a few stop at Moricetown Can- comb.com; mountseymour. just as easily sound like ferry or automobile, all yon. Here rock outcrops minutes and feed back into com; cypressmountain.com; Avoid the Crowds: Night reasons not to go. No high- modes lead north to Terrace, force the Bulkley River the ski area. Longer tours grousemountain.com skiing on Vancouver’s North speed lifts, no valet parking, the best place to start a ski- into a narrow cascade climb high into the alpine that freezes the rocks Clockwise from top: Cypress Mountain; white during cold snaps. Dreamstime/Joshkho; Tourism Squamish Brian Hall 36 • B C m B C m • 3 7 Winter Road Trips

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Directions: Regular flights service air- The eulachon ports in Terrace and Smith- run on the ers. Or drive Highway 16; Skeena River. Smithers is four hours from Prince George; Terrace is two hours further. Shames Mountain is 35 kilometres west of Terrace. Hudson Bay Mountain is imme- diately above town. And Hankin Evelyn Recreation Area is 20 minutes north of Smithers. on the flank of the hulk Backcountry Skiing Rec- Where to Eat: Choose from Where to Ski: Test your of a peak overlooking the reation Area, resembles a six distinct takes on poutine control and stamina by town of Smithers, two hours ski area in a lot of ways, just at Hudson Bay Mountain’s skiing the fall line of east of Terrace on High- without the lifts. It is just Whisky Jack Lounge. After Shames’ Galloway’s top way 16. The ski hill has two outside Smithers at the end a day at Shames head to to bottom. Find powder days Off the Slopes: nearby and access bowls, sides: The South Face and of a ploughed logging road. Don Diego’s in Terrace. The after a storm in Seven Sisters Wildlife Viewing faces and chutes, with the The North Face. Blues and Locals spearheaded the constantly changing menu Glades at Hudson Bay. Along the Skeena avalanche danger that goes greens abound on the south project to mark a climbing mixes locally grown ingredi- Every March, eulachon migrate hand-in-hand with travelling side, served by two T-bars. track and cut runs through ents with southwest flavours. Avoid the Crowds: Pretty up the Skeena River marking beyond any ski area bound- The Skyline Triple Chair the forest. There’s an over- easy to do here—waiting in a the beginning of spring and ary. Unsure where to go? services The North Face’s night cabin, a warming hut, Where to Stay: Guarantee lift line is rare at either resort. the season of abundance in Wait a minute and a local steeper runs. outhouses and three distinct first tracks by spending the the Coast Mountains. The oil- will likely wander by. Ask for Shames and Hudson Bay areas to explore. night in the Hankin Look- Keep it on Budget: Buying rich silver fish migrate in the millions in the river, attracting directions and they’re just as are the only traditional ski It’s a unique community out Cabin, a refurbished a three-day lift card at Hud- seals, sea lions, bald eagles likely to lead the way. That’s hills in this part of B.C., but project that speaks to the fire lookout now part of the son Bay Mountain will save and five species of gull far up just the way things are at a there are other options. way of the north. Things are backcountry skiing area near you $20 compared to buying river. It’s a feeding spectacle ski hill owned by the locals Numerous heli- and cat-ski a little rougher around the Smithers. Just outside of Ter- day tickets. easily enjoyed wherever river and run as a co-op. operations harvest powder edges up here, but that’s all race stay in another unique meets blacktop along Highway Endless lines in 16 between Terrace and Prince The skiing at Hudson in the nearby mountains, part of the charm. abode: Hidden Acres Tree- The Main Event: Climb Rupert. First Nations used to the Hankin-Evelyn Bay Mountain is just as there’s a backcountry lodge house Resort, cabins on stilts Everest without leaving Hud- backcountry. prize the fish—dried properly friendly, not quite as deep, and the province’s first ded- Websites: mymountain- near the Skeena River. bbss. son Bay Mountain during it literally burns like a candle— but at least it’s open seven icated backcountry ski park. coop.ca; hudsonbaymoun- ca; hiddenacrestreehousere- the Everest Challenge, a 24- and they continue to harvest days a week. The runs sit The latter, Hankin-Evelyn tain.com; bbss.ca sort.com hour ski touring marathon. small numbers.

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