By kingco on January 25, 2009
Kimberley Alpine Resort is part of the Purcell Range of the Canadian Rockies, located just minutes from the city of Kimberley. Kimberley is a German influenced city, and you will find plenty of gingerbread style architecture, accordions and the largest cuckoo clock in Canada, amidst 1800 acres of terrain, 80 named runs and glades and [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing NorAm Cup, accordian competition, alpine skiing, Bavarian City of the Rockies, Black Forest, Canada's largest cuckoo clock, Canadian Rockies, cross-country skiing, german, glades, glading, Kimberley Alpine Training Center, Kootenays, longest lit trails, off-piste, paralympics, resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Rockies, sun vacations
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Your first impression of Silver Star Mountain Resort will be of brightly coloured Victorian architecture and storefronts with a boarded sidewalk in a faux mining village, but don’t stop there! Silver Star has an annual snow fall of 700 cm of that great Okanagan champagne powder, spread over undulating terrain, crazy hardcore chutes and some [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged aerial training site, bc, British Columbia, champagne powder, cross-country skiing, extreme skiing, most distinctive resort in North America, NATC, Okanagan, Okanagan Powder, Okanagan Valley, powder, Putnam Creek, silver star, Silver Woods, silverstar, silverstar Mountain resort, snow sport academy, Spirit Bowl, Telus Adventure Centre
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Posted in Vermont
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Powder King Mountain Resort averages an incredible 1250 cm of snow per year. With that kind of snow and a wilderness Rockies location, you almost don’t need to know anything else going in. Powder King has been around for more than 25 years of great skiing. They’ve got 24 runs evenly spread for all levels [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged bc, British Columbia, Canadian Rockies, hostel, norther BC, pine pass, Rockies, snow, The Canadian Rockies, the greatest snow on earth, whisper of the north, wilderness
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Set amid the beauty of Banff National Park and just minutes from town, Mount Norquay offers you a variety of terrain guaranteed to keep your whole party happy regardless of skill level. Mount Norquay has tree-sheltered runs so that the ride is great even when the snow is blowing. The slopes are vast – beginner [...]
Posted in Alberta | Tagged Banff National Park, Jeff Patterson, lit terrain park, night skiing in Banff, small Banff resort, terrain park designed by Jeff Patterson, Thomas Grandi home hill
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Located in the Niagara Escarpment and owned by environmental agency Conservation Halton, Glen Eden offers locals in the greater Toronto area a close by skiing experience. Glen Eden has 12 slopes, a terrain park called the “Show Zone” and snow tube chutes! There are 5 lifts including the Shuttle Carpet lift (ideal for beginners), 1 [...]
Posted in Ontario | Tagged conservation Halton, local, Niagara Escarpment, Show Zone terrain park
By kingco on January 25, 2009
If you are looking for a great family type resort, Vorlage will welcome you with great ski and snowboard conditions and friendly service. Night skiing is available 6 nights per week on 12 of the runs and they run lots of different programs with different age groups, so its a great opportunity to socialize and [...]
Posted in Quebec | Tagged Gatineau Park, Ottawa, picturesque, Quebec, Wakefield
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Located in the beautiful Ottawa Valley, Calabogie Peaks Resort is known as The Mountain. It definitely has that big mountain feel with lots of rolls and variety. Calabogie Peaks offers skiers and snowboarders 22 runs including the region’s highest vertical as well as 2 terrain parks. Features include a professional snow school, 2 quad chair [...]
Posted in Ontario | Tagged highest vertical, ottawa valley, resort
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Located less than an hour North of Toronto, Horseshoe Resort has all Ontario skiers and snowboarders could ask for. Horseshoe Resort boasts 304 feet of vertical rise, 25 runs, 6 lifts and is right in the heart of the snow belt. As well, at Horseshoe, you’ll find a terrain park and competition level half pipe. [...]
Posted in Ontario | Tagged Copeland Forest, Nordic trails, rockstar energy, super pipe, the paddock
By kingco on December 30, 2010
Monashee Powder Snowcats offers 17,000 acres and 4,800 vertical feet of deep powder skiing, five alpine ridges, delicious bowls, beautiful glades and backcountry tree skiing high in the Monashee Mountain range in BC, Canada – known as one of the best places in the world for fantastic light, dry powder skiing. After a day of [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Canada | Tagged monashee, Monashee Mountains