Manning Park Resort
British Columbia
Manning Park Resort is located in E.C. Manning Provincial Park. The resort's winter season is from late November to early April.
Skiers and snowboarders have 25 trails and a snowboard park with four lifts providing access to them. Nordic skiers have 30 km of groomed trails and 190 km of wilderness to explore. Other winter activities include telemarking and backcountry skiing, snowshoeing and outdoor skating.
Ski lessons are available for all abilities ages 3 and up.
The Kinderski program provides supervised fun time with some time spent "child-minding" and some outdoors for kids 3 to 6 years old. Mighty Bears are graduates of the Kinderski program who are ready to tackle more challenging terrain.
Snowboard lessons and rentals are offered as well. This year Manning Park also has step-in snowboards and boot rentals and the hot shape ski demos.
At the resort base area there are 41 lodge rooms, 20 cabins and four chalets to accommodate the vacationer.
Manning Park Resort is located about 40 miles east of Hope, B.C., on Hwy. #3. From Vancouver it is about a three hour drive. The closest border crossing is at Sumas, Wash., about two hours west.
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