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Rossland<br />
Sky High<br />
Tucked high in the Monashee<br />
mountains, Rossland is set on<br />
the slopes of an ancient volcanic<br />
valley. This mountain town has<br />
a turbulent history of ambition<br />
and mighty feats that make you<br />
wonder if the relatively thin air<br />
(altitude 1,039 m) brings out the<br />
hardcore in people’s nature.<br />
Today, Rossland’s population of<br />
3,729 is half what it once was,<br />
but despite the 20th century,<br />
there are no still no traffic lights or<br />
EVEL IN<br />
OSSLAND<br />
NEWLY RENOVATED<br />
Free Parking<br />
sprawling malls. The population<br />
spikes in the winter with the influx<br />
of skiers and snowboarders, but<br />
during spring and summer, there<br />
are festivals and lots more. Visit<br />
the City of Rossland, an (almost)<br />
grown-up village, and find out<br />
what living in a mountain town is<br />
all about!<br />
<strong>Go</strong>ld Fever Follies<br />
“Some of the best family<br />
entertainment in the Kootenays!”<br />
Every year since 1987, Rossland’s<br />
unique theatre group, The<br />
<strong>Go</strong>ld Fever Follies, has been entertaining<br />
visitors and locals with<br />
Immaculately clean, comfortable and<br />
affordable rooms in quiet, beautiful<br />
surroundings.<br />
All rooms, kitchenettes, and suites<br />
feature heavenly beds, 55” Samsung<br />
LED SMART TV, refrigerator and<br />
free high speed Wi-Fi.<br />
Only minutes away from downtown<br />
Rossland and Red Mountain Resort,<br />
and a few kilometres from Redstone<br />
<strong>Go</strong>lf Resort.<br />
Outdoor Hot Tub<br />
Free Hot Breakfast<br />
1199 HWY 3B, ROSSLAND BC<br />
1 800-663-0203<br />
rosslandredmountaininn.ca<br />
their live performances based<br />
on Rossland’s exciting gold rush<br />
days of the late 1890s.<br />
As always, the Follies will be<br />
melding fact, fiction and imagination<br />
when they present this summer’s<br />
brand new original musical<br />
comedy The Big Boom Theory, a<br />
story about gold, a geologist and<br />
“the girl next door”, and a real flying<br />
steamshovel! And as always,<br />
there will be some rip-roaring,<br />
high-kicking cancan entertainment!<br />
It’s sure to entertain adults<br />
and children alike.<br />
This live musical theatre show,<br />
held in the restored 1898 Miners<br />
Hall at 1765 Columbia Avenue,<br />
runs two shows daily every Tuesday<br />
through Saturday at 3 and<br />
7:30 pm all July and August. Visit<br />
their website: www.goldfeverfollies.com<br />
Mountain Biking<br />
Capital of Canada<br />
Over twenty trails are graded with<br />
either a green (easy), blue (intermediate)<br />
or black (advanced)<br />
rating, so choosing the right trail<br />
for your skills and attitude is easy.<br />
The most famous of all of Rossland’s<br />
mountain biking trails is the<br />
Seven Summits. Recognized by<br />
the International Mountain Biking<br />
Association as an official ‘Epic’<br />
and awarded ‘Trail of the Year’<br />
by Bike magazine (2007), it is<br />
the crown jewel of the Rossland<br />
trail network. Most of Rossland<br />
trail network has been recorded<br />
onTrailForks.com<br />
For more information visit www.<br />
tourismrossland.com.<br />
#rosslandBC<br />
Rossland Museum &<br />
Visitor Centre<br />
Find the Rossland Museum at the<br />
junction of Hwy 22 and Hwy 3B,<br />
on the actual site of the historic<br />
Le Roi <strong>Go</strong>ld Mines, the second<br />
largest lode gold producing district<br />
in BC. Permanent exhibitions<br />
at the Mining Museum illustrate<br />
local history including the story<br />
of industry players like Cominco<br />
(Teck) and West Kootenay Power.<br />
The colourful story that is Rossland<br />
Ski history is one display you<br />
will want to check out too. The<br />
Visitor Centre is next door to the<br />
main museum building and offers<br />
travellers a place with a great<br />
view to rest and relax.<br />
The museum is open Wednesday<br />
through Saturday from May to<br />
mid-October 10 am to 5 pm. July<br />
and August, 7 days a week, 9am<br />
to 5pm. www.rosslandmuseum.ca<br />
Fun at Thin Air<br />
Thin Air is a disc golf course and<br />
it’s 18 ‘holes’ of fun. Playing here<br />
gets you outside in a spectacular<br />
place and will make you feel like<br />
a kid again – or maybe your kids<br />
will show what they’ve got that<br />
(maybe?) you need again. Best of<br />
all, it’s free to play!<br />
The disc golf course is at the<br />
Blackjack Ski area, 5 km or so up<br />
Hwy 22 from the Visitor Centre<br />
and Rossland Museum. You can<br />
buy your discs and pick up a<br />
brochure explaining the course<br />
and how to play at the Seven<br />
Summits Service and Hardware,<br />
which is just across the road from<br />
the museum.<br />
<strong>Go</strong>ld<br />
Fever<br />
Follies<br />
the<br />
July 2 to August 24<br />
2 Shows Daily<br />
Tues thru Sat<br />
3pm & 7:30pm<br />
Live Musical Theatre from the <strong>Go</strong>ld Rush Days<br />
New Shows New Music<br />
Admit One Admit One<br />
33rd Season<br />
Rossland Miners Hall<br />
1765 Columbia Avenue<br />
Rossland<br />
www.goldfeverfollies.com<br />
66 GO & DO <strong>Summer</strong>/Fall <strong>2019</strong> #gokootenays - share the adventure! www.gokootenays.com BC Canada
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