British Columbia · Canada · ski area
Whitewater Ski Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Whitewater Ski Resort is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada with 53 km of mapped downhill runs and 5 lifts, between 1,390 m and 2,059 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 53 km
- Lifts
- 5
- Top elevation
- 2,059 m
- Vertical drop
- 669 m
- Nearest airport
- YCG · 38 km
Slopes by difficulty
90 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 1 Rope tows
Whitewater Ski Resort is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada. Its 90 mapped downhill runs add up to 53 km, which ranks it #16 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 1.5% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 593 m long.
Slopes at Whitewater Ski Resort
About 12% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 42% advanced or expert, which makes Whitewater Ski Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 5 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 1 rope tow. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,390 m up to 2,059 m, a vertical drop of 669 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Whitewater Ski Resort
The nearest airport is Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport (YCG), about 38 km away in a straight line — roughly 49 minutes by car; Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) is 101 km away. Nearby ski areas include Nelson Nordic, Salmo Ski Area (5.8 km), Black Jack Ski Club and Red Mountain Resort (68.8 km), which together add 78 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Whitewater Ski Resort
- 1 YCG38 kmstraight line
- 2 YXC101 kmstraight line
- 3 YLW170 kmstraight line
- 4 YYF177 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Whitewater Ski Resort
- 5 kmNelson Nordicup to 1,223 m
- 30 kmSalmo Ski Area5.8 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,027 m
- 60 kmBlack Jack Ski Clubup to 1,512 m
- 62 kmRed Mountain Resort69 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 2,037 m
- 65 kmPaulson X-C (Castlegar Nordic)up to 1,507 m
- 85 kmSummit Lake Ski & Snowboard Area3.6 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 911 m
- 86 kmKimberley Alpine Resort60 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,904 m
- 110 kmPhoenix Mountain8.6 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,478 m
- 111 kmJewel Lake Cross Country Ski trailsSmall ski area
- 111 kmPhoenix Nordic (Marshall Lake)up to 1,447 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.