The Banff region is extending the Ski Big 3 ticket to include snowshoeing, tubing and sightseeing within the price of the ticket.

The Tri-Area ski pass or ‘SkiBig3’ ticket (www.skibig3.com) has extended access beyond the slopes of the ski areas of Mount Norquay, Lake Louise Ski Area and Sunshine Village to include additional options of snowshoeing, tubing or a sightseeing tour at no extra cost. Continue reading ‘Banff tri-area ski pass is extended to include tubing, snowshoeing and sightseeing’

Red Mountain is giving away free lift tickets to U.S. citizens throughout the month of January.

What is believed to be an industry first, Red Mountain (www.redresort.com), in Rossland BC is giving free lift passes to U.S. citizens for the entire month of January. In response to what they describe as ‘the record-low snowfall conditions throughout the US’, the resort located about five miles (10 kilometres) from the Canada/US border, is offering free lift passes to all US residents for the next until January 31st.

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North American ski resorts are finally revving up operations after it snowed in the east.

While snow conditions in much of the USA were causing headaches for resort operators (until this past week when winter finally decided to arrive), western Canadian resorts have been experiencing a booming business thanks to heavy and regular snowfall all winter to date. Continue reading ‘Winter is finally everywhere in North America’

Marmot opened up its latest chair giving skiers up to 24% more time to ski.

Marmot Basin chairman John Day has officially opened the Jasper, Alberta, ski resort’s newest chair lifts, the six million dollar Paradise high speed quad chair, and the School House triple chair.

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Here's hoping La Nina strikes again! Lake Louise gets going for another season.

If the predictions are accurate, then another La Nina season is headed to Lake Louise Ski Area and Mt. Norquay in Banff Lake Louise, as they opened up for the ski season today.   Continue reading ‘Four North American resorts kick off season’

Skiers will have more access to the facilities on Versant Soleil including the casino thanks to a new snowmaking system.

As part of 1-million dollar (about £600,000) investment, Tremblant ski resort is putting in new snowmaking to provide improved access to the Versant Soleil at Tremblant ski resort this winter. Continue reading ‘Tremblant expands snowmaking and gets new ski rentals’

Extreme Heart pounding can finally begin with the official opening of Delirium Dive.

Serious heart pounding officially began with the opening of Delirium Dive at Sunshine Village this past week. Arguably the most challenging run at the Canadian Rocky ski resort west of Banff finally greeted thrill seekers last Tuesday.
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