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Archive: Coolest Ice & Snow Facts

Lucy Izon Ready to Rodel

This is a 1st in North America – a 7.5 km sled run! It’s called Rodeling – rhymes with Yodeling

Patricia Lake, Jasper, Operation Habbakuk plaque © Lucy Izon

Patricia Lake, Jasper, Alberta was the site of Operation Habbakuk, a top-secret WWII military project to build a prototype aircraft carrier out of ice

Rogers Pass National Historic Site © Parks Canada

Rogers Pass National Historic Site – Deepest Powder

Abbott Ridge © Parks Canada - Jacolyn Daniluck

Glacier National Park – Home to more than 400 glaciers!

Click to see Making of Ice Truck Video

Hensall Iceculture: this small-town Canadian business created a truck out of 11,000 lbs of ice! Infact, they have even been known to sell ice to Iceland – now that’s cool!

Lake Louise courtesy Travel Alberta

Lake Louise is the first stop for the World Cup skiers because of early snow

Snowball Ontario

This is great: there’s a community in Ontario called Snowball!

Icefields Glacier Water

Drink Machines on the Icefields Parkway dispense bottled Glacier Water

BC Mount Washinton Snow

Mount Washington can have some of the deepest snow in the world. Guests once tunneled out of lodgings!

Photo courtesy Snow Limo

Canadian Snow-Limo invention enables non-skiers to glide down snowy slopes of Sun Peaks, Grouse Mountain and Big White

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