Tag: BC
Three of the Top Ten Ski Resorts Are in Canada
Aussies have surfing (grrrrrr). The UK has rugby. The Americans have damn well what ever they like. And us Canucks? Well we do one thing really well…we do cold like no other country on Earth. Heck, it’s actually below zero in BC right now. For the adventure travel junkie this means one thing…Ski slopes!! Canadians [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2011 under Skiing.
Tags: BC, best ski destinations, lists, ten best ski resorts, Whistler Blackcomb
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Canadian Sharks in the News
A very good read in the Vancouver Sun this week, in a five-part series about sharks in Canadian waters. Several years back, researchers were surprised to find a ‘hot-spot’ of over 10,000 sharks off the Queen Charlottes. According to researchers, many of the sharks were blue sharks, and over 28 different species of [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2010 under Shark Diving.
Tags: BC, great white sharks, Queen Charlottes, sharks in Canada
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Sharks in Tofino!
Relax, they’re not great whites. Even if they were, you’d have a greater chance of witnessing the Vancouver Canucks hoist the Stanley Cup in your lifetime than be attacked by a shark (I’m a Canucks fan, albeit a jaded and disillusioned one, I guess it shows huh?). These are salmon sharks, and they’re not uncommon [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2010 under Shark Diving.
Tags: BC, helping sharks, sharks in Canada, Tofino
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Hardcore Adventure Race Coming to BC
Adrenaline junkies in BC have reason to feel hardcore once again. Raid the North Extreme, a 500 km wilderness race held every year in Canada is coming to the Kootenays in September. The race comprises of teams of four and takes teams across some of Canada’s toughest wilderness by kayak, canoe, fixed rope, [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2010 under Backpacking, Get a Rope!, Kayaking, Race.
Tags: BC, wilderness
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