With solar activity increasing, experts expect more frequent and intense lightshows in 2012. Winter tours take travellers under the auroral oval in sub-arctic Churchill, Manitoba for amazing aurora borealis viewing experiences.
The Manitoba terrain offers no mountains for your typical downhill skiiing experience. But don’t underestimate us: we still do it, but we do it in valleys. As travel writer Christalee Froese explains, all that pizzazz of a luxury ski resort isn’t needed to have a good time. As long as there’s snow and speed, there’s fun.
Nicknamed “Winterpeg”, Winnipeg and its surrounding areas are blessed with an abundance of sunny, crisp winter days in February. Dress warmly, and explore a beautiful land of snow and ice these ways. Caveat: all activities are weather-dependant: catch’em while they’re cold.
You see them on frosty weekday evenings and bright Sunday mornings, filing in to community clubs, sticks and jerseys in hand. But where are the skates? These players don’t need skates because they aren’t playing hockey. They’re ready to hit the ice for a uniquely Manitoban sport that comes with a name that’s fun to say—spongee!
