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Fortunately, there’s a food revolution going on in this laid-back Okanagan city25 minutes from the snowy slopes of Silver Star Mountain Resort — so your movable feast for the senses will go down easily here.

THE RESORT

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The mountain’s consistent snow supply has attracted powder hounds since the 1930s, and you can’t spend a day here without running into a local ready to tell you all about hiking in, overnighting in a hut, clambering to the top and getting one run in before trudging back out again.

That kind of effort is, of course, not necessary today. The well-maintained road from Vernon has you at the colourful “Victorian-style” Silver Star mid-mountain village in less than half an hour.

Once there, you’ll choose from four distinct alpine areas with 1,328 hectares of skiable terrain and 132 marked trails; more than 100 kilometres of Nordic ski trails that seamlessly blend with the village and nearby Sovereign Lake network; 16 kilometres of snowshoeing trails; a magical skating pond bordering a tube park; 15 kilometres of fat-bike trails; and 50 kilometres of maintained snowmobile trails in Silver Star Provincial Park (rentals available).