PAGE 8, THE HERALD, Thursday, February 16, 1978

Alpine ‘at centre © incated’ “sround Albetia’s Banff, Lake skiing terrain, (Canadian Government Office af Tourism
Louise and Jasper provide sklers with packed and powdered photo)

Wintertime in the Rockies
as Jasper and Banaff resorts

“Springtime in  ;the
ey sie
rity .

lecthne in the Rockies", as
the Alberta ski centres ye
Banfi and Jasper gear up for

travellers in spring, summer
and fall, the Rocky Mountain
areas are now busler than
everin winter, with a total of
17 lifts at three ski areas to
wide, variety af packed and
variety of. pac
der skiing terrain.

Centered around the
swinging alpine village of
Banff are Mount Norquay,

t 4.8 (three miles) km.

m the town centre and
Sunshine Village, 22.4 km (14

miles) out of town, Package .

tours to all areas are offered
by many tour companies,

and are available through’

local travel agents.
With a top elevation of
2,700 m (9,000 feet) Sunshine’

Village offera one fo the -

iy ee a
coun

mid-November and closing
about mid-May. An average
of 1,000 cm cao inches) of
anow, mostly po
falls’ here annually, and

skiers have a choice of the

new 720 m (2,400 foot) long
triple chairlift, three double
chailifta, from 780 to 1,200 m
{2,600 to4 000 feet) in ength,
one T-bar and a beginner
tow.

Sunshine is not accesaible
by car, the last 4.8 km (three
miles) of roadway are
served by shuttle buses, so
the village, nestled at 216 m
(7,200 feet), surrounded by

100. feet) high, poesia: Is

12,000 feet .
free of cara or other traffic.
Sunshine Inn, at the base
of the ski runs, features
packages from — mid-
November on, with rates for
six day-six night ski weekds
including meals, lifts,
lesnons and accommodations
in the Sunshine Inn or

Sunshine Chalets from $210-
tory. Knob Chalr, rises 287 m three

Packages with aes

the Banff Springs Hotel or
local motels, are avallable
wiser Dees! rr with

ices ranging from $138 an
up for seven days and six
nights, including lifts at
Sunshine and Mount
Norquay ski area ener

Igary Airport to B
transfers, and car rental
optional.

Nightlife is exciting and
wusual in the Banff aren,
with westernstyle bar-
becues and dances, horse-'
drawn sleigh rides, a variety
of restaurants, cabarets,

recreational facilities,
Cross-country skiing and
helicopter are also
popular In these centres, and
can be arranged by day or
longer, Full information is
available from the Banff’
Lake Louise Chamber: of
Commerce, Box 1290, Banff,
A hits cn
6 con
the vast Rock Mountalns of
Alberta, is Jasper, where

Chinese paintings in
Ottawa gallery

OITAWA (CP) — Eighty
paintings mainly depicting
successes of the agricultural
revolution In the People's

‘Republic of China go on

display this week in th
National Gallecy slongelde

collection of ol
The peasant paintings
Shengl provinca carry

such titles as. Never Forget.

the State Aft a Good
Harvest, An Abundant Crop
of Chillles, The New Look of
Gur Piggery, and It's Our
Turn to Guard the Grain at
Lunch Time.

While many of the paln-
tings appear more like

She said in an Interview
she finds influences of
centuries-old Chinese art

traditions reflected in the

peasant Works,

Miss Shih, who was born in |

China, studied art in the U.S.
and elsewhere, and was for
many years at the Univer-
ality of Toronto and the Royal
Ontarlo Museum, which has
one of North America's’

large col collections of Chinese

NOT WE WELL KNOWN .
rary Chinese art

inn not wel well known in the Weat

because Hettle has’ been

written about it in English, ©

masta pout
ani of it was

coly as recently as 1974, in
Japanese.

in ores sirong influence
the modern works of the

ald Chinese ‘practice ‘of
There is also the strong
color tradition of rural
poopie. Shenal province is
aittids the Yellow River,
1,000 kilometres
juland from the Yellow Sea,
$00 kilometres north -*

And ‘there is evidence ‘ia
the paintinganMiss Shih

d, of continued reliance on
ancient pattern books
printed for atplring artiste.

near!

rattve ats rather fr
belng images,

nearby Marmot Basin at-
tracts skiers from all over
the United States and
Canada. Moe has skiing

of every especialy
gentle begins era slopes wi

eecompinying, ski P school
instruction, powder sloped
that are wide open and above
timberline, as well as
challenging. runs for in-
termediates and experts
alike. The newest chair, .the

k(e00 feet) te nerve the ex.
pert slopes that are powder
or bumps, depending on the
route down; two other
chairs, 1,710 and 1,110 m
(5,700 and 3,700 feet)” plus
two T-bars, give acceas to
the many well-groomed
trails.

A total vertical drop of 600
m (2,300 feet) is available at
Marmot,
chalets in- the lower
upper. basin areas’ make
aaron or a place to

friends,

rp acbetey prices in Ja
an easy 20.8 km (13 }
drive from the sid area, and-
offering overnight ac-
commodatlon for 2,300

and spacious’
and

skiers, begin at $172 per
person, double oceupaney,
for seven days and ix
nights, including lifts and
rental car, Other packages
are available without the car
and various hotels offer

ax, more expensive
rates,

Other destination ski areas
in Alberta include Fortress
Mountain, where a triple
chair, a double chairlift and

funa, with a hotel right at the
base of the Iifts. Fortress is
located 112 km (70
miles)southwest of Calgary

in the Bow River Forest of -

the Kananaskis Mountain

Range on the eastern slopes _
of the Rockies. .

‘Westcasile, 4.9 km (23

miles) from Fincher Creek

Alberta, is another ski neat
that is amassing a
following. Three bare’ « one
almost 1.6 km -(one’ mile)
long, serve the 510 vertical

* metres (1,700 feet) of akiing
, terrain, A

recreational
vehicle park with access to

showers, laundry facilities _

‘and electrical hookups is a
feature here, .

Regional drug and
alcohol meeting |

by Hugh Power

The regional meeting of
the Alcohol and Drug
Committee met in Kitimat
on Jan, 28,

The Alcohol and Drug

Committee operates under
-the. Terrace and District

Community Services Society
with funding from the
Alechol and. Ret Com-
mission from the Ministry of

There are local com-

 mlttees in Terrace, Kitimat

and Prince Rupert.

This year two counsellors
snd one full time secretary
were hired, |.

The counsellors are based

‘In Terrace and Prince

Rupert. Francia Sabine, the
Counsdlor in Terrace also

wes to Kitimat at least once
week; .

* Tarry Fells, the counsellor
in Prince Rupert
that he is becoming very
active. He has 16 full tims
iets and has made con-
tacts with all the agencies in
Prince Rupert. He is
to siperate a booth

‘am. at
the apoeilag Pride of the
North Fair. Approval was
give to Mr, Falls to attend a
Sra

um to
Seattle in April.

Francia Sabine, the
Counsellor in Terrace, also
gave a rt on his ac-
tivities. He noted that he has
become very busy, not only
with clients but also local
workshops, in-service
training and talking to

groups. There was a

varlous
‘considerable discussion on

how he could better serve

Kitimat. It became obvious —

that the only solution would

: Committee.

be t nave a iui time
counselor for Kitimat.
Angus McPhail reported
on the activities of the Prince
Rupert Committee. Due toa
number of unavoidable
circumstances, this com-
mittee has not been active:

However, McPhail reported -

that they are pl to

advertise theprogram andto. -

call a public meeting with

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executive,
Allan Dovauo
vehalf of the Kitimat

stommittee has been busy
promoting a full time
counsellor in Kitimat. They
‘are doing this by ‘getting
industries, social agencies
and others to write letters of

The’ . committee

ap
plans to continue with.

pressure to the government
and hopes that funds will be
forthcoming this next fiscal
year for a counsellor for

Hugh ‘Power briefly
reported on the Terrace
Committee, which has a
fairly enthuslastic group and
meets regularly | a thi

second Thursday . of each
month,

The next regional meeting
will be held’

April 29
Memberahip in the Alcohol

and Drug Committee is open .

to any interested, concerned
citizen. Anyone wishing
further information should
contact: Stan Fritter,

of the Kitimat
Committee at 692-7597 Angus
McPhail, Prince Rupert 627-
1717 or Larry's office 624-
4376 North West Alcohol and

Drug Counseling Service in’ &

Terrace at 633-0468 or .635-
2441. ;

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