Ski Locations March 11, 2022

British Columbia is home to more than 30 ski hills. They range from quiet and delicate to internationally recognized resorts. It’s not hard to find what you’re looking for here in Canada. 

Choosing the right ski hill depends on what type of skiing you like. All ski hills have a difficulty rating of; green = intro/beginner, blue = medium/experienced and finally, black diamond = most difficult/expert and so forth.

 

There are many different types of skiers/boarders. People who like tree and powder, the ones that like the well maintained runs and the people who spend most their time at the park. Sun Peaks has a terrain park that is 10 acres long and accessible by the Sundance Express chairlift. The terrain park has over 45 features like, rails, boxes and jumps. Sun Peaks also offers the platter park which can be accessed by the village platter. The platter park is open later than the terrain park and has a mix of features. 

Big White Ski Resort is located in Kelowna BC, 2-3 hours from Kamloops and 5 hours from the Vancouver coast. Big White/ “Biggie” has 119 designed and maintained trails as well as an additional 27 unnamed trails. 18% of the trails are beginner, 56% are intermediate and the remaining 26% are categorized as expert. 

Big White is known as, home to the adrenaline junkies courtesy of the Cliff which is classified as a double black diamond and has an elevation of 2,260m. Biggie also offers Telus park which has a variety of rails and jumps that have been used for regional, national and world cup events. So if you enjoy challenging yourself and having some fun maybe adopting park skiing is for you. 

Elevation stats from: https://www.bigwhite.com/explore-big-white/mountain-info/mountain-stats

BC ski hill numbers from: https://www.bcliving.ca/bcs-best-ski-hills#:~:text=BC%20has%20over%2030%20ski%20hills%2C%20from%20quaint,got%20what%20you%20need.%20Big%20White%20Ski%20Resort