$250,000 Improvements to Glading
Kimberley (BC), Canada – RCR has invested a quarter million dollars in brush cutting, which has expanded and thinned Black Forest.
The Black Forest Glades, located on British Columbia’s Kimberley Alpine Resort, are just off the Tamarack chair, offer fun and secret powder stashes for all levels of skiers and riders to enjoy. New glade widening this summer makes this area accessible even for the novice.
The brush cutting initiative for the ski resort’s core runs. The effort will make the runs easier to groom and will ease congestion points via widening.
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Delta Continues Service to Kootenays
Following on the success of last year, Delta Airlines will continue its nonstop flights this winter between Salt Lake City and the Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, B.C. The flight schedule resumes Dec. 19 and runs until Mar. 28.
The two-hour flight will be available Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Flights depart Salt Lake City at 11:10 a.m. and arrive in Cranbrook at 1:25 p.m. Returning flights leave Cranbrook at 1:50 p.m., arriving in Salt Lake City at 3:45 p.m.
The flights, which were introduced last winter, offer U.S. Skiers and Snowboarders quick access to several British Columbia ski resorts. The two closest resorts are run by Resorts of the Canadian Rockies.
Kimberley Alpine Resort outside Cranbrook sits the closest at 20 minutes from the airport. The resort caters to families with night skiing and evening ice skating, among other activities.
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Backcountry telemark skiing movie shot in the Kimberley Area.
Each year Utah based Powderwhores crew produces ski films, when the snow failed to fall in their home mountains forced the Powderwhores to hit the road.
For months we have been hearing from the Powderwhores that PW07 would have a different groove then the Utah-based crew’s previous Wasatch-centric productions.
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A very late start to winter in their home mountains forced the Powderwhores to hit the road. “We got into February and realized we had no movie,” Noah Howell said, “so we did what everybody else was doing and headed north.”
The resulting film: PW07, is a masterpiece on many levels, but none more for the way that the film unselfconsciously documents the exciting state of the sport of telemark skiing, here at the latter part of the first decade of the 21st century. This probably would not have happened if Utah had not failed to go off early last season.
Backcountry telemark skiing gets a lot of attention, in the athlete segments and in the segment shot on the Powderwhore’s trip to Kimberley, British Columbia. The ski mountaineering crowd is not forgotten in a beautifully shot.
And then there is the Alaska segment. What would a telemark manifesto be without seeing modern freeheel athletes on what has become the world’s biggest big-mountain stage? Comprising nearly a third of the movie, the footage that the Powderwhore production team brought back from the Chugach is totally off the hook. Dave Stratton and Devore, among others, shred huge lines with style and elan, and on a level unseen before in a telemark ski movie. The camera work is superb and the skiing is incredible.
Wonderfully paced and without apparently trying, PW07 takes the viewer on a ride which covers the main elements of freeheel skiing as it has evolved in the modern era. Technique is well represented by some of the strongest and most talented tele skiers ever captured on film, including young phenom Nick Devore, who made history last year at the alpine world’s premier big-mountain competition, the US Freeskiing Championships at Snowbird. Devore turned heads as the first tele skier ever to make the finals, while also finishing 18th out of a field of 150 of the world’s top freeskiing athletes.
Finally, the movie closes with a segment accurately titled, “Deep Powder,” and with a musical score written especially for this segment, this is the stuff from which dreams are made for many of us. Exceedingly rare are the days when the sun comes out and you get great light while the powder stays fluffy, and yet that’s what we have here.
Simply put, it’s the most awesome tele pow footage the Powderwhores have given us yet, and that’s saying a lot.
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Discover the Powder Highway
If spectacular views, oceans of champagne powder, and a huge variety of terrain are what you are looking for, look no further that BC’s Powder Highway. This is a collection of authentic rural Canadian ski resorts and one of the last uncovered winter destinations in North America.
“This is one of the last pristine jewels, that has yet to be overdeveloped” said Irene Barnes, sales representative for two developments in the area. “The beauty of the area is truly breathtaking, combined with the fact that the lift lineups a short in the winter, and you can get a tee time in the summer, makes this area a great choice.’
Located in the Kootenay Rockies region in southeast British Columbia, the Powder Highway has one of the world’s highest densities of snow-sports operations, with more than 60 along the 530-mile loop. There are eight alpine resorts and dozens of backcountry, heli and snowcat ski operators, along with other activities, from snowshoeing to dogsledding to snowmobiling.
This area has been destination for skiers from the Calgary area and Europe for years, but the Powder Highway has been mostly an untapped resource for U.S. skiers and boarders.
Delta’s new direct flight from Salt Lake City to Cranbrook should change that.
The service, offered by Delta, began Dec. 17 and will run through April 1, with roundtrip fares starting at $278. Instead of a four-hour drive from Calgary, the two-hour flight gives U.S. skiers direct access to the Powder Highway, starting with Kimberley Alpine Resort just up Highway 95A up to Revelstoke Mountain Resort on the loop’s northwest corner.
There are negotiations to extend the service to the summer, when visitors can take advantage of outdoor activities like golf (27 championship courses), fishing and kayaking.
“We’re really touting ourselves now as fly-in, fly-out, ski-in, ski-out because in western Canada that’s unheard of,” said Bob Dyrda, the manager of Tourism Kimberley. “You might be used to that in a place like Colorado, but here you often have to drive four hours once you fly in. Now, people are going to have access to some pretty wild country.”
Kimberley, just minutes from the Canadian Rockies International Airport, is home of the Kimberley Alpine Resort, and the incredible Timberstone Development. This condo complex is located right on the ski hill for true ski out your door convenience.
The hill offers numerous long, true fall-line runs of all levels; covered with light, dry interior-range powder. The front side is famous for its many miles of delightfully groomed trails. With over 1800 acres of ski terrain, moguls and glade area to choose from, this charming ski resort is an option hard to pass up.
The city of Kimberley has the look of a Bavarian alpine village, and is renowned for its consistency of quality snow and four-star family fun. The picturesque Trickle Creek Lodge provides the convenience of simple ski-in/ski-out residence ensuring an even longer ski day.
Unlike the wet, heavy snow of western B.C., the snow along the Powder Highway is dry and fluffy, creating pristine champagne powder. There’s a lot of it — most places average around 30 feet a year — so skiers can often find fresh powder three or four days after a big dump.
Ski For $1 At Fernie Or Kimberley
You can ski for only $1 at Kimberley or Fernie with an inaugural Delta flight. You can ski for only $1 at Kimberley or Fernie with an inaugural Delta flight.
Skiers and snowboarders never find lift tickets this cheap. But a lift ticket at Kimberley Alpine Resort or Fernie Alpine Resort actually only costs $1 for early riders on Delta Airlines new service into Cranbrook, B.C. That’s a deal you can’t afford to pass up.
The new flights from Salt Lake City head direct to the Canadian Rockies International Airport beginning Dec. 17. Flights run on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
The “Ski for $1″ deal is being offered by Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, owner of both Kimberley and Fernie. The air-lift ticket package is only available for purchase through the ski company rather than the airline.
Inbound flights must be scheduled for Dec. 15, 20, or 21 and originate in the continental U.S. to get the $1 ski ticket deal. The offer is valid for one day of $1 skiing per airline ticket purchased. It also is based on round trip airfare.
You can purchase airline tickets with the $1 lift ticket by calling Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Central Reservations at (800)258-7669. Mention the “Ski for $1″ offer when making the booking in order to get the deal.
New Air Service = More Play Time on BC’s Powder-Packed Slopes
Getting to the snow just got a whole lot easier, thanks to new direct air service between Salt Lake City and the Canadian Rockies International Airport.
On December 17, Delta Airlines will ready the runway for its first direct flight to the Kootenay Rockies destination – and that means easier access to BC’s bountiful snow at family-favourites Fernie Alpine Resort, Kimberley Alpine Resort and Fairmont Hot Springs.
An added bonus?
With Fairmont and Fernie just a 60 minute jaunt away and Kimberley even closer at a mere 20 minutes from the Cranbrook airport, one can fly the friendly skies and buckle the bindings all in one day.
For the ultimate road trip, hit the Powder Highway, a scenic circle tour that links some of BC’s best alpine resorts, and the ideal route for discovering even more Kootenay Rockies gems.
Whitewater Ski Resort, Red Mountain Resort, Panorama Mountain Village, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, and of course Fernie, Fairmont and Kimberley – along with over 50 backcountry operators offering snow-cat skiing, heli skiing, backcountry touring and nordic adventures – can all be found along the Powder Highway.
Add in fun activities like dog sledding, snowshoeing and igloo dinners, and you’ll understand why the Powder Highway is travelled by devotees the world over. And why not?
With the world’s highest concentration of powder possibilities like these all wrapped up in one great destination, you’re no more than a flight, a shuttle and a shush away!
