Editor:
With enthusiasm, I read Christine Wood’s Dec. 18 article in Coast Reporter about the opening of the Dakota Ridge snowshoeing resort. My local friend has been encouraging me for some years now to go there.
Then I read the bit about needing a four-wheel drive vehicle AND chains!
Who in the Lower Mainland owns chains unless they commute regularly to Whistler?
Well, there is, of course, the option of an all-inclusive day package for a mere $199 plus tax and tips – providing I bring a friend to make up the minimum participation requirement.
By the time I add the BC Ferries charges, I won’t see much change out of $500 for a day’s worth of snowshoeing.
Anywhere else in the Lower Mainland this kind of money buys me a weekend of snowshoeing with accommodation.
Now if there was a pick-up and drop-off service from the Langdale ferry terminal so I could walk onto the ferry with my own snowshoes, I would consider it. Until then, I’ll give Dakota Ridge a miss.
Peter Loppe, Vancouver
