Big White Winter Blog

Looking for a way to warm up after shredding the slopes at Big White Ski Resort this winter? Well, Underground Pizza’s massive new hot sauce collection should do the trick! The popular restaurant, located in Trapper’s Crossing, now boasts a collection of 60 different varieties of hot sauce for guests to spice up their pizzas and donairs with – or drink straight, if they dare!

Big White Ski Resort knows Christmas. Maybe it’s the snow, the thousands of lights strung up in the Village, the reindeer running rampant around the resort (don’t worry, they’re not real!), or the regular sightings of the big guy himself, but something magical happens up on the mountain during the month of December – and we want to share it with you!

Start dusting off your skis and snowboards – Big White Ski Resort’s Opening Day is just a month away! The snow that’s fallen in recent weeks has Big White staff stoked for the upcoming season, and everyone’s busy planning not only for epic snow conditions, but also epic FUN – starting with Opening Weekend!

Voted the “Best Place to Abandon Your Parents” by UK’s Telegraph Magazine, Big White’s Kids Centre is known for its world-class ski and snowboard instruction, healthy, tummy-warming meals and its trained, caring staff. But. did you know the kid-friendly fun doesn’t end once the sun goes down?

Big White Ski Resort is honoured to be included as a finalist for the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s Pursuit Attraction & Adventure Award. The award, presented annually, recognizes a Canadian organization that provides outstanding outdoor adventure tourism experiences.

Big White Ski Resort is proud to be working with Insure Wealth Group and the Big White Community Development Association to raise funds for an Early Learning Centre at Big White. The goal is to launch the new centre – catering to children aged 18 months to five years old – this Fall, but in order to balance the budget in this first year, recruit new kids to attend, and get this great project up and running, the Big White Mountain Community Development Association needs to raise at least $5,000.

Big White Ski Resort is excited to announce the newest addition to its roster of professional athletes, 25-year-old Canadian Ski Cross member Ned Ireland. Ireland spent his formative years as a Big White local, growing up slope-side, attending the Big White Community School, and honing his skills on Big White’s famous Okanagan Champagne Powder – and on his favourite run, the Parachute Bowl.

Winter opening day is just two months away, snow is in the forecast, and, if that doesn’t get you excited enough for the upcoming ski season at Big White Ski Resort, 27 brand new Spyglass Townhomes are now on the market – the first new real estate available on the mountain in years.

Over the weekend, 13 board members from the International Airline Ski Federation visited Big White Ski Resort on a site inspection for the 61st Annual World Airline Ski Championships. Held between March 1 and 6, 2020, this international winter sports competition will be the largest race event Big White has hosted, with between 500 and 600 airline employees from around the world attending the event, and of those, 200 to 300 participating in the on-snow activities.

Whether you’re looking to start your day with a hot coffee and pastry, to refuel with a burger and fries, or to treat yourself to a gourmet meal after a long day on the slopes, Big White Ski Resort has it all. And you can fill your tummies knowing Big White’s Food and Beverage Department is not just serving up delicious food, but doing so in an environmentally sustainable way.