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Colonial Airlines will service the
ski enthusiast from New York and
Washington with rapid Skycruiser
connections to popular Canadian,
New England and upper New York
State ski sections.
From New York. Colonial will
operate 10 round trips a day
Four-eneined DC-4s direct to
Montreal, the gateway to the
snowy Laurentians, will replace
some of the DC-3 flights long be-
fore the ski season reaches its
peak. They will whisk skiers to
the Montreal Airport in 100 min
utes.
Winter sports package vaca-
tons" for the hickory board rider
bound for Canada also will be
available in a price range of from
$46 10 to $126.10 for from 3 to 10
days.
Fares from New York to Mont
real round trip are as low as $34.10,
plus tax, for those who can ar
range to depart for snow country
on a Tuesday or a Wednesday
and return on any day but Fri
day or Sunday. Otherwise, the
round "trip fare is $42.60, plus tax.
Travel in Ski Togs.
In the IL years that Colonial
Airlines has been active in trans
porting winter sportsmen to noted
snow areas throughout its route
system. it has built UP a ski club
of more than $500 members. Ski
plane travellers are urged to travel
in their ski togs. Special compart-
ments aboard each plane will be
available to carry skis and 40
pounds of baggage without charge.
Many claim the best skiing con-
ditionS in North America are
found in Canada's Laurentian
Mountains. But interest lies also
in New York State and New Eng
land areas around the stations of
Glens Falls, Saranac Lake, Lake
Placid, and Burlington and Rut-
land in Vermont.
Glens Falls lies an hour and
a half via Colonial Airlines from
New York City. Good ground
transportation soon puts the skier
IN the North Greek area. Gore
Mountain is a popular destination
where a "T' bar lift and several
rope tows are constantly in oper-
alton.
The area offers Is places
to stay, ranging from hotels to
ranches. Most of these offer dane
ing and open-hearth atmosphere
and range in price with food from
IS to $40, with lower weekly rates.
Lake Placid and Saranac Lake
offer the skier variety of trails
and slopes. Hotels and inns are
higher than average, ranging from
So to SIG per day, American plan,
Stowe Leading Area.
Some of the best skiing in the
New England section is offered by
Vermont, where the name Stowe,
with Skiers, is an all-year-round
household word. Here Vermont's
highest mountain, Mount Mans
field, gives the hickory rider
an altitude of 1000 feet. Chair
and Thar and practice tows,
together with more than so
miles of trails, 60 to make famous
the area around Burlington Air
port.
Stoves Spruce Peak will have a
new lift ready this season, and
Mount Mansfield's famous chair
lift, $3.50 feet long, will again serve
the skier along the 18-mile section
OF downhill trail. This fast
moving ski center offers movies,
bowling, ice skating, res
taurants and a well-equipped ski
shop. The area is hour and As
minutes by Colonial ski plane
from New York. Taxi and bus are
available at the airport to take the
skier to Stowe, distance of about
40 miles.
Mad River Glen, which made its
debut last year, also is available
to the skier from the Burlington
Airport. Thirteen hotels are