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Ski resorts in British Columbia

Aerial view of skiers on snow-covered peaks at Whistler
Skiers high on the mountain at Whistler, British Columbia. Photo: Maximilian Ruther / Pexels.

The short answer

We list 17 ski areas in British Columbia. The largest by mapped runs is Whistler Blackcomb (299 km); the highest is Kicking Horse Resort, with runs from 2,424 m (7,953 ft); and the biggest vertical is at Revelstoke Mountain Resort (1,813 m).

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Highest ski resorts in British Columbia0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 mKicking Horse Resort: top 2,424 m (7,953 ft)2,424Kicking Horse R…Panorama Mountain Resort: top 2,369 m (7,772 ft)2,369Panorama Mounta…Revelstoke Mountain Resort: top 2,327 m (7,635 ft)2,327Revelstoke Moun…Whistler Blackcomb: top 2,279 m (7,477 ft)2,279Whistler Blackc…Big White Ski Resort: top 2,272 m (7,454 ft)2,272Big White Ski R…Sun Peaks Resort: top 2,106 m (6,909 ft)2,106Sun Peaks ResortFernie Alpine Resort: top 2,097 m (6,880 ft)2,097Fernie Alpine R…Whitewater Ski Resort: top 2,061 m (6,762 ft)2,061Whitewater Ski …Red Mountain Resort: top 2,038 m (6,686 ft)2,038Red Mountain Re…Manning Park Resort: top 2,003 m (6,572 ft)2,003Manning Park Re…Kimberley Alpine Resort: top 1,907 m (6,257 ft)1,907Kimberley Alpin…Silver Star Mountain Resort: top 1,886 m (6,188 ft)1,886Silver Star Mou…
Top elevation of the highest mapped run, in metres. Full figures in the table below.

All British Columbia ski areas by size

Ski areaRegionTop elevationVerticalMapped runsLifts
Whistler BlackcombBritish Columbia2,279 m1,630 m299 km36
Sun Peaks Resort logoSun Peaks ResortBritish Columbia2,106 m910 m156 km13
Silver Star Mountain Resort logoSilver Star Mountain ResortBritish Columbia1,886 m741 m111 km11
Big White Ski ResortBritish Columbia2,272 m761 m96 km16
Revelstoke Mountain Resort logoRevelstoke Mountain ResortBritish Columbia2,327 m1,813 m84 km7
Fernie Alpine Resort logoFernie Alpine ResortBritish Columbia2,097 m1,038 m82 km10
Panorama Mountain Resort logoPanorama Mountain ResortBritish Columbia2,369 m1,218 m74 km10
Red Mountain Resort logoRed Mountain ResortBritish Columbia2,038 m883 m69 km8
Kimberley Alpine Resort logoKimberley Alpine ResortBritish Columbia1,907 m672 m60 km5
Mount Washington Alpine Resort logoMount Washington Alpine ResortBritish Columbia1,584 m504 m60 km10
Whitewater Ski Resort logoWhitewater Ski ResortBritish Columbia2,061 m673 m53 km5
Kicking Horse ResortBritish Columbia2,424 m1,162 m46 km5
Troll Resort logoTroll ResortBritish Columbia1,531 m520 m34 km5
Cypress Mountain logoCypress MountainBritish Columbia1,428 m604 m27 km7
Manning Park Resort logoManning Park ResortBritish Columbia2,003 m843 m20 km5
Grouse Mountain logoGrouse MountainBritish Columbia1,231 m359 m16 km8
Phoenix Mountain logoPhoenix MountainBritish Columbia1,479 m214 m9 km2

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) via OpenSkiMap; mapped figures can differ from resorts’ published ones.

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