Community Ski Areas

Whispering Pines, Alberta

Skiing is the consummate top-down, family sport. Visit almost any ski hill and you’ll likely see Moms and Dads introducing their...

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Adanac Ski Hill, Ontario

It’s amazing what communities can accomplish when everyone joins in and works together. Consider the story of Adanac Ski Hill in Sudbury...

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Loch Lomond Ski Area, Ontario

Canadian Ski Hall of Fame member Bill Irwin was the consummate skier. After winning his first race at age 10, he amassed over 200 alpine...

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Vallée Bleue, Québec

Most ski areas were built by skiers for skiers. Which begs the question: How did a humble immigrant from Lithuania, who had zero time for...

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Marble Mountain, Newfoundland

At the turn of the Century, when the Celtic Tiger was roaring, well-to-do Brits looking for swish ski properties turned their gaze to the...

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Asessippi Ski Area and Resort

When skiers think of first-class ski destinations, names like Aspen, Courchevel, St. Moritz and Whistler immediately spring to mind...

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Shames Mountain, British Columbia

If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again had pretty much defined Terrace, B.C. ski culture since the 1930s. Though naturally...

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Crabbe Mountain, New Brunswick

Merriam Webster defines ‘community’ as “a unified body of individuals with common interests living in a particular area.” That same...

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Mont Orford, Quebec

Every ski resort in Canada was once a small, local, community ski area. A handful proved to be so popular, ambitious and fortunate, that...

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Manning Park Resort, British Columbia

As many ski areas scramble to whip themselves into becoming year-round recreation destinations, Manning Park Resort today has its own...

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Falcon Ridge Ski Slopes, Manitoba

Falcon Ridge brings to mind Mark Twain’s adage that ‘there are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.’ Of the three...

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Troll Ski Resort, British Columbia

Most ski areas were created by passionate dreamers, visionaries or entrepreneurs whose commitment to skiing was so great that they somehow...

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Valley Ski Club, Alberta

Some folks will go to any length to ski. Take the Valley Ski Club in Castor, Alberta. Initially, its founders skied the coulees around...

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Ski Garceau, Québec

In a landmark study, the Snowsports Industries of America (SIA), found that the number one factor in determining whether a child will take...

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Batawa Ski Hill, Ontario

Batawa is an amalgam of ‘Bata’ (‘Shoemaker to the World’) and the suffix ‘wa’, as in ‘Ottawa’. The name was first given to...

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Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park

For most Canadians, Prince Edward Island conjures up images of Anne of Green Gables, rich red soil yielding delicious PEI potatoes...

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Tawatinaw Valley, Alberta

1967 was a magical time in Canada. We all celebrated our Centennial and sang, “It’s the 100th anniversary of Confederation, everybody...

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Table Mountain, Saskatchewan

Running a ski hill isn’t easy. You’re constantly coping with unreliable weather, rising insurance costs, an aging infrastructure...

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Mont Adstock

Owning and operating a ski area is not for the faint of heart. Take Mont Adstock. After surviving World War 2 and the longest, bloodiest...

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Boler Mountain, Ontario

Volunteers, like soldiers, are often driven by the desire to give something back; be it to their club, their community or their country...

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Mount Sima, Yukon

The Yukon is a wild and mountainous land that’s been drawing fortune hunters, adventurers and poets ever since Joe Skookum struck gold in...

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