Manning Park Resort
Overview
Manning Park Resort occupies a stretch of British Columbia’s Cascade Mountains roughly midway between Vancouver’s suburbs and the Okanagan Valley, close enough to Chilliwack (81.6 kilometers) and Abbotsford (102.9 kilometers) to draw regular weekend traffic from both directions. The drive-up geography matters here: three medium airports, Penticton, Abbotsford, and Bellingham across the U.S. border, all sit within roughly 100 to 130 kilometers, giving visitors a choice of approach depending on whether they’re coming from the Interior or the Lower Mainland.
The mountain itself climbs 429.6 vertical meters from a 1,359.4-meter base to a 1,789-meter summit, a rise that’s respectable without being enormous, and it’s accessed by a compact five-lift system: two chairlifts, a T-bar, a rope tow, and a magic carpet for the beginner zone. Fifty-seven mapped runs stretch across 20.36 kilometers of trail, and the difficulty split leans toward the harder end for a resort this size, with 7.47 kilometers rated advanced against 6.49 kilometers of intermediate terrain. Easy and novice grading together account for about 6.4 kilometers, enough dedicated beginner mileage that new skiers aren’t limited to a single token run.
Manning Park’s own marketing leans hard on natural snowfall and describes short lift lines and tree-lined trails mixed in among the groomed runs, a claim consistent with a resort that draws steady but not overwhelming crowds given its distance from any major metro area. Season passes for the 2026/27 winter were already on sale as of this writing. Beyond the ski lifts, the resort runs a cross-country Nordic trail network, guided evening snowshoe outings that wrap up with s’mores, tobogganing, and ice skating reserved for overnight guests, which together push Manning Park toward a full winter-destination model rather than a pure lift-ticket operation.
Lift access runs through two Indy Pass tiers: the Indy Base Pass, good for two all-day or all-night tickets per visit with holiday blackout dates, and the pricier Indy+ Pass, which drops the blackout restriction entirely. As of the most recent check, the exact 2026/27 holiday blackout dates for the Base tier hadn’t yet been finalized, a detail worth confirming before booking a holiday-week trip around that pass specifically. For skiers weighing Manning Park against the bigger Okanagan or Whistler-corridor resorts, the appeal here is scale-appropriate: a five-lift, 20-kilometer mountain with a genuine advanced-terrain edge and enough non-ski programming to fill a family weekend.
Langley rounds out the resort’s three closest listed cities, at 132.5 kilometers with a population around 132,600, putting Chilliwack, Abbotsford, and Langley within a roughly 50-kilometer band of each other on the approach from the Lower Mainland. Manning Park’s lift and run layout is also catalogued externally on SkiMap.org and OpenSkiMap, two independent trail-mapping databases that plot named runs and lift lines beyond what the resort’s own site shows.
Key stats
Official website — Last checked 2026-09-13
Lifts by type
| Type | Count |
|---|---|
| t-bar | 1 |
| rope tow | 1 |
| chair lift | 2 |
| magic carpet | 1 |
Runs by difficulty
| Difficulty | Distance |
|---|---|
| easy | 4.71 km |
| novice | 1.68 km |
| advanced | 7.47 km |
| intermediate | 6.49 km |
Maps
Official trail map: see manningpark.com
Run & lift overview
Manning Park Resort: 88 runs, 5 lifts. Reflects OpenStreetMap's run and lift mapping for Manning Park Resort, not the resort's own trail map graphic. © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenSkiMap (ODbL).
Typical conditions by month
Monthly conditions data for Manning Park Resort is not yet available.
Lift tickets & passes
- Indy Base Pass — 2 All-Day or All-Night tickets per resort; blackout dates apply (exact 26/27 holiday blackout dates not yet finalized as of verified_date)
- Indy+ Pass — 2 All-Day or All-Night tickets per resort, no blackout dates
Getting there
Nearest airports
- Penticton Airport (YYF) — 99.6 km straight-line
- Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) — 111 km straight-line
- Bellingham International Airport (BLI) — 128 km straight-line
Nearest cities
- Chilliwack, British Columbia — 81.6 km straight-line
- Abbotsford, British Columbia — 102.9 km straight-line
- Langley, British Columbia — 132.5 km straight-line
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Where to stay
A dedicated lodging guide for Manning Park Resort is not yet available.
Nearby resorts
- Mt Baker — 65 km straight-line, 449.6 m vertical
- Apex Mountain Resort — 75 km straight-line, 566.6 m vertical
- Sasquatch Mountain Resort — 87 km straight-line, 340.6 m vertical
- Loup Loup Ski Bowl — 102 km straight-line, 373.6 m vertical
- Mt. Baldy Family Ski Area — 117 km straight-line, 387 m vertical
FAQ
- How tall is Manning Park Resort?
- The resort rises 429.6 vertical meters from a 1,359.4-meter base to a 1,789-meter summit, a mid-sized vertical drop served by five lifts. That puts it well above many small day hills in the region while still falling short of the biggest Interior and coastal destinations.
- What lifts run at Manning Park Resort?
- Two chairlifts, a T-bar, a rope tow, and a magic carpet make up the five-lift network, spread across 57 mapped runs and 20.36 kilometers of trail. The magic carpet and rope tow anchor the learner area, while the T-bar and chairlifts reach the higher, steeper terrain.
- Is Manning Park Resort suitable for beginners and families?
- Yes. The magic carpet and rope tow serve learner terrain directly, and beginner-oriented easy and novice grading covers roughly 6.4 kilometers combined, on top of an on-site Nordic trail network and guided snowshoe tours for non-skiers. Ice skating for overnight guests and evening snowshoe outings with s'mores round out the family side of the operation.
- How much advanced terrain does Manning Park Resort have?
- Advanced runs total 7.47 kilometers, the single largest difficulty category on the mountain and slightly ahead of the 6.49 kilometers graded intermediate. Combined, advanced and intermediate terrain make up roughly two-thirds of the resort's total trail distance.
- What ski passes work at Manning Park Resort?
- The resort is an Indy Base Pass and Indy+ Pass partner, each granting two all-day or all-night tickets. The Indy+ tier carries no blackout dates, while the Base tier applies holiday blackout restrictions that, as of the most recent check, had not yet been finalized for the 2026/27 season.
- What's the closest city to Manning Park Resort?
- Chilliwack, British Columbia, population around 101,500, sits closest at 81.6 kilometers, with Abbotsford (141,400 people) close behind at 102.9 kilometers. Langley, at 132.5 kilometers with roughly 132,600 residents, is the third-nearest city listed.
- What airport should I fly into for Manning Park Resort?
- Penticton Airport is nearest at 99.6 kilometers, though Abbotsford International (111 kilometers) and Bellingham International in Washington state (128 kilometers) are common alternates. Kelowna International, at 143.9 kilometers, serves as the region's larger gateway airport for travelers connecting through bigger hubs.
- Does Manning Park Resort have activities beyond downhill skiing?
- Cross-country skiing on a dedicated Nordic network, guided evening snowshoe tours that include s'mores, tobogganing, and ice skating for overnight guests are all offered alongside the lift-served slopes. The resort markets these programs as year-round draws, since several of them, like the Nordic trails, extend the operating calendar beyond the core alpine ski season, and the mountain's lift and run layout is separately catalogued on both SkiMap.org and OpenSkiMap for visitors who want a more detailed trail map than the resort's own summary pages provide.
Data sources
Last verified: 2026-09-17
Base facts from OpenSkiMap (ODbL), OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata (CC0), OurAirports (public domain) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). See /data-sources/.