Panorama Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Panorama Mountain Resort is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada. Its 123 mapped downhill runs add up to 74 km, which ranks it #10 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 2.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 599 m long.

Slopes at Panorama Mountain Resort

About 12% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 63% intermediate and 23% advanced or expert, which makes Panorama Mountain Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 10 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets, 1 gondola, 1 button lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,151 m up to 2,368 m, a vertical drop of 1,217 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Panorama Mountain Resort

The nearest airport is Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC), about 98 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 8 min by car; Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport (YCG) is 163 km away. Nearby ski areas include Fairmont Hot Springs (12.7 km), Nipika, Mt. Shark and Banff Sunshine Village (77.3 km), which together add 121 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.