BC Alpine Valentine Ideas

Posted At : February 2, 2010 4:06 PM
Related Categories: Big White,Silver Star,Red Mountain

Valentines Heart

What better way to celebrate the day of love then taking your sweetie on a romantic mountain getaway?

Many of BC's top ski resorts have done all the mushy Valentines planning for you with heart-melting activities and events that are guaranteed to impress.

Big White

Big White ski resort offers an enchanting Valentine's experience with horse-drawn sleigh rides including chocolate-covered strawberries and champagne. See the Activities desk for details. Roses can also be ordered at the activities desk (before February 12th, 2010) and picked up on Valentines morning.

For those swinging solo, find a date just in time at the Speed Dating event on Saturday, Februrary 13th. Located in Happy Valley from 7:00pm-8:30pm, you can meet Mr/Ms.right in a matter of two minutes!

Later on, check out the Traffic Light party at the Happy Valley Day Lodge. Don't forget, the colour you wear says if you're single or part of a pair. Green for single, yellow for undecided and red for taken. The party begins at 8pm and goes til late.

It's easy to dine and dote with a variety of Big White restaurants featuring special Valentine's menus:

  • The Kettle Valley Steakhouse
  • Coltino's
  • Globe
  • Snowshoe Sam's
  • The Swiss Bear
  • Madame Gigi's

Valentines- sweeties on a lift

Silver Star

Sweep her off her feet at the Sweetheart's Chocolate Dreams night at Silver Star resort. Snowshoe under starlit skies or soft snowflakes while surrounded by Silver Star's majestic wilderness. Stop by the Horseman's Cabin for a romantic and delectable chocolate fondue. Top off the night with a return trip via horse drawn sleigh. This event goes from 7-10pm on Valentines Day only!

Roses are also available for purchase at the Info Desk. Red for love, white for friendship and pink for secret admirer!

Red Mountain

Spend a relaxed afternoon with your special someone at the Paradise Lodge at Red Mountain resort. Sit back and indulge in appies, beverages and live music from 3-5pm. Tickets are available for purchase at Guest Services for $28/couple.

Make this Valentines Day one to remember and treat your sweetie to the events and cozy, romantic accommodation at Big White, Silver Star or Red Mountain

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Winter snow totals: a little high, a little low

Posted At : May 2, 2008 11:31 AM
Related Categories: Mont Tremblant,Sun Peaks,Fernie,Red Mountain,Whistler

Now that flowers are blooming again and the skis are buried in the back of the closet for a few months, perhaps it's time for a bit of nostalgia about the 2007-2008 Canadian ski season. Do your memories capture a winter of epic proportions? Or did the powder fail to live up to your expectations?

The statistics tell a varied story. Some mountains received a little more than usual, some mountains saw a little less, and others were just right. Here's a graph with a few mountain's snow stats this year, but only from those mountains that reported a final cumulative snow total this year.

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While this season seems to have been rather humdrum in terms of snow, mountains south of the border in Colorado received record dumps, with eight mountains breaking all-time snowfall records.

But for at least one local, the pleasure of the season isn't measured in centimeters. The writer of a (very detailed) blog chronicling Whistler weather said that in his five years in the area, "This is the best season since I have been living in Whistler."

It's still too early for accurate predictions of next season's weather, but we'll certainly welcome your wild guesses.

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