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Reviews for Big White
Total (3.7)
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No idea what Cody W is talking about... BW does not even have a snow-making machine and compared to Whistler the lift lines are non-existent
Matheus Teles
My favorite resort
Dave Martin
A great hill to quickly access via the Kelowna Airport and 1 hour drive.
Snow pack above average for a resort without snow making.
Large selection of ski in and out condos. Try and stay in the Village if possible.
Decent dinning.
Season passes are great value.
Don't Visit
I wish they would actually care about their customers and not ripping people off by taking their money and not caring about the guests.
The poweder chair broke down and they made everyone walk 2 hours up hill. Elderly and children. Horrible experience. Management needs some serious help! They are not a family resort total rip off go anywhere else.
Cody Wishlow
Way overpriced to ski on fake snow and rocks. Only thing good about this place is the village is pretty nice but over priced as well. Condos are popping up everywhere making the line ups rediculous deffinatly not worth the trip. Would rather go to a hill that has powder and not so many up tight tourists.
Chris
I’ve skied several ski hills over the past 40years including Whistler, Norquay, Sunpeaks, Silver Star, Lake Louise, Sunshine, Marmot, Apex, Whitewater, Panorama, Fernie, Kimberley, and Revelstoke. Big white is now my hometown hill and it never lets you down. Great snow, great slack country, awesome glades, and not too busy. It has some of the best ski in/out accommodations of any hill I’ve been to. This is a great place for beginners and advanced skiers but experts mainly have the cliff chair to hit double blacks. Xc ski trails are great if you like skate skiing as well.
James Cramer
I can't complain about the snowboarding conditions... They're excellent. Best snow ever. The lifties are great too.
My issue is with some of the lodge staff... I order the same thing from the clock tower cafe every time I go up(2 lattes, one big cookie) and supposedly season pass holders get a discount upon presentation. For the past 4 weeks the cafe has charged me 3 different prices for the same order... The cheapest price being when I forgot to present my season's pass! It makes no sense. I called them on it twice, and both times they told me the other cashier must have screwed up. So by that logic, every one of them screws the same thing up.... Do they think I'm an idiot?
Good thing the mountain is good enough to offset the rating, because although that cafe has the best coffee in Kelowna, the staff definitely doesn't know how to work a cash register consistently.
Bob Reynold
Poorly designed village means you are walking on ski runs to get to accommodations, skiers and boarders screaming by as you stumble up a ski run. Have they heard of covered walkways or sidewalks? The restaurants are adequate but not impressive. Visibility ie FOG is an issue. Don't dare venture down to the gem lake side of the mountain later in the day or you may be left with no way back to the village once the lift closes. Big White will shut the lift at the end of the day and there is no access back to the village. My children had to hitch hike back to the village - they are are 10 and 12! The skiing is very tame with the only steep terrain accessed by a 50 year old fixed grip chair that runs at a glacial pace - The Cliff Chair. Don't believe the Hype, Big Hype... go to Red Mountain, Revelstoke if you want steep terrain on a real mountain. If you must ski in the Okanagan, go to Silver Star.
Blair Kane
Great mountain for all levels, best for family’s with any age of children. Ski schools are the best in the world. Need at least a week better if you have two. Could not ski or snowboard the entire terrain in that time, it will only make you want to come back for more.
anonymous
my favorite mountian. always spacious and no lift lines
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