By kingco on January 25, 2009
Being a little less touristy than Banff, Jasper’s Marmot Basin is a ski destination that won’t disappoint. It is part of Jasper National Park and skiers enjoy all that comes with the Park including the incredible scenery. Only 20 minutes from the town of Jasper, Marmot Basin offers 3,000 vertical feet of skiing and snowboarding [...]
Posted in Alberta | Tagged Athabasca range, Athabasca Valley, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Jasper, Jasper National Park, off-piste, off-piste adventure, Rockies, Rogers Terrain Park, unpatrolled terrain, woodland caribou
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
In 1986 construction began to develop Mount Allan into the official site of the 1988 Olympic Alpine events. Located very close to Calgary, Alberta, Nakiska features some of the best cruising and carving trails in the Rockies. Nakiska employs superior snowmaking and grooming systems to maintain fabulously wide open and long trails. Nakiska is a [...]
Posted in Alberta | Tagged 1988 Winter Olympic Games XV, Alpine Canada Alpin National Training Centre, Calgary's closest mountain, Eagle Tail, Kananaskis Valley, Monster Glades, Mount Allan, Nakiska is Cree for to meet, Official Alpine Canada Alpin National Training Centre, Powder Face, Rockies, Telus Winter Sports School, Walking Buffalo
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
It’s a lot closer to Ottawa and Gatineau than most resorts in the Laurentians but still gives you a true mountain experience. At over 1200 feet, Mont Ste-Marie has the highest vertical between the Laurentians and the Rockies. There are 2 sides to the mountain – Vanier and Cheval Blanc, both serviced by high speed [...]
Posted in Quebec | Tagged Cheval Blanc, downtown Ottawa, Gatineau, Laurentians, Mont Ste-Marie, Rockies, Vanier
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
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged Columbia River, Columbia Valley, ecological diversity, fairmont hot springs, Fairmont Ridge, hot springs, mineral hot springs, mineral springs, Rockies, Stanford Range, The Canadian Rockies, The Purcells, The Rockies
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is a huge resort with 2750 acres of skiable terrain, only 2.5 hours west of Calgary, next to the Rockies in the dogtooth range of the Purcell Mountains. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort was the first all-season resort to open in the Rockies in 25 years, but as we do best at [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged avalanch training, Banff, Banff National Park, big mountain, Calgary, Dogtooth range, Glacier, Glacier National Park, Golden, hidden gem of the rockies, Jasper, Jasper National Park, Kootenay, Kootenay National Park, Kootenays, Mt. Revelstoke, National parks, off-piste, off-piste adventure, Purcell Mountains, Revelstoke National Park, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, the Selkirk Mountains, the Selkirks, untracked mountain, Yoho, Yoho National Park
