MILE HIGH News on Mount Washington • Summer / Fall 2010 Volume 20, #2
Construction begins on the long-awaited Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Centre “The dirt will
fly this summer, it’s good to be at this point,” says
Rick Morson, President of the Vancouver Island Mountain Sports
Society (VIMSS), which is overseeing the construction of the Centre.
News In Brief Encompassing people,
places and community happenings at Mount Washington Alpine
Resort. Chairman Peter Gibson
Peter Gibson, President
of Mount Washington Alpine Resort, has been named Chairman of the
Board for the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA).
Snow Leopard puts Mount Washington on the Map
The biggest pre-Olympic
secret at Mount Washington Alpine Resort turned out to be one of the
darling ski stories of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
An Experience of Olympic Proportions
Don Sharpe, Mount
Washington Alpine Resort Director of Business Operations, is
hard-pressed to come up with one defining story of his Olympic
experience this past winter. He pauses, then grins.
Brent Curtain In Profile... As Mount Washington
Alpine Resort’s Director of Public Relations, Brent Curtain is
accustomed to being on the other side of the pen and notebook. But he
doesn’t hesitate to talk to another writer about his role at
the Resort.
What’s Up... Summer 2010 Hard work at the Mount
Washington Bike Park over the past two years will pay off this
summer, says Resort Director of Public Relations Brent Curtain.
Winter Wrap Up 2009-2010 Mount Washington Alpine
Resort’s 2009-10 winter season can be summed up in one word:
SNOW!
Tourism Mount Washington embraces Guerrilla Marketing When Tourism Mount
Washington got off the ground three years ago,
its goal was
essentially to put Mount Washington Alpine Resort on the
map as a vacation
destination. The Mount Washington Bucket List... Not sure what to do
during your visit to Mount Washington Alpine Resort this summer? Here
are 10 “Must Do’s” to get you started.
Big Foot’s Back! Two German tourists had
an encounter of the sasquatch kind at Mount Washington Alpine Resort
last winter.
2010 - The International Year of Biodiversity The discovery of a
collection of previously unknown species, including a Pinocchio-nosed
frog, a yellow-eyed gecko and the world’s smallest wallaby,
found on the remote Indonesian Island of New Guinea was announced by
a group of international scientists in May, just ahead of the
International Day for Biodiversity.
Island Adventure List Make Mount Washington
Alpine Resort your home base for a
week or a weekend and:
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