Big White Ski Resort
British Columbia, Canada
| Resort Statistics | | vertical drop: | 2,550 feet | | summit: | 7,606 feet | | base: | 4,950 feet | | lifts: | 13 | | trails: | 112 | | longest run: | 23,760 feet |
Snowboarding | | permitted: | Yes | | terrain park: | Yes | | half-pipe: | Yes | | | Snow and Terrain | | annual snowfall: | 294 inches | | skiable area: | 7,155 acres | | easiest: | 18% | | more difficult: | 56% | | most difficult: | 26% |
Other Activities | | x-country: | 25 km | | snow tubing: | Yes |
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Big White Ski Resort News
None hurt in skier-triggered avalanche on Blackcomb
January 11, 2008 - No one was injured when skiers triggered an in-bounds avalanche on Blackcomb Mountain on Sunday (Jan. 6), the same day a similar avalanche at Big White ski area near Kelowna killed a snowboarder who was caught in the slide.
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Body identified as missing snowboarder
January 08, 2008 - The body of a man found buried by an avalanche in Kelowna, B.C. has been identified as an Australian working at a B.C. resort. Crews found the body of Leigh Barnier, 21, late Monday afternoon at the Big White Ski Resort after a searching for the missing snowboarder for more than a day.
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Avalanche hits busy B.C. ski resort
January 07, 2008 - An avalanche at Big White ski resort has injured two snowboarders and there are unconfirmed reports that as many as three skiers could be buried.
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Updated: Avalanche at Big White injures two, others possibly buried in snow
January 07, 2008 - An avalanche at Big White ski resort has injured two snowboarders and there are unconfirmed reports that two skiers could be buried. The avalanche swept down the Parachute Bowl run just before 11 a.m. Two boarders were partially buried, resort senior vice-president Michael Ballingall said.
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Snowboarder unaccounted for after B.C. avalanche
January 07, 2008 - VANCOUVER - A snowboarder was unaccounted for Sunday night after an avalanche at Big White partially buried two skiers - one of them a 12-year-old boy - who were rescued.
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Big White Continues Winning Streak
February 10, 2006 - Hot off the tails of snaring Luxury Travel Magazines gold award for the number seven ski destination in the world, Big Whites accolades keep rolling in. [PRWEB Feb 10, 2006]
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Mountain Dew Series Halfpipe Saturday at Silver Star
January 20, 2006 - BC Snowboarding Provincial Series at Big White
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Backcountry
death toll rises
February 04, 2004 - Calgary Sun, Canada - The death toll in B.C.'s
backcountry continues to climb after two more people died in winter
sports-related tragedies. A Kelowna snowboarder -- who wasn't reported
missing for four days -- was found dead Monday in an out-of-bounds ski
area near the Big White ski resort. Christopher Cayford, 26, was last
seen snowboarding Jan. 27, but wasn't reported missing until Sunday.
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Big
White Ski and Silver Star Mountain Resorts in BC Merge
January 31, 2004 - TravelVideo.tv (press release), World - Big White Ski
Resort and Silver Star Mountain Resort have merged, becoming one of
Canada?s most exciting ski destinations! Dual mountain packages are
now available to guests of both resorts. Imagine? one lift pass
accessing nearly 6000 acres of skiing and boarding, with over 220 runs,
unsurpassed terrain and variety serviced by 20 modern lifts.
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Snow
falls at Big White and Silver Star
September 17, 2003 - Ifyouski.com, UK - An overnight snowfall has slammed the
door on the long, hot Okanagan summer up at Big White Ski Resort.
Residents awoke this morning to see the Village Center decorated with a
frosting of snow for the second day in a row.
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