Big White Summer Blog

Huge air and gnarly tricks – you can expect that and a lot more this weekend

After 20 years of competing on a snowboard, Big White snowboard cross athlete and Olympian Tess Critchlow is hanging up her race jersey.

Big White Ski Resort is proud to announce that its very own Senior Vice President, Michael J. Ballingall, is the latest recipient of the Far West Ski Association’s Bill Mackey Award for Outstanding Ski Industry Employee.

At Big White Ski Resort, our motto has always been "It's the Snow," and this spring has been no different!

It’s been a challenging couple of years for the tourism industry, and the whole world, and now that borders are reopening, travel is resuming, and tourism operators are back doing what they do best – creating fun!

They carry your skis, they pack your lunch, they wait for you on runs and they cheer you on – where would we be without our mothers!?

Thanks to a new colour combo of the famous Big White pompom snowball toque, and the generous donation of an on-mountain business, an $8,302.80 donation was presented to the Kelowna Stands With Ukraine Association on Friday, May 6.

Win $1500 at Rack Attack, Just in Time for Bike Season

Big White’s Craft & Country Music Festival is just a couple of months away – and our team is on the hunt for beer, cider, and distilling vendors for the July 16 festival. After a couple of years off, this summer's event will be bigger and better than ever, with more music, more beer and bigger crowds to take it all in.

From snow cat operators to ski patrollers, managers and lift operators, servers and housekeepers, Big White Ski Resort is made great by hundreds and hundreds of inspiring and strong women.