British Columbia Ski Resorts (Canada)

At a glance

Tier A resorts18
Tier B resorts11
Total resorts on record54
Avg vertical drop438 m

Rankings: Highest-Elevation Ski Resorts in British Columbia (Canada), Biggest-Vertical Ski Resorts in British Columbia (Canada), Most-Lift Ski Resorts in British Columbia (Canada), Most-Runs Ski Resorts in British Columbia (Canada)

Resorts

ResortVerticalLiftsRuns
Apex Mountain Resort566.6 m475
Big White Ski Resort759 m16114
Cypress Mountain602 m779
Fairmont Hot Springs261 m325
Fernie Alpine Resort1038.1 m10120
Grouse Mountain355.9 m854
Harper Mountain400.4 m418
Hudson Bay Mountain527.3 m443
Kicking Horse Resort1161.9 m558
Kimberley Alpine Resort669.7 m570
Manning Park Resort429.6 m557
Mount Cain Alpine Park426.1 m325
Mount Timothy275.4 m438
Mount Washington Alpine Resort486.5 m10119
Mt Seymour320.6 m571
Mt. Baldy Family Ski Area387 m338
Panorama Mountain Resort1216.5 m10123
Powder King Mountain Resort568.7 m340
Purden Ski Village322.6 m323
Red Mountain Resort882.1 m884
Revelstoke Mountain Resort1709.2 m782
Sasquatch Mountain Resort340.6 m536
Shames Mountain446.5 m327
Silver Star Mountain Resort739.6 m11192
Sun Peaks Resort887.2 m13260
Tabor Mountain237.6 m316
Troll Resort518.8 m538
Whistler Blackcomb1606.2 m36619
Whitewater Ski Resort669.8 m590
99 Mile Recreation Trails (tier C — no standalone page)143.4 m00
Bear Mountain Ski Hill (tier C — no standalone page)123.6 m113
Big Bam (tier C — no standalone page)41.3 m11
Bulkley Valley Nordic Centre (tier C — no standalone page)173 m00
China Ridge Trails (tier C — no standalone page)102.6 m10
Clearwater Ski Hill (tier C — no standalone page)302.1 m213
Dakota Ridge Recreation Site (tier C — no standalone page)170.3 m00
Fernie Golf Course (tier C — no standalone page)7.3 m00
Hallis Lake Ski Trails (tier C — no standalone page)131.8 m00
Hart Highlands (tier C — no standalone page)46.6 m312
Hudson's Hope (Portage Mountain) (tier C — no standalone page)47.5 m13
Island Lake Lodge (tier C — no standalone page) m00
Larch Hills Nordic Ski Trails (tier C — no standalone page)719.4 m00
Little Mac (tier C — no standalone page)43.3 m12
Murray Ridge (tier C — no standalone page)506.5 m226
Nelson Nordic (tier C — no standalone page)339.7 m00
Nipika (tier C — no standalone page)103.2 m00
Paulson X-C (Castlegar Nordic) (tier C — no standalone page)246.6 m00
Phoenix Mountain (tier C — no standalone page)214.2 m218
Salmo Ski Area (tier C — no standalone page)331.8 m25
Ski Callaghan (tier C — no standalone page)149.6 m10
Summit Lake Ski & Snowboard Area (tier C — no standalone page)140.8 m210
Telemark Cross-Country Ski Trails Recreation Site (tier C — no standalone page)415.7 m00
Tweedsmuir Ski Club (tier C — no standalone page)61.7 m10
Wapiti (tier C — no standalone page)290.5 m122

Getting there

Regional gateway airports: Penticton Airport (YYF), Kelowna International Airport (YLW), Kamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional Airport (YKA), Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport (YCG), Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Nanaimo Airport (YCD), Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC), Calgary International Airport (YYC), Glacier Park International Airport (FCA), Lethbridge County Airport (YQL), Smithers Airport (YYD), Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat (YXT), Burns Lake Airport (YPZ), Bellingham International Airport (BLI), Campbell River Airport (YBL), Port Hardy Airport (YZT), Comox Valley International Airport / CFB Comox (YQQ), Williams Lake Airport (YWL), Quesnel Airport (YQZ), Powell River Airport (YPW), Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport (YXJ), Prince George (International) Airport (YXS), Grande Prairie Airport (YQU), Prince Rupert Airport (YPR), Peace River Airport (YPE), Qualicum Beach Airport (XQU), Anahim Lake Airport (YAA), Bella Coola Airport (QBC), Bella Bella (Campbell Island) Airport (ZEL).

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Data sources

Last verified: 2026-09-13

Base facts from OpenSkiMap (ODbL), OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata (CC0), OurAirports (public domain) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). See /data-sources/.