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Party on the slopes: choose your spring festival

The perks of spring snowboarding: longer days, sunny skies, goggle tans, softer snow and shorter strains on the carry.

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The ski season isn’t over but and a few would argue it’s the greatest time to go to our mountain resorts. And long run forecasts name for below-normal temperatures in B.C. – together with heavy snow within the alpine areas – into April.

“There isn’t any higher place to take pleasure in spring snowboarding,” says Matt Mosteller, senior vp for the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies. “Each minute you spend within the mountains right here in B.C. is time properly spent.”

Whether or not to embrace the hotter climate or to ship off the season in model, lots of the resorts are internet hosting festivals within the coming weeks:

Whistler Blackcomb

Crossing the slush at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival.
Crossing the slush on the World Ski and Snowboard Pageant.Photograph by Tourism Whistler/Justa Jeskova

SilverStar Mountain Resort

Silver Star Mountain Resort village lit up at night.
Silver Star Mountain Resort village lit up at night time.Photograph by Blake Jorgenson

Discover the most important every day groomed cross-country community in Canada on the Sovereign2 SilverStar Ski Marathon, April 1-2. Going down alongside 105 kilometres of Nordic trails, the occasion permits rivals of all talents to rub elbows with a few of the world’s high athletes in a enjoyable race.

Solar Peaks Resort

Solar Peaks Resort has a Slush Cup throughout its season-closing Surprise Weekend April 8-10.

Sun Peaks Resort with the ski hill looming in the background.
Solar Peaks Resort with the ski hill looming within the background.

Large White Ski Resort

Fernival kicks off Fernie Alpine Resort’s closing week celebrations.
Fernival kicks off Fernie Alpine Resort’s closing week celebrations.Photograph by Emma Polit / Fernie Alpine Resort.

Decide your occasion

Retro day at Red Mountain is Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Retro day at Crimson Mountain is Sunday, April 2, 2023.Photograph by Courtesy Crimson Mountain

A group of skiers at the Revelation Lodge at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Andrew Strain
A gaggle of skiers on the Revelation Lodge at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Andrew Pressure

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