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Winter Sports North America’s longest vertical
The Pacific Northwest boasts run, 11 sq miles (28.5 sq km) of
some of the world’s best ski and snowboard terrain, more
snow boarding and downhill than 200 trails, and 12 alpine
and cross-country skiing. bowls. For details, contact
Oregon’s Mount Bachelor offers Tourism Whistler.
some of the best skiing in the In addition to snowboarding
US, and in the summer you can and skiing, other popular winter
snow-ski down Mount Hood sports include ice skating,
at Timberline Lodge, where dogsledding, snowshoeing,
the US Olympic team practices. snowmobiling, and heli-skiing
Most of Washington’s 16 ski (being lifted by helicopter to
areas are in the Cascade backcountry peaks for skiing or
Mountains, at locations such boarding off the beaten track).
as Mount Baker, Stevens Pass,
and Crystal Mountain (see p190), Safety Measures
though there are also a number
of smaller ski areas in the Both grizzly and black bears live
eastern part of the state. In in the national parks of the BC
Snowboarding the challenging Mount British Columbia, Whistler (see Rockies. Although bear sightings
Hood Meadows, in Oregon pp260–61) delights skiers with are rare, visitors should observe
DIRECTORY
Adventure Sports Deception Pass George C. Reifel Canoeing
State Park Migratory Bird and Kayaking
Hang Gliding Tel (360) 902-8844. Sanctuary
and Paragliding Arcadian Outdoor
∑ parks.wa.gov Tel (604) 946-6980.
Associa tion of ∑ reifelbird Guide
Canada Olympic sanctuary.com Tel (913) 558-8525.
∑ thetent.com
Tel (877) 370-2078. National Park
∑ hpac.ca Tel (360) 565-3130. Malheur National Olympic
∑ nps.gov Wildlife Refuge National Park
Lake Chelan Tel (541) 493-2612. See Beaches.
∑ chelanflyers.com Oregon Dunes ∑ fws.gov Recreational
National
Morning Glory Recreation Area Ten Mile Creek Canoeing Association
Balloon Tours of BC
Tel (541) 750-7000. Sanctuary
Tel (509) 997-1700. ∑ bccanoe.com
∑ fs.usda.gov Tel (541) 547-4227.
∑ balloon Caving
winthrop.com Oswald West Camping
State Park BC Parks
Over the Rainbow Tel (800) 551-6949. Discover Camping ∑ env.gov.bc.ca
Tel (425) 487-8611. ∑ oregon.gov Tel (519) 826-6850 or
∑ letsgo Samuel H. Boardman (800) 689-9025. National Caves
Association
ballooning.com ∑ discovercamping.ca ∑ cavern.com
State Scenic
Vista Balloon Corridor Parks Canada Cycling
Adventures Tel (800) 551-6949. Tel (888) 773-8888.
Tel (503) 625-7385. ∑ oregon.gov ∑ pc.gc.ca Bicycle Adventures
∑ vistaballoon.com Tel (425) 250-5540.
Sunset Bay State Reservations
∑ bicycle
Beaches Park Northwest adventures.com
Tel (800) 551-6949. Tel (800) 452-5687.
Alki Beach ∑ oregon.gov ∑ oregon.gov Cycling BC
Tel (206) 684-4075. Washington Tel (604) 737-3034.
∑ cyclingbc.net
∑ seattle.gov Bird-watching
State Parks Washington State
Cannon Beach Audubon Society Tel Reservations: Department of
Tel (503) 436-2623. Tel (800) 542-2748. (888) 226-7688. Transportation
∑ cannonbeach.org ∑ audubon.org ∑ parks.wa.gov ∑ wsdot.wa.gov

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