Proud to remain the ski resort with the longest season in Quebec, Sommet Saint-Sauveur got the ball rolling in the night from Monday to Tuesday, making their snow guns produce as much snow as possible. The resort let the race for the first ski resort to open for the 2017-2018 season, begin at the same time. Thumbing your nose at Mother NatureThanks to major investments this year, the Laurentians resort can be proud of launching its snow making season earlier this year and on a wider terrain. In doing so, the ground-breaking ski resort thumbs its nose at Mother Nature, which wrapped the province with summer temperatures over the last few weeks. Taking advantage of last night's cold window, Sommet Saint-Sauveur's snow growers took the opportunity to cover up the 70 trail with a beautiful white coat of snow, to the pure delight of ski enthusiasts, waiting for the beginning of the season with great anticipation. A riveting raceAs it is the case each year, many of the province's ski resorts...

Vermont's Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America and part of the POWDR adventure lifestyle company, has begun snowmaking in advance of the 2017 Audi FIS Ski World Cup on November 24-26, 2017. Killington Resort was the first North American ski mountain to open its season to the general public in 2016 and last to close in 2017 for Eastern North America, in part because of the resort's advanced snowmaking and grooming prowess. Killington typically begins the longest season in the East with exclusive access for season pass holders, rewarding commitment to the resort with the first turns of the winter. Season Passes and Express Cards are still available to purchase for the 2017/18 season. While there is no confirmed window for Opening Day at this time, snowmaking lit up on Killington and Skye Peaks just before 11:00 p.m. Monday for testing prior to the season and the approaching Audi Ski World Cup races. Killington has dedicated a snowmaking team to...

At Fernie Alpine Resort we strive each season to make improvements to our mountain operations and infrastructure to ensure we are providing the best experience possible for our guests. Here are some of the highlights we've been working on for this upcoming ski season; Famous for Legendary Powder! We'll leave loads of pow for you but with 2 new grooming cats, a winch cat and a free groomer we'll also make it nice for ripping cruisers, plus 2 new snow guns keep that pow never ending at Fernie on our non-groomed runs! New Eats & New Brew! We're looking forward to debuting a brand new restaurant in the plaza at the base of the resort (where Kelsey's previously was) called Legends Mountain Eatery. Introduced near the end of last season, Fernie is proud to now pour its own beer – try the Polar Peak Ale on tap this winter at The Fernie Griz Bar and Legends Mountain Eatery. More Space to Rip! On two popular runs – Arrow (blue #55) & Bow (blue #52), doing some dirt work that will help p...

Kicking Horse is well known as being the Champagne Powder Capital of Canada and each ski season we make various improvements, upgrades and program changes in order to keep providing out guests with the world class experience they are accustomed to at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Some highlights for this season are; Just announced! Kicking Horse Mountain Resort to be only Freeride World Tour stop in Canada After a long summer season of anticipation, the Freeride World Tour (FWT) launched the official competition calendar featuring a completely revamped competition schedule for the upcoming 2018 season. This year, the FWT unveils two brand new locations for the opening events in Hakuba, Japan and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Golden, BC, Canada –two legendary freeride destinations. The FWT will be at Kicking Horse from February 3rd – 9th, 2018, for more information see the Press Release. Rippin' Betties Women's Clinic An affordable 2 day clinic led by a Golden local: "Led by women, fo...

The team at Kimberley Alpine Resort takes pride in providing out guests with the best vacation and recreational experience possible, continuing with this tradition there are a number of changes and upgrades we're working on pre- ski season to ensure this one is one of our best yet! Some of the highlights include; New Eats & New Brew! We're looking forward to debuting a brand-new restaurant in the plaza at the base of the resort (where Montana's previously was) called Buckhorn & Main Mountain Eatery. Introduced near the end of last season, Kimberley is proud to now pour its own beer – try the Stemwinder Ale this winter, on tap at The Stemwinder Bar & Grill and at Buckhorn & Main. Host Mountain to NorAm & Para World Cup Races Starting in February 2018 and continuing into March we're excited to be hosting athletes from all over for the Para World Cup, Noram Finals and the Special Olympics events. Not only will this include racing in multiple categories by these amazing...

Nakiska Ski Area, home of the Alpine Events at the '88 Calgary Olympic Games has been undergoing many improvements, upgrades and changes over the past few season, this one is no exception with some exciting changes and program updates. A few highlights include; VIP Parking Option Get down with the VIP life, Nakiska now has a Priority Parking Lot, the closest lot to the base area. Access to the lot is granted by purchasing a VIP Parking Pass! Up your park game with Park Lessons Master NaJibSka! Book a rail park lesson next season with our Nakiska Winter Sports School to improve your bag of tricks with our knowledgeable instructors that will work on your style, flow and confidence on all features in our park. Take it to the next level with Performance Private Lessons What's the goal of our new performance private lessons? That's up to you! Catering to what you want to learn, take these new lessons next season to improve your skills on carving, all mountain freestyle, freeskiing/riding, g...

Monstrous New Panorama Terrain  Steep, exhilarating, and downright epic, this is a monstrous NEW terrain addition! Panorama regretfully announces the opening of an additional 128 acres and a further 246 towering-feet of nasty, brutish and long terrain, suitable only for rock stars who can sleep with the lights off. For some maladjusted skiers and riders, this new terrain promises a lot of 'fun', in the vein of slaying dragons or mucking about with magic beans. But, they say this terrain is where the wild things are, and so now it's what the wild things get. The new area boasts four huge new double-black diamond lines guaranteed to make folks lose sleep. This means that Panorama now has 1,300 meters of vertical: that's an additional 75 meters and 52 hectares of terrain! The extra terrain also means a new resort distance record for a ski run: over 6.5 km long! This terrain expansion is available to skiers & riders for the 2017/2018 season. And that's not all, this is simply the ...

Skiers and snowboarders have a lot to get excited about for the 2017-18 ski season. Not only is Revelstoke Mountain Resort celebrating its 10th anniversary, it is also increasing lift capacity from 7,299 to 9,700 skiers per hour with the addition of new gondola cabins and chairs for the lifts. The Revelation Gondola will be fitted with 24 new cabins increasing lift capacity by 25%. The effect of this upgrade will be most noticeable at the village base, decreasing wait times and allowing people to load more quickly. An additional 21 chairs will also be installed on the Stoke Chair line to help carry more skiers up the mountain per hour. "The combination of adding more gondola cabins and chairs will enable our guests to do more of what they love – skiing Revelstoke's 3,121 acres of world-class terrain and increasing the speed of the lift lines by 25%," said Peter Nielsen, Vice President of Operations at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. The possibility of adding a direct ski run from the top o...

Less than a year ago, RED Mountain Resort in Rossland, BC launched a $10 Million crowdfunding campaign online called "Fight the Man. Own The Mountain." This was the first time a for-profit resort had explored equity crowdfunding online and nobody knew what to expect. Fans of independent skiing and snowboarding showed up from far and wide to pledge their support and the resort surpassed its goal by several million dollars in Phase 1, known as "Test The Waters." Starting Monday, August 14th, Canadians can make good on their pledges and walk away actually owning a piece of one of North America's most storied ski resorts. "We planted our flag on this issue just as some of North America's most famous resorts were amalgamated," explains RED CEO Howard Katkov. "People were very passionate about keeping RED out of harm's way. And, within a month, we had surpassed our wildest dreams on the crowdfunding front. I just hope everyone in Canada will recognize that now is the time to make good on tho...

Celebrating 60 Years of Fun! This winter we are going all out! The '60 days of Giveaways' Competition has already started and will go throughout the winter season. On any given day, any moment, you could be surprised with of our fantastic giveaways. Prizes include Hot Air Balloon rides, Skydiving jumps, Waterways Houseboat Vacation, SilverStar Winter Getaway and many more. Click here to be part of one of the biggest Ski Resort Giveaways. SilverStar has invested in interior upgrades to its Town Hall. The renovation is designed to be multi-purpose, with a new coffee and beverage bar area as well as a revamped area to host large functions whether it be weddings, awards or school groups. Come check it out this winter! Two New PistenBully 400 Groomers have been purchased growing SilverStar's grooming fleet and keeping a focus on maintaining its world class corduroy. Great news for park lovers with new rails, features, and a new mini-terrain park with a sectioned off area for beginners. NEW ...