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Vancouver!
There's little doubt that the Vancouver Coast and Mountain
region (Map of the Region)
is the world's premier outdoor destination.
With green
winters in the city and huge snow accumulation in the surrounding
mountains, it has it all. Go scuba diving in the morning,
hiking in the afternoon and skiing in the evening, all within
the greater Vancouver area.
If you
love to eat, Vancouver is a world of flavours. Thai, Vietnamese,
Szechuan, Belgian, French, Mongolian - you name it. |
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The
city has the second largest Chinatown in North America and it's
just bursting with restaurants. If Japanese is what you're looking
for, there are Sushi bars everywhere. It's hard to find a bad restaurant
in this city so don't hesitate to try something new. |
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Granville
Island is an excellent area to visit, especially on a sunny day when
you can hang out on an outdoor terrace by the water and just enjoy
the view. If
you're looking for some great nightlife, take a stroll through Yale
Town. This former warehouse district has gone up-scale and you'll
find a variety of places, many with excellent local beers to sample.
The area's atmosphere makes it a natural. Robson Street and Gastown
are also worth a look, particularly if you're a dyed in the wool shopper.
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Vancouver
also has a domed IMAX (a hold over from the World's Fair), which is
much better than the flat screen versions. This is definitely worth
checking out, if truly larger than live movies ("Everest",
perhaps) are of interest to you. |
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Enough
about the city. This region of B.C. is really all about going outside
and getting into the backcountry. Regardless
of your direction, you don't have to go far from the city to enjoy
winter sports like, backcountry/telemark or cross country skiing,
snow boarding, heli-skiing & boarding and dog sledding. For sports
like mountain biking & cycling you don't have to leave Greater
Vancouver at all, with the best areas to the east and the north of
the city on Burnaby Mountain and the world famous "North Shore". |
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If
hiking and backpacking are what you're looking for, there are endless
numbers of trail systems in and around Vancouver, up and down the
coast and east to Hope. Big wall climbing in Squamish is amongst the
best in North America. Mountaineers will find challenges in Garibaldi
Park, behind the mountains of Whistler, with more demanding routes
along the Pemberton Icecap and further up in the coast mountains.
If you love climbing but can't get into the backcountry, the areas
rock gyms should keep you happy for a long time.For water lovers,
there is some of the best sea kayaking and diving in Canada, as well
as routes and lakes for canoeing. When the mountains meet the oceans
their watersheds often provide tumulus white water for paddlers and
rafters. |
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The
Coast and Mountain region can essentially be divided along the main
highways in the region. Like most things BC, the road system is
geographically constrained. In other words, roads follow lines of
least resistance which translates roughly into "where ever
there's a way through the mountains". This breaks down to the
Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley a.k.a. Hwy 1 to Hope, the Sea-to-Sky
or road to Whistler also know as Hwy 99 or the only other route
from Vancouver up the Sunshine Coast along the Sechelt Peninsula
to Powell River and Desolation sound. The latter requires some ferry
time as do many of BC's road routes. |
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