Thursday, November 23, 2006

More early openings for Canada

The huge storms pummelling Canada's west coast means more early openings for local ski hills.

Apex opened today, while Sunshine opened up Goat's Mountain, the earliest ever opening for that section of the resort.

Silver Star opens tomorrow, followed by Big White on Saturday.

Vancouver Island isn't missing out on the snow either. Mount Washington has announced plans to open a week early on 30 November.

Brent Curtain, spokesperson for Mount Washington, said: “The amount of snow up here is unbelievable! This is only our third November opening in the last 15 years and it looks like it may be one of the best openings we’ve seen in the resort’s history."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have a picture of a snow cat which I understand is from Mount Washington. Can you give me a summary of the main operators in BC and elsewhere? I would be especially keen on hearing of any European operators. Thanks, Angus.

Susie said...

Do you mean operators offering cat boarding? If so, you could try Big Red Cats in Rossland, BC or Monashee Powder in the Monashee Mountains. Not sure about Europe - will need to do some more investigating.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the response Susie. I did indeed mean cat-boarding operators.