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Most of the relevant parts of the town are concentrated on Cleveland Avenue, including the
infocentre
(May-Sept daily 9am-5pm; Oct-April Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-2pm; tel 604/892-9244
, www.squamishchamber.bc.ca
), the big IGA Plus supermarket and the most central
accommodation
if you're not at the hostel, the
August Jack Motor Inn
opposite the infocentre (tel 604/892-3504; $60-80). If you want inside knowledge on the climbing or wildlife, be certain to stay at the superlative
Squamish Hostel
on Buckley Avenue (tel 604/892-9240 or 1-800/449-8614; up to $40). The hostel is a clean and friendly place that offers a kitchen, common room and private rooms as well as shared accommodation. For home-made Mexican
food
the
Coyote Cantina,
on Cleveland Avenue, is great for snacks and meals or there's vegetarian fare at the
Rainforest Grill
, just off 2nd Avenue. Sporty types hang out at the
Brew Pub
, also on Cleveland, which serves pub food and home-brewed beer.
If you're looking into renting equipment , Vertical Reality Sports Centre on Cleveland Road (tel 604/892-8248) rents out climbing shoes ($10 a day) and mountain bikes ($15-40 a day), whilst Slipstream Rock & Ice (tel 604/898-4891 or 1-800/616-1325, www.slipstreamadventures.com ) offers rock- and ice-climbing guiding and instruction. Most of their tours are for two days and range from $148 to $248 and they teach all abilities. If you are here to climb, there is one key guide , available from bookstores in Vancouver as well as the climbing shops in Squamish: The Climbers Guide to Squamish by Kevin McLane (Elaho, $34.95). If the new craze of bouldering is your thing then Squamish Boulder Problems by Peter Michael (Highball; $19.90) has all the information you need. Incidentally, if you're in town in August, Squamish proves it hasn't forgotten its lumbering roots by holding what it deems to be the World Lumberjack Competition, and in July the place goes nuts with a ten-day Adventure Festival (tel 1-888/684-8828) that kicks off with a chariot race - garbage cans mounted on wheels and pulled by mountain bikes - and includes a mountain bike race with over 800 riders, street hockey, rock-climbing clinics and white-water competitions Other useful information
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