🚀 go-pugleaf

As an avid vancouver hiker I can tell you that what falls as rain here in
the city is snow up in the mountains.  Almost all the mountain trails are
impassable from November until April however snowshoeing is rather popular.
Your other option is to hike a low elevation trail like the famous West
Coast Trail, it is available all year.

David Crowe

Alan Sausse wrote in message <6vdtap$52q$1@barcode.tesco.net>...
>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.
>
>