We are now having our first snowfall of the 2006/2007 ski season and the first ski hills are not scheduled to open until early November! This is a good indication that this season is going to be a great one! For live mountain cameras at Sunshine Village and other ski resorts of the Canadian Rockies, [...]
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Banff National Park has been the only Canadian destination listed as an affordable getaway for Americans this summer on CNN’s money.com. This site stated that packages booked before June 30th could result in savings of 40 percent. This site also singles out the Banff Caribou Lodge and Rimrock Resort Hotel, where valuable savings could be [...]
Marmot Basin lift tickets are only $10 on May 1st, their last day of the ski & snowboard season!
UV levels are expected to be about 4% higher than pre-1980 levels this summer, due to the ongoing thinning of the ozone layer, according to Environment Canada scientists. The ozone layer, in the upper atmosphere, continues to show some depletion over Canada. During the past winter, the ozone layer thinned, on average, by about 5%, [...]
After experiencing temperatures in the twenties (degree centigrade) yesterday, just over night, the clouds came in the covered the Bow Valley with snow again. The golf courses had started to turn green, and the bears had started to wake up, now everything is once again a wintery white. This is great news for skiers and [...]
The legendary Warren Miller Entertainment crew from Skitheworld Productions Inc. has just finished filming on the slopes of Castle Mountain Resort in Pincher Creek. Warren Miller films are known for their incredible skiing and snow boarding manoeuvres in stunning settings around the globe. Fifty million viewers worldwide will see Warren Miller’s annual feature when it [...]
It’s getting closer to that time when we dust off our mountain bikes, pump up our tires and put our skis and boards into storage…..well, not quite – there is still about another two months of skiing and riding in the Canadian Rockies! The closing dates below have now been confirmed: Ski Resort Closing Dates [...]
It’s official, Jasper Marmot Basin will be open until May 1st, 2006. Marmot will be hosting a customer appreciation day on May 1st and lift tickets will be only $10.00. The patios and barbeques will be blazing, so come on out, bring your sun screen and get in a few last turns to help us [...]
Mar 25th – Volcom’s free entry snowboard contest returns to Lake Louise for it’s 3rd year. Visit www.volcom.com for more information.
On March 15th Fernie Alpine Resort hosts the Smith Optics Fernie Freeski Comp. Top freeskiers will compete on the best snow and steeps in Canada. Freeskiers from across Canada and the United States are gearing up for this event, being held at Fernie Alpine Resort from March 15-19, 2006.
