Article: Peak holidays: at Lake Louise, in Canada's Banff National Park, the season lives up to the scenery.

FORGET ABOUT dashing through the snow. The real fun of going to Canada for Christmas was crashing through the snow.

That's one thing I discovered during a two-hour snowshoeing session with Mike Vincent, the head of guided nature tours at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise and a man so excited about his work, he can make lichens seem lively. After steering our group far into the woods, Mike told each of us to step off the smooth, well-packed ribbon of trail, and then when I did--whomp! Down went my right foot, until my leg was thigh deep in the crusty snow. As I hauled my left foot forward, the same thing happened--another mini avalanche, with that foot and leg ...

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