The Mount Washington Marmot News Magazine
NEWS, ACCOMMODATIONS AND REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES ON MOUNT WASHINGTON
Summer / Fall 2006
Yaletown Meets Mount Washington at Wildwood!
Leslie and Terry Farmer walked into the great room of their new home at Wildwood and gazed upward in awe.The vaulted ceiling, constructed with exposed cedar and inspired by the confluence of forest…
News In Brief
Encompassing people, places and happenings at Mount Washington. Mount Washington Operations Manager Erik Meertens has won a top industry award, this one from the Canada West Ski…
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The View from Here
Wildwood at Strathcona is taking real estate in the Mount Washington area to a new level. This is the first project designed and built to truly take in the four…
Celebrate Summer at Mount Washington
“We’ll be hosting our most popular events again,” says Don Sharpe, Director of Business Services for Mount Washington. “We’ll also be tweaking and…
'Boomer Crazies' LOVE The Outback
A black diamond skier, Mark Proudfoot craves the steep and the deep. And up until this year, his hometown mountain couldn't deliver. Then the Outback happened.…
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Paralympic Cup comes to Mount Washington
Mount Washington Alpine Resort will host an International Paralympic Committee World Cup race next winter. The resort was awarded the event in early June, after…
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Spirit Sasquatch Rumoured to be Roaming in Strathcona Park
The deep snowpack at Mount Washington has revealed a new secret about the sasquatch that are rumoured to roam the alpine areas: an albino cousin. The albino…
Caretaking Paradise...
The Marmot continues its feature on the caretakers of Mount Washington Alpine Resort with Janyce and Lawrence Erickson of Paradise Ridge Lodge. The most fascinating part of…
Vancouver Island Mountain Sport Society Partners for Success
Things are starting to steamroll for the Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Society. Earlier this year the Society, which was created four years ago in response to the…
Tim Defert, In Profile
Mount Washington Food and Beverage Manager Tim Defert has had his learning year. Now he's getting down to business. Defert joined the management team last…
New Trailhead for Paradise Meadows
Paradise Meadows is getting a new trailhead, nearly 20 years after the idea was first mentioned. Later this year B.C. Parks will unveil its gateway to Strathcona…
Vancouver Island Marmots: The Momentum Grows
As the last of the winter snow melts and the cool days of spring lead to warmer weather, some of our friends return.ANDREW A. BRYANT Scientific Advisor, Marmot…
Ski Area... "Closed"
Mount Washington Alpine Resort finishes their ski operations in late April but this has never deterred people from visiting the Resort and nearby Strathcona…
The Snow Pack is Back!
After a year of virtually no snow threatened water levels in the Valley in 2004-05, there is no such thing now: the Resort closed in mid-April with 15 feet of snow.…
Air Canada Back at Comox Valley Airport
Beginning August 1, Air Canada Jazz will provide regional jet service between Comox and Calgary. “It’s direct to Calgary; they will fly Air Jazz’s…
