lixcerpt entitled OUR wINThiR oRORTS Irom an uncatea promotional 'flyer' - "Groust Mountain Highway and Sceriic Resort" "Just about Christmas-time our winter sports begin. Although not tne least semblance of winter (that is, the winter one associates with snow and frost), ma be apparent on the level of the City of Vancouver, nevertheless, only Just sixteen miles from its postoffice may be enjoyed the sports ana pleasures of an Ait ine country. Do you know of anything more exhilarating thari a snowsnoe tramp over fleec.v paths, or more thrilling exercise than racing over the sKi Jumps? Or, pernaps you prefer the less strenuous? *^eil, there are the toboggan rices ana the cog-sleighs - the teams of faithful animats, under the guicance of expert drivers, await your pleasure, to gliae away witn you over giisteniiig trails of white. n this is all oii the winter programrae of Grouse Moimtain Park, aria, withail, sport equipment and clothing may be rented at a nominal cnarge, aiic the services of a professional are available to tnose who wish, free of ctiarge. From Christmas until rate spring tnere is cin abundance of snow on arouse Mountain, even while snow may only appear a couple of tiroes during tne whole winter, or perhaps not at aii, down on the flats of Greater Vancouver and surroiuia-ing levels. The highway towards the summit is Kept constantly cleared for auto traffic by a huge rotary snow plow, ana one motors to the top in utmost coraiort and assurance." "The Call of the Alla" - Grouse Mountain uog Team rnoto oy nomirn.on pnouo <0. A map directing visitors to this "spot where the pulse quickens ano me dig of youth returns to the waning cheek" was included, in the promo. oear in mina that the lions Gate Bridge was not in existeirce at trie time of printing ana the route described is via the Second narrows. "Grouse Mountain Park is sixteen miles cy road from trre vaJiCouver city posi,-office. The average grace for the eignt-mile ciimo is l.2 per cei.t. The roacoc' is twenty feet wide; cui'ves from forty to fifty feet wioe, protectee by solid kn barriers. The roaa is well marked with signs for da^ ana night driving". The initial Roaa Tariff (Rcuhq i'rip) was posted as follows: "Car with sever passengers or under, ^1.5C; Mctcrcycle, ;pl.OO; Stage (frorri comer of i.nnsrriuir Seymour streets, :jJ2,50". A rubber stamped 'Revised farifi ' sr.owec the foliovJirif changes; "Car ana Passengers - .i^i.OO; Motorcycle - Stage - ip.uO." (Possibly the Comptroller's decision........"fewer cars thai. v/e expected. ,\e ' 11 stick it to them on the bus.")