Westworld Alberta
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HILLS • FACES Catriona Le May Doan The TV broadcaster and Olympic gold-medal-winning speed skater on downtime in the Rockies What have you been up to? I just returned from the Canada Games in Sherbrooke – I was broadcasting for TSN there – and I'm also on various sport boards, such as the Canadian Sport Institute, the Winter Sport Institute and the Canada Games Council, which keeps me busy. What do you and your family like to do in the mountains? My kids love to ski. They're nine and six. I am officially the worst skier in the family. They laugh because I'm such a chicken. You live in Calgary – where do you ski? Panorama and Sunshine, mostly. We have a place in Invermere, as many Calgarians do. We took the kids to Lake Louise this past winter and they just fell in love with it. How else do you spend time in the Rockies? We love Grizzly House in Banff – the fondue place. We like to stop at Banff Hot Springs, as well. And Radium Hot Springs, on our way to Invermere. We skate on the lake in Invermere, and around the lake a lot of little shinny games get going, so we play shinny, too. What's on your family's mountain to-do list? I really want to try snowshoeing. And I want to take the kids up to Canmore to try cross-country skiing. We also haven't done the skate on Lake Louise. Now that I'm back on hockey skates – because I play ringette – we need to go do that. You know, I can't wait for winter. As much as I enjoy summer, I'm a Prairie girl and I love the winter. A crisp, cold day to me is just the most beautiful thing in the world. W EWAN NICHOLSON p38-39_Faces.indd 39 W I N T E R 2 0 13 | W E S T W O R L D A L B E R TA 39 13-10-15 9:54 AM