Big White Ski Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Big White Ski Resort is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada. Its 114 mapped downhill runs add up to 96 km, which ranks it #4 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 2.7% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 841 m long.

Slopes at Big White Ski Resort

About 31% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 42% intermediate and 28% advanced or expert, which makes Big White Ski Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 16 lifts: 10 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets, 1 t-bar, 1 gondola, 1 rope tow. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,512 m up to 2,271 m, a vertical drop of 759 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 15.5 km of nordic trails.

Getting to Big White Ski Resort

The nearest airport is Kelowna International Airport (YLW), about 39 km away in a straight line — roughly 51 minutes by car; Penticton Airport (YYF) is 56 km away. Nearby ski areas include McCulloch Cross-Country Ski Trails Recreation Site, Telemark Cross-Country Ski Trails Recreation Site, Jewel Lake Cross Country Ski trails and Mt. Baldy Family Ski Area (27.4 km), which together add 138 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.