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Big White Olympian Tess Critchlow is retiring from snowboard cross
Olympic Big White snowboarder Tess Critchlow is hanging up her race jersey. After 20 years…
Exclusive Big White ‘Cinderella’ gondolas could be yours for $5,500
Big White Ski Resort is replacing its well-known yellow "Cinderella" gondolas and buyers from around…
How a new Shuswap program opens doors for Indigenous youth to become ski guides
A new program is creating opportunities for Indigenous youth to enter the backcountry ski guiding…
Big White voted best snowboarding mountain in Canada
An Okanagan ski resort has been named the best for snowboarding in Canada by an…
You’ll find a white Christmas at Okanagan, Kamloops ski resorts
It looks like the only place in the Okanagan and Kamloops to experience snow this…
Kamloops-area ski resort offering half-off lift tickets this spring
A Kamloops-area ski resort has a unique spring offer for skiers and snowboarders who are…
Skiing season coming to an end in Kamloops and the Okanagan
Ski resorts in the Okanagan and Kamloops are wrapping up their winter seasons, and they're…
Bluebird Day Fund brings mountain fun to disadvantaged Kamloops kids
KAMLOOPS - A Sun Peaks charity is giving Kamloops kids who wouldn’t otherwise have an opportunity to hit the slopes a chance to learn how to snowboard. Partners since 2012, the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Kamloops and the Bluebird Day Fund out of Sun Peaks launched a mentoring program that matches up experienced...
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...
Kelowna woman wins B.C.’s biggest banked slalom snowboarding race
KELOWNA - A Kelowna woman walked away with a trophy, and bragging rights, after earning the fastest time in the ladies portion of the biggest annual banked slalom snowboarding event in British Columbia. A total of 265 participants raced in 20 different categories as Big White Ski Resort once again hosted the Annual Neil Edgeworth...