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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
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
Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort is located just 15 minutes from the town of Banff and gives you over 3300 acres of terrain spread over 3 mountains. With 80 years of history, Sunshine can deliver the ski or snowboard vacation you want. It is the only time you’ll have the chance to ride or [...]
Posted in Alberta | Tagged Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Delirium Dive, Freeride terrain, freeride zones, Goat's Eye Mountain, Lookout Mountain, off-piste, off-piste adventure, ride the continental divide, Rockies, Silver City, ski the continental divide, Standish Mountain, Wild West, world's fastest gondola
By kingco on January 25, 2009
A member of the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Fernie Alpine Resort is part of the Lizard Range in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and is famous for its legendary snow. Fernie has been known to get as much as 1,118 cm of powder (average is 8.8 m or 29 feet) and at Fernie, [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged 24'mailbox, alpine skiing, Canadian Rockies, deepest snow in Canadian Rockies, ghostrider, house box, Kimberley, Kimberly, kink boxes, Kootenai Tribes, legendary ski resort, Lizard Range, most improved, Mount Hosmer, off-piste, off-piste adventure, resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Rockies, ski BC, The Ghost Rider, the Griz, top ten in North America
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Red Mountain Resort has 87 runs across two mountains with features everyone would love. The terrain on Red and Granite mountains run the gamut from wide-open groomed slopes to crazy steep and powdery glades. There is an incredible 3000 ft vertical and champagne powder with great staff and no wait time. The terrain park is [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged Canadian Rockies, Canadian Rocky Mountains, extreme riding, extreme skiing, glades, Granite Mountain, Grey Basin, Kootenay region, Kootenays, Koots, off-piste, Paradise Basin, Red Mountain, Rockies, West Kootenay
