C4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 26, 1994

Mountain of facts

HERE ARE some general facts
and figures on Shames
Mountain.

Location — Shames is located
22km west of Terrace on
Hwyi6 and 14km north on the
Shames Access Road,

The drive from Terrace should
take just under 30. minuies at
normal highway speeds.

It’s 10ikm from. Kitamat,

making for a drive’ time of 72°

minutes,
Prince Rupert residents can

Smithers residents will drive -

two hours and 40 minutes to
cover the 232km distance.

Elevation —- The base area
is 70m above sea level while
the mountain top is 1,197m.

There is a total vertical lift
of 497m,

Lifts — The lift capacity is
2,900 people per hour.

The double blue chair is
1,467m in length while the red
T-bar is 697m in length.

The handle tow is 77m long,
Trails —- Shames mountain

fered and are marked in green.

Intermediate runs make up
60 per cent of the package and
are marked in blue.

The Advanced/Expert
category makes up the remain-
ing 19 per cent of the runs
available, and these marked in
black.

Average annual snow fall —
1,500cem which is 590 inches,
or 49 and one-quarter feet.

Hours of Operation —
Shames is open seven days a

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When

the
Prices | —
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expect a drive lime of 93 has 18 trails. week.
minutes i) cover the 137km Beginners/Novice runs make It’s open 9 am, closing at
drive. up 21 per cent of what’s of- 3:30 p.m.

You Don’t Have An Excuse!
What are you waiting for?
Come on down, make your best deal and
GET SLEDDING!

OE 1988 PHAZER
Pipe, paddles, reeds, ski skins

1994 V-MAX 500 ST
Long track, heated grips

§ 00
6,799

1991 VENTURE XL eens |

Reverse, heated grips, ski skins, :.

electric start :

$ 00

4,999
1992 PHAZER cer
Long track, pipe, ski skins

"4,999"

1991 EXCITER Il
Long track, 2” paddles, twin P.S.I.

| Bg 1991 PHAZER STR
. ong an ski skins, paddles, DG pipe pipes, ski skins, cover flatslide carbs
00
4,199 *6,299"
KEN’S MARINE

Ken Gibson

*3,499"

1994 BRAVO TRAPPER

Long track, rear carry rack, 250 cc

_*3,299"

Bs 1989 OVATION
340 cc, ski skins, pipe, paddles,

heated grips

*2,599"

Trevor Gibson

_ 635-2909 _
4946 Greig Ave.

CLOSE EYE to detail and steady hand exhibited by Paul Wilkinson in the pro shop on
Shames Mountain gives that expert touch to the tricky job of making sure each ski is fit for . .
juse. Wilkinson Says he has leamed a lot about the work since the mountain: opened. Bet a Rah cenasd tanta Ton

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