Hiroyuki
Shimada

Ski Resorts Near Vancouver

Today I am going to discuss about some advantages and disadvantages of three Ski Resorts in Vancouver: Cypress Bowl, Grouse Mountain, and Mount Seymour. At first, I would like to talk about advantages and disadvantages of the Cypress Bowl. One of advantages of The Cypress Bowl that is a good snow condition. The Cypress Bowl is the highest ski resort in Vancouver, so snow condition is always better than any ski resort in Vancouver. The other an advantage that is an excellent view from ski place. If weather is fine, we could see very beautiful scenery; for instance, Down Town, Bow Island, and Lions Mountain. However, there are some disadvantages of the Cypress Bowl thou. Bad transportation can be categorized under the disadvantages of the Cypress Bowl. There is a bus service by the Cypress Bowl; however, it is pretty expensive and only one bus a half-hour, so I can say that transportation is not good, unless someone has a car. The cost of ticket also can be a disadvantage of the Cypress Bowl. It is the most expensive ski resort in Vancouver.

Now I would like to talk about the Grouse Mountain's advantages and disadvantages. The Grouse Mountain's strongest advantage is good transportation. The reason is that we can reach to the Gondola station, which is the entrance of ski resort, by B.C. Trasit bus from Sea bus station at North Vancouver. If you have a bus pass, you do not have to pay transportation fee. The other an advantage is The Grouse Mountain has a good restaurant, so we can have a good meal at there. Disadvantages of the Grouse Mountain which are the size of course and many beginner people. First, the course is pretty small and a few, so you do not have any choice to choose the course, it is boring. Second, there is lots of beginner people, because many international schools choose the Grouse Mountain for school activity. These people some time stop to take a rest in the middle of course, so they always interrupt another people. These two things can be disadvantages of the Grouse Mountain.

Finally, I would like to give you some advantages and disadvantages of the Mount Seymour. There are two strong advantages, which are the cost of ticket and not many people in there. First, it is cheap so if you do not have enough money or if you want to go many times, the Mount Seymour might be good ski resort for you. And also there are not so many people, so if you want to enjoy by yourself, you would better choose this ski resort. Of course the Mount Seymour also has a couple of disadvantages. First, location is not good for someone who lives in Down Town or Southern Lower Mainland Vancouver. The Mount Seymour dose not have any transportation service, so there is only one way to go there that is a car. So the Mount Seymour has very good advantages; however, they also has huge disadvantages with them.

Therefore, if you are concerned about snow conditions, you had better choose the Cypress Bowl. If you want to enjoy the mood, you would better choose the Grouse Mountain. If you think about money, I recommend you to go the Mount Seymour. Which ski resort you should go to depends on which kind of thing you prefer on your ski trips.

December 1999