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Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) is a ski resort on Mount Mackenzie, just outside Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Northland Properties . Currently, the resort has a 1,710 metres (5,620 ft) vertical drop, the longest vertical descent of any ski resort in North America.
Mount Revelstoke became the home of a ski-jumping facility in 1915; this was expanded to Olympic specifications in 1933. [4] Other downhill runs were added, and Mount Revelstoke hosted many international competitions in the first half of the century. The jump was the longest natural jump in Canada, and international records were set there.
The Vermont Association of Snow Travelers, Inc. (VAST) was founded in 1967 and is responsible for the organization of the sport of snowmobiling, maintaining and grooming over 5,000 miles of trails in the state of Vermont. [1]
Bombardier Inc., was founded in 1942 as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snowmobile Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. As of October 6, 2009 [update] , BRP had about 5,500 employees; [ 3 ] its revenues in 2007 were above US$2.5 billion.
Columbia–Shuswap regional district comprises the regions known as the Shuswap Country, which focuses around Shuswap Lake and lies to the north of the Okanagan region, and the northern part of the Columbia Country, namely the "Big Bend" of the valley of the Columbia River from the Town of Golden to the historic City of Revelstoke, British ...
Revelstoke Grizzlies, a junior ice hockey team in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada; Revelstoke Lake, a reservoir on the Columbia River behind Revelstoke Dam in British Columbia; Revelstoke Mountain Resort, a ski resort just outside of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada; Revelstoke, Devon, a village in the South Hams district of Devon, England
Revelstoke Secondary School (RSS) is known for its strong track and field team and athletic program which is complemented by a vibrant music and visual arts program. The students at RSS have above-average academic results as measured by the BC Ministry of Education, and most recently was tied for first among all the rural secondary schools in ...
Baron Revelstoke, of Membland in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 30 June 1885 for the businessman Edward Baring , head of the family firm of Barings Bank and a member of the Baring family .