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Okanagan Canada Ski Vacations

If you're looking for winter ski vacations in Canada, you'll find some of the best ski areas Canada has at an Okanagan British Columbia ski resort. You can enjoy excellent family ski vacations and find some great deals for cheap ski vacations at Big White Kelowna, Apex Mountain Resort in Penticton, Silver Star Resort in Vernon BC and Mt. Baldy near Oliver.

Really!

Ok, we get pretty excited when the first snowfall finally comes, usually in November. If you're winter vacation ideas include skiing or snowboarding, then polish up your freestyle snowboarding tricks and pack your gear!

Okanagan Canada ski resorts are all within 2 hours of each other!

For those who love to ski and snowboard (like us!!), a family ski vacation here is lots of fun!

It's All About Okanagan Powder!

Ski areas in Canada, the Okanagan, are known for the light snow, what we call 'dry Okanagan powder'; the light, dry champagne powder snow created from lots of precipitation and low humidity.

The mountain ranges surrounding the Okanagan Valley protect the valley itself from coastal and arctic weather. During spring skiing, you can ski in the morning, and go golfing or biking in the valley in the afternoon! It's really quite amazing!

You can click on any of the links below to find more Okanagan British Columbia ski resort information.

Okanagan Canada Ski Resorts

Apex Mountain Resort, a short drive from the city of Penticton, is a fantastic family ski resort, known well for it's steep verticals for those who love a challenge, and plenty of beginner and intermediate runs for the rest of us!

There's a nice cozy village with great dining, child care facilities, ski & snowboard school, Mountain Shop, rental shop, 'Gunbarrel Saloon' restaurant, cafeteria and plenty of accommodations including a hostel.

Apex also offers snowshoeing, snowmobile tours, ice climbing, an outdoor hockey rink, skating loop, a fun tube park, limited night skiing, and National Ski and Snowboard Week in mid January.

Mount Baldy Ski Resort, near Oliver, BC, is a growing family ski resort that offers 35 runs and about 500 acres of ski trails. You'll find a nice even mix of terrain quite suitable for all ski and snowboard levels.

Crystal Mountain Ski Resort is near Westbank, BC (or it's new name - Westside). This is a great family ski resort. You'll find 21 great runs on 470 acres of downhill trails. With tons of snow here, snoeshoeing at Crystal Mountain offers 12 km of snowshoe trail, and you can even go on a guided snowshoe tour.

Big White is one of British Columbia's largest ski resorts, and is a short 56 km (35miles) drive from the city of Kelowna.

The resort has trails for all levels of skiers and snowboarders from novice to expert. Over half of the downhill runs here are intermediate, and the longest run over 4 miles long!

Big White is blessed with sunny weather (most of the time!), dry powder and a mild average temperature of -5°C (23° F), and 750 cm (24.5 ft) average snowfall. There's also a huge terrain park, cross country skiing on 25 km (15.5 miles) of Nordic trails, tubing park, a skating rink, snowmobile trails, and more.

At Silver Star Mountain, located a short drive from Vernon BC, is one of the most luxurious, yet family friendly, ski areas Canada and British Columbia offers. Not the cheapest, but certainly one of the top ski areas Canada has. It's also a summer destination for hiking and biking, and hosts the Okanagan Summer Wine Festival.

Silver Star is like a little mini Whistler, with a Victorian village, restaurants, bistros, nightlife and shopping, and is one resort you can spend your entire winter ski vacation without leaving the resort.

Alpine ski season at Okanagan Canada ski resorts begins usually around early December...(with good luck), and runs to March. Early in the season some resorts make snow to help things along, but by Christmas, it's generally well underway. If you're planning winter Canadian ski vacations, Christmas break is a great time to be here!

We hope to see you at Okanagan British Columbia Ski Resorts, the best ski areas in Canada!