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Jasper in January
Festival, alta., JanuarY 17–
feBruarY 2, 2014
This winter's shindig marks 25 years
of icicle-melting fun. Whoop it up at the street
party, showcase your stewin' chops at the chili
cook-off, flash-freeze your buns at the polar
bear dip or go cold-weather warrior at the
winter pentathlon. Plus there's live music,
wine tasting and snow sculpting and, of
course, skiing and boarding at Marmot Basin.
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Belvedere Ice Room,
Bearfoot Bistro,
WHIStler, B.C.
Take a seat at the carved ice bar in the
world's coldest – and coolest – vodka tasting
room (–32 C). Don a Canada Goose parka and
taste a flight of four vodkas as your savvy
barkeep dishes on the nuances of distillation
and filtration. The menu boasts about 50
selections from Russia, Poland, France, Canada
and elsewhere. Stick around to dine at the
award-winning bistro. bearfootbistro.com
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Mt. Norquay Snow
Tube Park, Banff, alta.
Get your downhill fix bottom-first: slipsliding down a groomed track on an inflatable tube. From $22. banffnorquay.com/tubing
Dog Sledding, SPraY
valleY ProvInCIal Park,
Canmore, alta.
Do your backcountry touring the
extra-old-fashioned way, whizzing past the
snowy forests, lakes and fields of Spray Valley
behind a tongue-lolling, tail-wagging team of
huskies. Try a two-hour, half-day or multiday mushing. Prices vary. snowyowltours.com;
howlingdogtours.com; maddogsexpeditions.com
(ice room) tourism whistler /mike crane, (snow tube park) banff lake louise
tourism / paul zizka , (dog sledding) travel alberta /anthony redpath
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