6000 vert ft ski resort approved in BC

**DougW** · 12-08-2004, 02:46 PM

VICTORIA - The provincial government has approved plans for the expansion of Revelstoke's Mt. MacKenzie ski hill into a new all-season resort.

The $270-million project includes more than 16,000 beds, full guest service facilities, an 18-hole golf course, a multi-use trail system, 25 lifts and 100 ski and snowboard trails.

It will have the fourth-highest vertical ski drop in the world – 1,945 metres, which is more vertical than Whistler.

The new Mt. MacKenzie resort will be about one-third the size of Whistler, and comparable to the Big White and Sun Peaks resorts. "

I know this place has been talked about for years but it does have some pretty amazing terrain. http://www.catpowder.com/images/cat-12.jpg
http://www.catpowder.com/images/cat-3.jpg

Ski report for today:CAT Powder Skiing

Snow Conditions:awsome skiing .

Snow Pack:150 cm

Foot Pen: 100cm Ski Pen: 45cm

New Snow:
7 cm in the last 24 hours; 80 cm in last 3 days

Temperature:
Min: -11c Max: - 8.5c

Weather:
Continues to snow

Comments:
Bring your snorkle

**p.blz** · 12-08-2004, 03:44 PM

yeah, heard this on the way into work this AM on the CBC. I'd kinda forgotten about that place...those pics look sweet.

Makes sense to put a big hill there from a snowfall poiunt of view (prolly one of the most reliable places for snow in BC), but i wonder where the people will come from.

**bad_roo** · 12-08-2004, 03:48 PM

There's got to be loads of Euro resorts with more than 1945m vert. I can think of Zermatt, Tignes, Argentiere, Les Deux Alpes, Les Arcs, La Plagne, Alpe d'Huez and La Grave right off the bat.

**TheDingleberry** · 12-08-2004, 03:50 PM

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**Out_to_lunch** · 12-08-2004, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by St. Deep

but i wonder where the people will come from.

"If you build it, they will come"

I dont see why this dosent apply to ski resorts either.

**PlayHarder** · 12-08-2004, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Out_to_lunch

"If you build it, they will come"

I dont see why this dosent apply to ski resorts either.

Long ways from an airport over Rogers Pass, not a real appealing drive for the average tourist.

**DougW** · 12-08-2004, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by St. Deep

yeah, heard this on the way into work this AM on the CBC. I'd kinda forgotten about that place...those pics look sweet.

Makes sense to put a big hill there from a snowfall poiunt of view (prolly one of the most reliable places for snow in BC), but i wonder where the people will come from.

Yeah its far from Calgary ~ 5 hours and about the same from Vancouver??? Plus from Calgary got to cross Rodgers pass. A train service from Calgary would be sweet.

Yes the vert is just a number for marketing but it does get a lot of snow. Skied the Cat operation there last year. Did the ski out to the little 1000ft vert ski hill at base. As its a cat road coun't really tell if bottom half of moutain was that skiable or just a long green /blue.

**skier666** · 12-08-2004, 04:16 PM

Looks good to me....but you are right, its far from a major airport.

**comish** · 12-08-2004, 04:25 PM

This makes more sense to me than the Jumbo project. They are already skiing there with both snowcat at the top and the lift down lower. Its right next to Revelstoke so they don't have to build all the infrastructure roads etc, and it just gets butt loads of snow. I'll visit for sure!

**The AD** · 12-08-2004, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by PlayHarder

Long ways from an airport over Rogers Pass, not a real appealing drive for the average tourist.

Not too bad a drive from Kamloops, though.

**gonzo** · 12-08-2004, 05:07 PM

what is the latest on the jumbo project?

**Snow Dog** · 12-08-2004, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by St. Deep

Makes sense to put a big hill there from a snowfall poiunt of view (prolly one of the most reliable places for snow in BC), but i wonder where the people will come from.

Actually, the hill was already there. I've skied at Powder Springs (the existing ski area). I didn't realize there was that much more up.

Revelstoke is 516km from Vancouver and 383km from Calgary.

**PNWbrit** · 12-08-2004, 05:59 PM

Strange - we're writing to stop development at Wolf Creek in another thread.

Don't know enough about either project to make judgement.

**Barnballs** · 12-08-2004, 06:07 PM

but i wonder where the people will come from

i don't know, LA and Texas?

**Blurred** · 12-08-2004, 06:11 PM

I love how everyone is fucking Gung Ho on this, but signing petitions about the Wolf Creek development.

You guys wonder why I go off on political threads.....

**robokill1981** · 12-08-2004, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Strange - we're writing to stop development at Wolf Creek in another thread.

Yeah I was thinking about the irony in this myself. But they do sound like pretty different situations. Development isn't necessarily bad at all costs Blurred, Wolf Creek is a pretty unique situation.

**Buster Highmen** · 12-08-2004, 06:13 PM

Revelstoke has been reviewed for years for this operation. Wolf Creek is a deal done by the wealthy manipulating Congress and the USFS for a quick deal being rammed through without the public comment period.

They're really different deals.

**Blurred** · 12-08-2004, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Revelstoke has been reviewed for years for this operation. Wolf Creek is a deal done by the wealthy manipulating Congress and the USFS for a quick deal being rammed through without the public comment period.

They're really different deals.

So you're okay if they cut down thousands of trees, and take away wildlife habitat for many species of animals as long as it's been brought to your attention.....gotcha.

**freshie247** · 12-08-2004, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Out_to_lunch

"If you build it, they will come"

I dont see why this dosent apply to ski resorts either.

And if they don't come,at least they'll breathe hard.

Canada is a huge country with 1/10 the population of the U.S.,and as such is relatively undeveloped.Besides,as hard as we're squeezing them on the soft lumber angle they need to do something for revenue.

**monkeybones** · 12-08-2004, 06:22 PM

whats the time period for this?

**Buster Highmen** · 12-08-2004, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

So you're okay if they cut down thousands of trees, and take away wildlife habitat for many species of animals as long as it's been brought to your attention.....gotcha.

No, you misconstrue this situation. As usual.

**robokill1981** · 12-08-2004, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

So you're okay if they cut down thousands of trees, and take away wildlife habitat for many species of animals as long as it's been brought to your attention.....gotcha.

I had no idea that you're such an environmental crusader.

Development is going to happen no matter what. Development that takes into account public opinion and is deemed to be in the best interest of a community may not necessarily be bad. At least in Revelstoke they took the time to allow the public to comment and the environmental impacts to be studied.

In short they are two different situations.

**Blurred** · 12-08-2004, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by robokill1981

I had no idea that you're such an environmental crusader.

I'm not a crusader, I just think it's funny that so many "outdoorsie types" (usually from big cities in the East that have recently moved out here to the West) hop on this trendy bandwagon of "saving the enviroment", but only if it doesn't help them. When it does, they're all for it. What a hypocritically pathetic state of mind.

**robokill1981** · 12-08-2004, 06:35 PM

At Wolf Creek the environmental degredation is just the icing on the cake in a shitty deal brokered by people too rich and powerfrul to be bothered with public sentiment.