Mount Tabor, , is a

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east of

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adjacent to BC Highway 16. It rises about from the small portion of the

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that lies in the angle of the

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and not part of the

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which begin just to the east, the summit is the site of a former

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and is the highest piece of relief in the Greater Prince George area (it may also in some reckonings be the northward limit of the

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rather than part of the plateau). The highest summit of a generally north-striking ridge between Prince George and the lowland of the Willow River, its summit has about 550m of relief from the surrounding terrain; Tabor Lake at its foot to the west is in elevation. As such, it has become the site of the small Tabor Mountain Ski Resort, which is one of Prince George's two local ski hills, the other being the small Hart Highlands Alpine Park on the north side of the city. East of the Willow River and just beyond the

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, forty kilometres farther east, is Mount Purden, the site of Purden Ski Village and which is the northernmost summit of the

References

External links

Tabor Mountain Ski Resort homepagebritishcolumbia.com "Ski Resorts in Prince George" webpage
One-thousanders of British Columbia Cariboo Land District {{FraserFortGeorge-geo-stub