First Resort in Canada Opens on Sunday

It is able to do so due to some recent natural snowfall, and cold temperatures.

The Strawberry Express lift will be open and the terrain park will have seven features available.

“Tomorrow we’re gonna be, gonna be OPEN, we’re gonna be, gonna be OPEN!!” said the resort on Saturday as it made the formal announcement.

“From all of us at Banff Sunshine we’re looking forward to skiing you tomorrow.”

Last weekend the first resorts in the USA opened:

• First US ski resorts open

In Europe, Verbier in Switzerland is the latest one to open some terrain as the Lac des Vaux area opened on Saturday.

• More ski areas open with further snow on the way

Sunshine Village is often one of the first resorts to open in Canada, and one of the last to close – normally in late May.

Here at PlanetSKI we are paying particular attention to the opening and the developing snow conditions as we are going to based in the nearby town of Canmore for two months next winter, starting in mid-December.

The resorts of Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and Mt Norquay will be our local ski hills.

We will also be visiting other resorts in Alberta and heading into British Columbia for a road trip.

Last winter we hit Japan for an extended stay:

• Skiing in Japan: What’s it really like?

Hakuba Valley, Japan. Image © PlanetSKI

This coming season it’s going to be Canada.

Bring it on!

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