The atmospheric river that is hit Coastal BC and the American Pacific Northwest with torrential rain has stayed chilly sufficient to ship an epic storm to inside British Columbia. Components of BC have seen almost two toes of snow within the final 24 hours alone, and lots of the resorts within the inside have picked up wholesome totals. Kicking Horse, Whitewater, and SilverStar all have opening days this week. This storm has given them a implausible base to kick issues off with. In line with our buds at Powderchasers, the following little bit of this storm must be significantly fruitful for Revelstoke in addition to close by Alberta resorts like Banff Sunshine and Lake Louise, with totals of 1.5-2.5 toes (46-76cm) anticipated this weekend. Maintain studying for just a few of the BC ski areas which have benefitted essentially the most over the past couple days.
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Kicking Horse
Kicking Horse has been fortunately reaping the advantages of the newest atmospheric river and the timing is nice with the resort planning to open for the season on Friday, December 12. As of Thursday, December 11, the resort had recorded 16cm of snow in a single day, 26cm within the final 24 hours, and 35cm within the final 48 hours. That is greater than a foot of snow! Going into opening day, Kicking Horse is rocking a wholesome 137cm (54-inch) base.
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Revelstoke
Revelstoke has had an incredible begin to their season—the resort opened simply 4 days in the past, and it has been pow days with free refills all week. The BC ski space has already gotten 374cm (147 inches) of snow this season, with 42cm falling within the final 48 hours alone, in line with the resort web site’s snow report. In different phrases, the Gnome is nearly buried! Over this coming weekend, Revy might decide up a further foot of snow, with 3-6 inches falling on Saturday alone.
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SilverStar
SilverStar began spinning lifts for the season simply in time with a December 11 opening day and 20cm in a single day to have a good time. Over the past 5 days, SilverStar has gotten 52cm in complete, 32cm of which fell within the final two days, bringing their base depth to 89cm for the season. This subsequent storm ought to proceed to ship to SilverStar as properly with 8″ forecasted over the following 5 days.
Whitewater Mountain Resort
Whitewater Mountain Resort can be opening on Friday, December 12 for the 2025/26 ski season and with 299cm (117 inches) of snowfall already this yr. Within the final 48 hours, Whitewater has gotten 37cm of snow, with 14cm falling in simply the final 24 hours. There’s one other attainable 10″ of snow on the best way over the following 5 days and much more after that.
Panorama Resort
Panorama received their fair proportion of the storm that appeared to wallop inside BC with 40cm of snow falling within the final 48 hours, and 18cm in a single day. The ski space received a lot snow in a single day on December 11, that it precipitated a number of energy outages across the resort. Fortunately, crews that labored by means of the night time have been in a position to get lifts spinning by 9:45am. Whereas it would heat up slightly bit close to Panorama, one other 6″ might fall within the subsequent 5 days, serving to them construct out a strong base this season.
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