Lift service can offer seemingly endless untracked powder at an affordable price. Some resorts get more dumps and others are skied out more quickly depending on the variables. These variables can include holidays, day of the week, proximity to a large population, local rippers and the frequency of the storm cycles. Be sure to do your research on altitude and annual snow fall.

If your time is limited I have always advocated being free to travel to where it’s snowing. An example of this is flying to Calgary and traveling from ski town to ski town, following the snow and the openings. The options from Calgary are the Powder Highway(Hwy #3) and hitting Castle and Fernie and then continuing on to either Kicking Horse and Revelstoke or staying on Hwy #3 and going to Nelson and Rossland. Lake Louise and Sunshine can be good when it’s raining to the south.

Here are the resorts that can be your playground!

• Apex Mountain Resort Apex Mountain Resort remains one of the hidden gems of Canadian skiing. Located a short 30 minute drive from Penticton, BC, Apex is a full service [...] Read More
• Big White Ski Resort Big White is ecstatic to be recognized as having the best snow in North America by the readers of Condé Nast’s Traveler. Their annual poll, which rated [...] Read More
• Castle Mountain Castle Mountain. Over 3500 skiable acres. Two mountains. 78 trails. 8 alpine bowls. 6 lifts. 3 terrain parks. Summit of 7463 feet … so high you can [...] Read More
• Cypress Mountain Cypress Mountain was the official Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard Venue for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Located in West Vancouver, BC, Cypress is only [...] Read More
• Fernie Alpine Resort Powder. If there is one word that describes the reasons why people come to Fernie I think the word powder is it. Deep, fluffy powder. Powder so deep you [...] Read More
• Kicking Horse Resort Kicking Horse Mountain Resort boasts 4,133 feet of vertical spread over 2750 acres. It’s a mountain of adventure! With 106 runs, 70 inbound chutes, [...] Read More
• Lake Louise Ski Area Spectacular scenery awaits at Lake Louise with uniquely beautiful terrain that is both vast and varied. The wilderness is pristine and inspirational. [...] Read More
• Marmot Basin Marmot Basin is located in the wild, vast and ruggedly mountainous landscape of Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The national park [...] Read More
• Mount Cain Situated on the north end of Vancouver Island, Mount Cain offers a unique experience to skiers, snowboarders and backcountry explorers. At Mount Cain [...] Read More
• Mount Washington Alpine Resort Mount Washington Alpine Resort boasts one of the most spectacular coastal alpine settings in North America. Located in an enviable geographic location, [...] Read More
• Mt. Baldy Mt Baldy is located in the Osoyoos Region of British Columbia and sits in the heart of one of Canada’s best wine producing regions. Mt. Baldy also sits [...] Read More
• Panorama Panorama Mountain Village offers some of Canada’s longest fall-line cruisers and backcountry style skiing in Taynton Bowl in the Canadian Rockies [...] Read More
• Powder King Mountain Resort Powder King is located in Pine Pass in Northern BC. With 41 Feet of amazing powder per year that’s a whopping 1250 centimeters! You most likely [...] Read More
• Red Mountain Resort If downhill skiing or snowboarding on a mountain with epic terrain and uncrowded slopes is your dream, then Red Mountain Resort is your ideal destination. [...] Read More
• Revelstoke Mountain Resort Revelstoke Mountain Resort is located in British Columbia, Canada in the Selkirk mountains 6 km (3.5 miles) Southeast of downtown Revelstoke. In addition [...] Read More
• Shames Mountain Ski Area Shames Mountain is located 35 km (22 Mi.) west of Terrace in the spectacular Shames Valley. Shames is nestled in the majestic Coast Mountain Range of [...] Read More
• Silver Star Mountain Resort Silver Star Mountain Resort is located near Silver Star Provincial Park in the Shuswap Highland of the Monashee Mountains, northeast of the city of [...] Read More
• Sun Peaks Resort Sun Peaks has evolved into one of the leading ski experiences in Canada, from the rough and tumble days of Tod Mountain. Sun Peaks offers surprising [...] Read More
• Sunshine Village Sunshine Village is located within Banff National Park in Alberta. It is one of three major ski resorts located in the Banff National Park. The Sunshine [...] Read More
• Whistler / Blackcomb Ski Resort Whistler Blackcomb is located 125 km north of Vancouver, BC. By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America; it is 50% larger than its [...] Read More
• Whitewater Ski Resort Whitewater Ski Resort is: Pure, simple and real…DEEP Attracting attention from around the world, Whitewater is known for one thing…POWDER. The [...] Read More

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