British Columbia Downhill Skiing
British Columbia offers excellent skiing and snowboarding vacations
British Columbia has amazing mountains for skiing and snowboarding, and excellent hotels and resort for relaxing at afterward. That’s why British Columbia was selected as the Host Province for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
British Columbia offers top-notch skiing.
British Columbia resorts have the deep snowfalls, gian verticals, wide backcountry, diverse terrain, spectacular scenery and mild climate that provide the backdrop for big mountain skiing and snowboarding at winter resorts and family-friendly ski hills.
Ski Vancouver and Whistler
The Olympic Host City of Vancouver is home to three British Columbia ski areas. Only two hours away, you’ll find the award-winning British Columbia resort of Whistler and epic runs between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains.
More British Columbia Ski Resorts
British Columbia offers 13 ski resorts with terrain from black-diamond steeps and chutes, to wide open terrain and tree lines. Most British Columbia resorts offer ski-in, ski-out hotels and lodges, rentals and lessons.
Skiing and snowboarding is only the beginning in British Columbia. There are nearly limitless heli-skiing and cat-skiing opportunities, cross-country (Nordic) trails, snowshoeing and snowmobiling that make British Columbia an unbeatable winter playground.
British Columbia’s ski regions:
- Kootenay Rockies: Offers four distinct British Columbia mountain ranges with the longest lift-serviced vertical ride in North America.
- Thompson Okanagan: Award-winning, ski-in ski-out British Columbia hotels, excellent powder and one of the best family-friendly British Columbia resorts
- Vancouver, Coast & Mountains: Ski Whistler-Blackcomb, year after year known as the #1 ski resort in North America; ride the new gondola between the peaks of Whistler and Blackcomb.
- Vancouver Island: Sports some of the deepest natural snow in British Columbia, with vast views and mild winter weather.
- Northern British Columbia: Deep dry powder days, inspiring views, no lift lines and friendly British Columbia hospitality awaits vacationers at Northern BC’s alpine ski areas.
- Cariboo Chilcotin Coast: Sunny skies, short lift lines and more of the British Columbia laid-back atmosphere.
British Columbia resorts to check out
- Apex Mountain Resort
- Big White Ski Resort
- Fernie Alpine Resort
- Kicking Horse Mountain Resort – Winter
- Kimberley Alpine Resort
- Mount Washington Alpine Resort
- Panorama Mountain Village
- Red Mountain Resort
- Revelstoke Mountain Resort
- Silver Star Mountain Resort
- Sun Peaks Resort
- Whistler Blackcomb
- Whitewater Ski Resort
[...] the winter, the mountains around Fruitvale offer some of the finest BC skiing and snowboarding, whether you like deep powder, steep chutes, or pristine [...]
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[...] like Lake Louise and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, BC offer some of the Rockies best skiing, just a short distance away. Snowshoeing, dogsledding and cross-country skiing are also great [...]
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[...] White is a British Columbia ski resort in the Canadian Rockies with a longer than average ski season (mid November to mid April) thanks [...]
[...] is a big, winter monster of a ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. With over 8,000 acres of skiable terrain, and 200 runs, it’s not hard to understand why it’s a [...]
[...] Alpine Resort in British Columbia, Canada is legendary for the 350 inches (875 cm) of powder receives each year.Beautiful first tracks at [...]
[...] Ski British Columbia! Come to Kicking Horse Mountain Resort to experience the area’s deep champagne powder snow and steep drops in the Canadian Rockies.Steeps and piles of powder are common sights at Kicking Horse Resort. (Kicking Horse Resort) Along with their dry, fluffy snow, Kicking Horse has also built up a reputation for itself thanks to its incredibly long runs and heart-thumping heli-skiing opportunities. The resort is one of the newest in North America, having been built in 2000. [...]
[...] Mountain Village is located in ski-resort rich British Columbia, 308 km west of Calgary, Alberta. To reach the resort, take the Trans Canada Highway west from [...]
[...] Peaks is a large resort located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada, a place famous for its 220 inches of annual dry, light, skier-friendly snow. It is actually the [...]
[...] Mountain is located in the North Shore Mountains, just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Beautiful views and more await you at Cypress Mountain just outside of Vancouver. (Cypress [...]
[...] Valley is a family resort just two hours from Vancouver, a great choice for skiing in British Columbia.A snowboarder catches some air off Hemlock's A-frame feature during a competition. (Hemlock [...]
[...] Alpine Resort is a British Columbia ski resort famous for its sun and consistent powder snow. Visitor's stroll around Kimberley's [...]
[...] in E.C. Manning Provincial Park in the interior of British Columbia, Manning Park Resort is renowned for its dry snow and variety of winter activities.Chair lifts and [...]
[...] at the north end of Vancouver Island, Mount Cain is a beautiful, unique place to ski and snowboard in British Columbia. Beautiful powder up at Mount Cain ski area on Vancouver Island. (Mount [...]
[...] Canadian Rockies just northwest of Grand Forks. Phoenix calls itself the best little mountain in British Columbia, attracting a regular crowd of local skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts all winter [...]
[...] area has been operating for more than 30 years near Prince George, British Columbia in the Canadian [...]
[...] Mountain, nestled in the Coast Mountain Range in British Columbia’s Canadian Rockies, gets some of the most snow of any of the lift-served areas in North [...]
[...] Bay Mountain is located in northwest British Columbia, just outside of the small town of Smithers. The majestic Canadian Rockies surround the Bulkley [...]
[...] Ski Area is a small ski hill in the West Kootenay region of southeast British Columbia. It’s a friendly volunteer-run ski hill with great night skiing on nicely groomed [...]
[...] location in the Canadian Rockies of southern British Columbia allows it 295 inches (750 cm) of snow per [...]
[...] ski hill is a small resort near Fort Saint James, British Columbia on the shores of Stuart Lake. Springtime fun at Murray Ridge in central British Columbia. (Murray [...]
[...] Seymour, located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, is just 13.6 miles (22 km) from downtown Vancouver and gets almost 400 inches of snow a year!The [...]
[...] between the south Okanagan towns of Oliver and Osoyoos, just minutes from the Penticton Airport in British Columbia ski country.A few of Mount Baldy's trails. (Mount Baldy Ski [...]
[...] Rockies resort is nestled in the center of Pine Pass, high in the pristine wilderness of Northern British Columbia, and yet just 500 yards from a highway. This far north, you’re pretty much guaranteed to see [...]
[...] Mountain Resort is a small ski hill 20 minutes from Kamloops, British Columbia.A skier tries a trick at Harper Mountain Resort's terrain park. (Harper Mountain [...]
[...] snowfall and mild winter temperatures makes Silver Star Mountain in British Columbia a skiing and snowboarding haven high in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.Tubing fun at Silver Star. [...]
[...] to Summit Lake to experience the warmer side of the Kootenays. Ski British Columbia’s Nakusp Range to enjoy their pleasant sunny climate and 150 inches (381 cm) of annual powder. [...]
[...] outside of northern British Columbia’s biggest town, Prince George, you’ll find Tabor Mountain Ski [...]