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Big White / Ski area
Challenging tree skiing, kilometres of pristine corduroy pistes and five powder bowls, make up the 2,765 acre ski area. Big White’s attractive mix of gladed and open terrain offers every type of skiing for every level of skier. The predominantly west-facing slopes are snow certain: the absence of snow-making facilities, other than for the TELUS terrain park, is testament to the resort’s reliable snowfall record. For cross-country enthusiasts the Nordic ski trails, running through pretty pine forests, measure a total 25kms.
Temperatures are rarely as cold as those associated with ski resorts in the Canadian Rockies and the area is blessed with more sunny days than coastal ski resorts such as Whistler. Like most Canadian ski resorts Big White closes in early April, whatever the conditions, when thoughts turn to mountain biking and golf.
Big White
| Base | 5,758 ft (1,755 m) |
| Summit | 7,608 ft (2,319 m) |
| Elevation | 2,549 ft (777 m) |
| Snowmaking | |
| Ski area | 2,765 a |
| Beginner | 18 % |
| Intermediate | 54 % |
| Advanced | 28 % |
| Number of trails | 118 |
| Longest trail | 41 mi (71 km) |
| Snowfall | 295 inch (750 cm) |
| Season start | late Nov |
| Season end | early Apr |
Snow hosts and snow ghosts
Discover the Big White ski area with a complimentary orientation tour from a Big White Snow Host. Tours meet near the Village Centre Mall at 9:30am and 1:30pm daily (001 250 491 6111). Ask the hosts to show you the Big White ‘snow ghosts’, a local phenomenon created when the area’s light and dry snow falls and settles on the trees high up in the ski area freezing to form a stunning forest of frozen spectres.Day-trips to Silver Star
Intermountain shuttle buses run a day trip every Tuesday and Thursday between Big White and the nearby ski resort of Silver Star, a popular choice for local snowboarders. Departures are at 7am, returning at 4pm.
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