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Canada

From the coastal mountains of British Columbia to the Canadian Rockies. Whistler offers resort scale, Revelstoke steeper terrain and Lake Louise extraordinary scenery.

Where to ski

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17 destinations

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More remarkable mountains, from familiar favourites to unexpected places.

Canada · Alberta

Lake Louise

Rocky Mountain panoramas and varied terrain inside Banff National Park.

Scenic skiing Families
a day's skiing at spedtacular Mt Revelstoke...Noth Americas biggest vertical drop at 1713m (5620 ft)...the buried trees appear like snow ghosts... The shortlist
Canada · British Columbia

Revelstoke

A mountain for ambitious skiers, above a characterful railway town.

Advanced terrain Powder trips
Sun Peaks Ski Resort...beware of the "sun dogs" The shortlist
Canada · British Columbia

Sun Peaks

Three mountains arranged around a pedestrian resort village.

Families Mountain villages
Looking out towards the Monashee mountains at the top of the Powder Chair, Big White Ski Resort. People in fore ground are skiers who have just disembarked from the lift. Chairlift in distance is Ridge Rocket Express. The shortlist
Canada · British Columbia

Big White

An Okanagan mountain village with accommodation around the slopes.

Families Powder trips
Silver Star Mountain and Ski Resort The shortlist
Canada · British Columbia

SilverStar

A colourful mountain village above Vernon in the Okanagan.

Families Mountain villages
Canada · British Columbia

Fernie Alpine Resort

Alpine bowls and forest terrain above the town of Fernie.

Powder trips Advanced terrain
Kicking Horse Ski Hill The shortlist
Canada · British Columbia

Kicking Horse

Ridgelines and steep terrain above Golden in the Columbia Mountains.

Advanced terrain Scenic skiing
Canada · British Columbia

Panorama

A mountain village near Invermere in the Purcell Mountains.

Families Scenic skiing
Canada · British Columbia

RED Mountain

Forest-covered mountains beside the town of Rossland.

Powder trips Advanced terrain
Inland Temperate Spruce Rainforest near Whitewater Ski Resort in Nelson, British Columbia. (wider destination area; not necessarily the ski slopes) The shortlist
Canada · British Columbia

Whitewater

A mountain day-trip destination outside Nelson in the Selkirk Mountains.

Powder trips Something different
Kimberley Alpine Resort, March 2012 The shortlist
Canada · British Columbia

Kimberley Alpine Resort

Tree-lined slopes above the town of Kimberley.

Families Mountain villages
Sunshine Village ski resort, Banff, Canada. December 2004. The shortlist
Canada · Alberta

Banff Sunshine

Mountain skiing in Banff National Park, reached by a valley gondola.

Scenic skiing Powder trips
Mt. Norquay is a mountain and ski resort in Banff National Park, seen from Cascade Summit The shortlist
Canada · Alberta

Mount Norquay

A smaller ski mountain close to the town of Banff.

Families Something different
Mount Tekarra from Marmot Basin Ski Resort The shortlist
Canada · Alberta

Marmot Basin

Rocky Mountain skiing above Jasper in its national park.

Scenic skiing Families
Resort accommodation at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada The shortlist
Canada · Quebec

Tremblant

A pedestrian resort village beneath a Laurentian mountain.

Mountain villages Families
Skiing above the Saint Lawrence River near Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada (wider destination area; not necessarily the ski slopes) The shortlist
Canada · Quebec

Le Massif de Charlevoix

Slopes descending towards the St. Lawrence River in Charlevoix.

Scenic skiing Advanced terrain