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Apex Mountain offers break from winter blahs

Apex Mountain Ski Resort is open this weekend where guests can ski, snowboard and snowshoe.

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January 03, 2014 - 9:56 AM

PENTICTON - Summer lovers shouldn't let the snow get them down. They should instead get on top it with skis, snowboards and/or snowshoes.

Apex Mountain Ski Resort has its traditional skiing runs as well snowshoe trails run by operators like Hoodoo Adventures.

And for today and tomorrow only there will be night skiing over the winter break. It ends tomorrow at 9 p.m.

The average temperature will hit only 0 Celsius but might drop down to -4 C on Saturday and Sunday. Expect colder temperatures when heading up to Apex.

To contact a reporter for this story, to send photos or videos, email Shannon Quesnel at squesnel@infotelnews.ca, call 250-488-3065, send tweets to @shannonquesnel1 or @InfoNewsPentict.

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