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Silver Star Mountain Resort
Special Olympics B.C. Winter Games get underway this week in Vernon
VERNON – Hundreds of athletes are set to gather in Vernon this week for the…
VIDEO: Silver Star Mountain Resort has a virtual reality museum
SILVER STAR – A virtual reality experience is now available at Silver Star Mountain Resort.…
It snowed at Big White and Silver Star on the weekend
KELOWNA – Just 10 days before the summer solstice there was snow on the ground…
You can ski for $5 this Sunday at Silver Star Mountain
VERNON – Skiing doesn’t get much cheaper than this. Silver Star Mountain Resort is selling…
iN PHOTOS: This is what record-breaking Okanagan snow looks like
OKANAGAN – There’s a whopping nine feet of snow at Silver Star Mountain right now…
VIDEO: A skier and a mountain biker share the slopes at Silver Star Mountain
VERNON – The folks at Silver Star Mountain aren’t letting this year’s surplus of snow…
Okanagan Indian Band ‘vehemently and vigorously’ opposing neighbouring band’s claim to Silver Star Mountain
VERNON – Letters back and forth between the Okanagan Indian Band and Splatsin First Nation…
UPDATE: Car crashes into power pole on SilverStar Road
UPDATE 9:15 AM FEB. 5 VERNON – As of yesterday evening, power has been restored…
VIDEO: Skiers driven up Silver Star Mountain in car commercial
VERNON – The Okanagan is quickly becoming a hot spot for filming locations. Following several…
Get your first downhill fix of the season at Sun Peaks this weekend
KAMLOOPS – The slopes are scheduled to open at Sun Peaks this weekend, the first…
Silver Star set to host Summer Wine and Food Festival
VERNON – Vernon’s Silver Star Mountain Resort will host the fourth annual Summer Wine and…
Top freestyle ski and snowboard talent converge on Silver Star
VERNON – Some of the most talented freestyle skiers and snowboarders will be competing for…
Online contest puts Silver Star in North American spotlight
VERNON - The Star is getting some international attention for its cross country skiing. Silver Star Mountain Resort is in the running for a top 10 contest on USA Today for the best nordic resorts in North America. Three Olympians, Sadie Bjornsen, Holly Brooks and Sophie Caldwell were asked to nominate their favourite cross country...
Silver Star in good shape for opening thanks to dump of snow
VERNON - Silver Star will open up trails for nordic skiing, fat biking and snowshoeing in a week thanks to plentiful snowfall on the mountain. With a 29 centimetre dump of snow last weekend, groomers have been able to prepare a number of trails, the resort said in a media release. With more snowfall in...
Fat bikes, new terrain coming to Silver Star this winter
VERNON – The ever growing Silver Star Mountain Resort has announced several big changes this year, including more than 100 acres of new skiable terrain. Tree skiing for intermediates and experts will get more than 90 acres of new terrain to try and areas from Putnam Creek to Silver Woods will also be expanded. In...
Foam Fest Run participants nailed for speeding on Silver Star Road
VERNON – Some of the estimated 5,000 people who took part in the 5K Foam Fest run at Silver Star Mountain Resort on the weekend appeared to be in a bit of a rush to get to the top of the mountain. RCMP say 24 speeding tickets were handed to drivers on Saturday, June 13....
Ski resorts rejoice as heavens open up with major snowfall
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If you listen closely, you can hear the shouts of pure joy from skiers and boarders throughout the region. The dump of snow making our lives miserable in the valley bottoms is just what the ski resorts in the Thompson-Okanagan were hoping for. Kelowna’s Big White received 29 centimetres of fresh “Champagne” powder...
Changes to foreign worker policy impacts local ski hills
VERNON - Crackdowns on Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program have put local ski hills in a bind. Ken Derpak, managing director for Silver Star Mountain Resort, says the process for hiring a temporary foreign worker now carries a $1,000 fee. Before the overhauls, it cost only $275 per person. Silver Star typically hires 20 international...