The Mount Washington Marmot News Magazine
NEWS, ACCOMMODATIONS AND REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES ON MOUNT WASHINGTON
Summer / Fall 2010
Construction begins on the long-awaited Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Centre
“The dirt will fly this summer, it’s good to be at this point,” says Rick Morson, President of the Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Society (VIMSS), which is overseeing the…
News In Brief
Encompassing people, places and community happenings at Mount Washington Alpine Resort. Mount Washington Resort has won many awards in its 31-year history: ‘best powder’,…
Chairman Peter Gibson
Peter Gibson, President of Mount Washington Alpine Resort, has been named Chairman of the Board for the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA). Gibson has been involved with the CWSAA…
Snow Leopard puts Mount Washington on the Map
The biggest pre-Olympic secret at Mount Washington Alpine Resort turned out to be one of the darling ski stories of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Name: Kwame…
An Experience of Olympic Proportions
Don Sharpe, Mount Washington Alpine Resort Director of Business Operations, is hard-pressed to come up with one defining story of his Olympic experience this past winter. He pauses, then…
Brent Curtain In Profile...
As Mount Washington Alpine Resort’s Director of Public Relations, Brent Curtain is accustomed to being on the other side of the pen and notebook. But he doesn’t hesitate to talk…
What's Up? Summer 2010
Hard work at the Mount Washington Bike Park over the past two years will pay off this summer, says Resort Director of Public Relations Brent Curtain. Instead of expanding terrain, as…
Winter Wrap Up 2009-2010
Mount Washington Alpine Resort’s 2009-10 winter season can be summed up in one word: SNOW! The Resort got a lot of it, enough at the beginning of the season to open early, plenty…
Tourism Mount Washington embraces Guerrilla Marketing
When Tourism Mount Washington got off the ground three years ago, its goal was essentially to put Mount Washington Alpine Resort on the map as a vacation destination. Co-ordinator Sarah…
The Mount Washington Bucket List?
Not sure what to do during your visit to Mount Washington Alpine Resort this summer? Here are 10 “Must Do’s” to get you started. 1) Take a chairlift ride to the top of…
Big Foot's Back!
Two German tourists had an encounter of the sasquatch kind at Mount Washington Alpine Resort last winter. Mr. And Mrs. Rolph Fälschung were snowshoeing along some of the trails…
2010 - The International Year of Biodiversity
The discovery of a collection of previously unknown species, including a Pinocchio-nosed frog, a yellow-eyed gecko and the world’s smallest wallaby, found on the remote Indonesian…
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Island Adventure List
Make Mount Washington Alpine Resort your home base for a week or a weekend and: 1) HIKE Strathcona Park 2) DIVE off Campbell River or the Comox Valley 3) GOLF within half an hour…
