Global Adventure Centre

The #adventureoftheday is #wintermountaineering, also referred to as winter hiking, which is the sport of ascending and descending mountains in the snow and ice and can include any or all of the following; hiking, rock climbing, scrambling, ice climbing, ropes and navigating glaciers. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaineering Check-out REI for all your winter mountaineering gear :-)

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"Ski hills don't just lie dormant when it's not winter... Crews are hard at work making improvements for the season!" Thank You SnowSeekers and Fernie Alpine Resort for sharing the hard work that goes on behind the scenes for an awesome season! Let it snow!

The #adventureoftheday is #snowmobiling Q103 Kelowna and Outback Snowmobile Tours are giving Club Q members a chance to win a 2 hour snowmobile tour for a family of 4 at Big White Ski Resort Q103 Kelowna will treat you to a thrilling ride, while you and your family explore the backcountry of Big White Ski Resort... Sign up for Club Q and enter to win, click on link below :-)

The #adventureoftheday is #paraboarding, which is the classification system for para-snowboarding. The sport originally called Adaptive Snowboard is now practiced by hundreds of athletes around the world. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) defines two classes: SB-LL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both legs, and SB-UL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both arms who compete standing. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/...w/Para-snowboarding_classification Check-out World Para Snowboard & Canadian Paralympic Team Also see Big White Ski Resort (as seen in video) Also see

The #adventureoftheday is #snowtubing, snow tubing is rumored to have begun as far back as the 1820s in the Alpine Mountains. Tubing on snow is a wintertime activity that is similar to sledding. This kind of tubing is almost always performed on a hill or slope, using gravity to propel the rider to the bottom of the grade. The rider often returns to the top of the slope with the tube to repeat the process. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubing_(recreation)#Snow Check-out Banff & Lake Louise Tourism

The #adventureoftheday is #figureskating, which is a sport in where individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics, in 1908. The four Olympic disciplines are men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_skating Check-out Mt. Boucherie Skating Club in West Kelowna See Skate Canada / Patinage Canada for more info...... Also check-out Canadian Figure Skating Association

The #adventureoftheday is #iceyachting, which is the sport of sailing and racing iceboats, also called ice yachts. It is practiced in Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Norway and Sweden, to some extent, and is very popular in the Netherlands and on the Gulf of Finland, but its highest development is in the United States and Canada. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_yachting Check-out Nite Iceboats for your ice boat :-)

The #adventureoftheday is #snowgolfing, which is a sport based on golf but played over snow (or ice) instead of grass. The "greens" are called "whites" and have a maintained snow or ice surface. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_golf Check-out Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows for snow golfing :-) Link: http://squawalpine.com/eve/34th-annual-snow-golf-tournament... Also check-out Golf Channel's video below...

The #adventureoftheday is #freestyleskiing, which is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe and slopestyle as part of the winter olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins, and can include skiers sliding rails and boxes on their skis. It is also commonly referred to as freeskiing, jibbing, as well as many other names around the world. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_skiing Check-out Whistler Blackcomb to freestyle ski :-)

The #adventureoftheday is #lasertag, also spelled lazer tag is a tag game played with lasers. Infrared-sensitive targets are commonly worn by each player and are sometimes integrated within the arena in which the game is played. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_tag Check-out Planet Lazer - Extreme Laser Tag (seen in video) Also Check-out Planet Lazer Kelowna

The #adventureoftheday is #kitewingskiing, which is a wing-shaped sail designed to use wind power to provide speed and lift to riders in outdoor environments. It can be used on a number of different surfaces when paired with the appropriate vehicle: skis (on snow or ice), snowboard (on snow or ice) ice skates (on ice) roller skates (on asphalt)... kiteblades (on asphalt, packed sand or grass) mountain board (on asphalt, packed sand or grass) dirtsurfer (on tightly packed sand, grass, asphalt and other terrain) Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitewing Check-out Kitewing Sports to get your kitewing :-)

The #adventureoftheday is #winterfreediving, also called freediving or skin diving, which is a form of underwater diving that relies on divers' ability to hold their breath until resurfacing rather than on the use of a breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freediving Check-out DeeperBlue.com for more info...

The #adventureoftheday is #snowmobiling, also known as a sled or a snowmachine, is a vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow. It is designed to be operated on snow and ice and does not require a road or trail but most are driven on open terrain or trails. Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowmobile Check-out Kelowna Snowmobile Club on FB for more info: http://www.sledkelowna.ca/