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SKI THE BEST FOR LESS IN QUEBEC

NEW YORK/NEWARK�� Like Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and the New York Yankees, Tremblant has what it takes to keep on winning. The ski resort in Qu�bec's Laurentian Mountains has again been ranked by the readers of SKI Magazine as the #1 ski resort in Eastern North America. That makes it three years in a row, four times in the last five years that Tremblant has captured this honor.

Skiers hankering for a "foreign" ski holiday in a city where joie de vivre is a way of life should consider a fast getaway by flying to ancient, walled Qu�bec City, which bills itself as the "snow capital of the world". Here a ski trip can include lodgings at the castle-like Ch�teau Frontenac in the heart of the old historic district, and world-class skiing is less than half an hour from world-class restaurants.�

What is especially remarkable is that these ski experiences are so attractively priced. For example, Skican offers 4 day/3 night fly-drive packages to Tremblant from $395 per person (double occupancy) that include round trip airfare via Air Canada from New York or Boston, three nights hotel, four days rental car, and three days lift tickets 5 day/4 night packages are priced from $475, 6 day/5 night packages from $540.

A 5 day/4 night ski package to Queb�c City is priced from $460 per person (double occupancy). Included is round-trip airfare from New York or Boston, transfers, three day interchangeable lift ticket, and four nights accommodations at the fabled Ch�teau Frontenac, which dominates the city skyline with its copper-clad green roof, red bricks, gables, turrets, and parapets.� Dating to 1893, this Canadian Pacific hotel is rich in history.� It has hosted Queen Elizabeth II and was the site of a World War II conference between Churchill and Roosevelt. (With accommodations at the Hotel Manoir Victoria, a charming, well-appointed European-style hotel, this package is priced from only $420.)

As the largest ski-tour operator in Canada, Skican has built an enviable reputation of consistently offering value-packed vacations at extraordinarily low prices. It is able to provide such top quality at bargain prices by using its enormous buying power to negotiate top rates at the best properties and by selling directly to the consumer.

Certainly, Skican does not skimp when it comes to providing quality lodgings. Tremblant packages include accommodations at prestigious and luxurious Ch�teau Mont Tremblant, the glittering new ch�teau opened in 1997 by Canadian Pacific Hotels. Embedded in the mountainside and creating postcard views, the seven-story ch�teau was inspired by 19th-century French architecture.

The opening this season of a new side of the mountain, Versant Soleil, brings 15 new trails, boosting Tremblant's total to 92 runs, spread over 600 acres. In designing the new face, it was decided to leave the mountain's natural and winding contours untouched. As a result, the new area offers 40 acres of trails and 60 acres of glades created in harmony with nature. A new Flowtronex system has 75 snow-packing towers and a highspeed quad called "Le Soleil" carries 2,250 passengers an hour.

Queb�c City boasts two nearby ski areas.� Mont-Sainte-Anne offers 2,050 vertical feet, 56 trails, and 223 km of groomed cross-country ski trails. Stoneham Resort, nestled in a horseshoe-shaped valley just 20 minutes' drive from Queb�c City, has 1,380 vertical feet and 30 trails. Skican packages include lift tickets interchangeable at both region resorts.

For more information, contact Skican Ltd., 47 de la Commune West, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2C6, Canada, 1-800-363-3009 or check the Web site at www.skican.com.

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