PlanetSKI Resort Review: Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

1st February 2026 | James Cove, PlanetSKI Editor, Revelstoke.

Revelstoke opened in 2007 and inside a number of years had justifiably achieved legendary standing. It needs to be on each superior skier’s bucket record. PlanetSKI is again on the town. NEW

At first look the piste map of Revelstoke, seems to be quite unremarkable.

Simply one other North American ski hill that almost all skiers might whip spherical in lower than a day.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

One predominant gondola, Revelation, with a mid-station very close to the underside quite than positioned within the center the place it needs to be.

There are two predominant chair lifts, Ripper & Stoke, and a small one, Stella, that doesn’t appear to go anyplace.

In whole, three and a half lifts by PlanetSKI’s rely.

There’s a number of blacks runs slicing by the timber and what seems to be a bowl, The North bowl, on the prime.

Then The South Bowl on the entrance of the mountain that doesn’t appear like a bowl in any respect.

Plus, a few on-mountain institutions for meals, Outpost and Revelation Lodge.

And that appeared about it.

Hardly one thing to fly throughout the Atlantic for.

How fallacious can first impressions be?

About 100%.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Image © PlanetSKI

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

Revy, as everybody calls it, is an absolute gem of a Canadian resort.

The Actual Deal.

Whether or not on the groomers, within the powder, tackling the moguls, snowboarding the glades, hitting the park or taking a information and going into the intense again nation choices.

Then there’s the heliskiing, cat snowboarding and snow-mobiling.

The city itself is a 10-minute drive from the ski space and seen from the hill is considerably unremarkable in its grid structure.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

One other utterly fallacious first impression – there are nice bars, a large selection of eating places and an interesting historical past.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

In brief Revelstoke is a bucket record ski space, with a real Canadian ski mountain city.

The Ski Space of Revelstoke

Revy has the most important carry served vertical descent in North America, beginning at 512m and going up t0 2,340m.

You may ski the longest inexperienced run in North America, the Final Spike, which is 15kms lengthy.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

Or deal with some significantly steep terrain within the North Bowl that’s accessed by a brief boot up.

Revelstoke, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

Or entry the decrease components of the North bowl by a easy traverse or brief stroll.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

However what stunned me most was not the fabulous timber snowboarding or the difficult terrain within the North Bowl.

I used to be anticipating that.

Reasonably it was the groomers – vast, quick and largely empty.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

Many of the skiers & snowboarders listed here are Canadians, with the subsequent being these from the USA and Australia.

I’m happy to say us Brits are in fourth place.

Revelstoke Mountain Resort (to provide it its full title) opened in 2007 – December twenty first to be exact.

However snowboarding had been right here lengthy earlier than.

The Scandinavians launched “ski working’ within the Eighteen Nineties.

On the flip of the century a ski membership was shaped, and by 1917 it had 300 members.

In 1964 an Austrian ski teacher, Paul Mair, and an area logger, Don Sinclair, opened the Mount Mackenzie Ski Hill on Mount Mackenzie, the positioning of as we speak’s Revelstoke Mountain Resort.

In 1973 a double chairlift was put in.

In 1977 a helicopter snowboarding operation began, and in 1978, a cat snowboarding operation additionally started.

See right here for the historical past of snowboarding in Revelstoke

There are enlargement plans with a brand new carry rising above the Stoke chair that may open up some superior and intermediate terrain.

The ski space isn’t within the Revelstoke Nationwide Park, so getting permissions for improvement is way easier.

As soon as once more although carry go costs in Canada are eye-wateringly costly in comparison with Europe.

$199 (£106) for a day go.

It’s $524 (£280) for 3 days.

OK, Revy has nice terrain, nevertheless it solely has 4 lifts with the Ripper chair closing at 2.30pm.

However what resort have you learnt that has a free-to-enter artwork gallery on its slopes?

The identical fashion of artwork will be seen on the town as effectively.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

It’s even on show by the bins.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

The City of Revelstoke

It’s a real and genuine mountain city.

It has a wonderful collection of bars, eating places and good ski outlets.

Seize a beer in right here at The Village Fool.

Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Picture © PlanetSKI

A cocktail right here.

Monashee Spirits Revelstoke. Image © PlanetSKI

Monashee Spirits Revelstoke. Picture © PlanetSKI

And a few of the greatest Vietnamese meals you’ll ever eat.

$19.95 (£10.70) for a few of the tastiest Beef Pho now we have ever had.

And if you need among the finest eating places on the town, then look no additional than Alfred’s that was simply throughout the highway from our lodging.

You have to to e-book.

The unique city of Revelstoke was constructed on the again of the railways within the Eighteen Eighties and stays a railway city to today.

Revelstoke was named by the Canadian Pacific Railway in appreciation of Lord Revelstoke who saved CPR from chapter in the summertime of 1885 permitting the railway to succeed in completion.

There’s an interesting railroad museum on the town if that takes your fancy.

Plus, a extra standard providing.

However again to the snowboarding…

Revelstoke is seen because the birthplace of heliskiing and is named the heli-skiing capital of the world with a number of operators providing its delights.

It claims 1m acres of accessible terrain.

The cloudy climate prevented heli-skiing this time spherical, however once I was final in Revy a decade or so in the past we took to the air.

Heliskiing in British Columbia, Canada. Image © PlanetSKI

And took a little bit of air within the timber too.

So, as an general bundle, what does Revelstole provide?

Right here’s Laura Meggs from the resort’s vacationer workplace.

I now have a critical query to reply, and a not-insignificant judgment to make.

Which Canadian resort is healthier – Revelstoke or Kicking Horse?

Kicking Horse is our subsequent cease on this Canadian highway journey so I shall be pondering the query.

This was solely my second go to to Revy and I’ve been totally greatly surprised, and significantly impressed.

Kicking Horse I do know effectively and have visited greater than half a dozen occasions.

When requested which my favorite resort in Canada is I don’t hesitate and at all times say Kicking Horse – with a shout out to Purple & Whitewater and a point out of Fernie.

Maybe that judgement must be revised.

Revy has shot up my record.

I’ll give it some thought.

Do test again…..

PlanetSKI’s Canadian Adventures

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To seek out out extra about snowboarding in Canada try what’s on provide from the UK operator Inghams Ski or the UK ski agent, SNO.

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