British Columbia features some of the best skiing and snowboarding available anywhere in the world. There are small local ski areas with some offering night skiing to one of the most popular ski resorts on the planet, Whistler Blackcomb, which is also the largest ski resort in North America at 8171 skiable acres. Then there is Revelstoke Mountain Resort that has the largest vertical drop of any ski resort in North America at 5620ft/1713m, and Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, BC, which is the 2nd largest ski resort in Canada with 4270 acres of skiable terrain.

British Columbia is the most western province in Canada and stretches from the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountain range to the BC Rockies in the eastern part of the province. British Columbia covers a geographic area of 944,735 square kilometres or 364,764 square miles, and features over 30 ski areas that are spread throughout ten mountain ranges.

British Columbia Ski & Snowboard Regions

Coastal

Blackcomb Mountain, Cypress Mountain Ski Area, Grouse Mountain Ski Area, Manning Park Ski Area, Mount Washington Alpine Resort, Mt Seymour Ski Area, Sasquatch Mountain Resort, Whistler Mountain

Interior

Apex Mountain Resort, Big White Ski Resort, Harper Mountain Ski Area, Silver Star Mountain Resort, Sun Peaks Resort

Southeastern

Fairmont Hot Springs Ski Resort, Fernie Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Kimberley Alpine Resort, Panorama Mountain Resort, Red Mountain Resort, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Whitewater Ski Resort

Northern

We have not had an opportunity to visit this great region yet.