I can’t say how pleased I was when I heard that Banff Norquay were reopening their tea house after decades of closure. The owners are doing a fantastic job making Banff Norquay even better than before with additional activities such as tubing, sightseeing from the tea house (you don’t need to ski down), snowshoeing and a [...]
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What a great start to the 2011-2012 winter ski season across Canada! Most ski resorts are already open with great skiing and riding conditions. This weekend is set to be epic with many of the ski resorts opening up more ski lifts and terrain granting access to areas of untouched powder……ahhhhhh Some early-bird deals on [...]
Here are the current snow conditions for some of the ski resorts in the Canadian Rockies and Canada. I can’t believe the winter season is coming to an end when the snow conditions are still so great! Whistler / Blackcomb Snow Base: 371cm Lifts Open: 33 / 38 Runs Open: 200 / 200 Sun Peaks [...]
Wow! Did any of you get out today? The snow conditions were incredible across most ski resorts in the Canadian Rockies and Western Canada today. Here is today’s snow report: Whistler received 20 cm in the past 24 hours, that’s 75 cm in just 2 days! Kicking Horse was another powder King of the day. [...]
Exciting times here in Western Canada – the ski resorts are starting to open and the long-term season outlook is looking very promising with La Nina predicted to hit which will bring lots of snow! The Lake Louise Ski Area was the first ski resort to open in Canada on November 5th 2010. Jasper Marmot [...]
Please find attached the Banff Ski Bus Schedule to Banff Mount Norquay, Sunshine Village and Lake Louise. It is effective from tomorrow, Friday November 5th 2010, and is valid through to December 18th, 2010. The Lake Louise Ski area opens tomorrow as planned – HOORAY! Prices for the bus to Mount Norquay, The Lake Louise [...]
Hello – it’s good to be back. We are VERY excited about this upcoming winter season in Western Canada. Lots of snow has been predicted by top forecasters and this has been also backed up by the fact we have had a much cooler, wetter September so far. Best of all, yesterday, Banff National Park [...]
What is HST? The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) is the single harmonized value-added tax that will replace the GST and PST in British Columbia on July 1, 2010. The HST will apply at a rate of 12 per cent to those goods and services that are subject to GST. In other words, the PST will [...]
Banff Norquay may have closed last Sunday but Sunshine Village and Lake Louise are still going strong in Banff National Park! Here we’re celebrating longer days, our infamous spring snow dumps, and skiing and riding until May 24 2010 – that’s almost 6 weeks still to go! To celebrate properly, there is a ton of [...]
All good things must come to an end (until next season anyway!). Please see winter 2009-2010 featured ski resort confirmed closure dates in Western Canada: Panorama and Kimberley ski resorts are now closed for the winter 2009/2010 ski season. Fernie, Kicking Horse and Nakiska are all currently closed but are opening for a BONUS weekend [...]
