🚀 go-pugleaf

I have been offered a very cheap flight to anywhere in Canada from London.
The price is �100 return (US$170, C$250) which is very very cheap indeed, as
I am sure you can see.  I have to take the flights between 11/1/99 and
10/2/99.

I went to Vancouver in winter a few years ago and loved the place.  I'd like
to go back and one thing I'd really like to do is to explore some of the
country around Vancouver and/or Vancouver Island.

Question 1: any suggestions as to where would be a good place to go?
Question 2: am I barking mad to want to go hiking in Canada in the middle of
winter?  I do know that the climate around Vancouver is fairly "British",
i.e. the winters aren't particularly cold (I wouldn't be going hiking in
Winnipeg in January) but that there's a lot of rainfall so it could be dull
and damp even if I don't risk extreme cold.

Has anyone had any similar experiences that they would like to share with
me?  I'd be very interested.

If it really is a stupid idea then I'll just go skiing in Whistler for a
week.  It's a hard life, isn't it?

If you are able to reply to me personally as well as by e-mail I would be
very grateful.

Thanks.

AS.