Snowsure: 4.0
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Panorama Mountain Resort is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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December 04, 2012
Ricky Jay
Ricky Jay
This resort is the best. Why you ask? Two words... Euro bungie!!!
Who cares about good parks. Who cares that racers take up most of the runs on the lower mountain. Who cares about the lack of good pubs and restaurants. None of those things matter cause there is a Euro bungie.
Oh wait a minute, I just heard that the Euro bungie won't be running in the winter. Oh well, Panorama is still the best in my books!
February 01, 2012
Andrew
Andrew
I have been coming to Panorama for three seasons and spend multiple days per there. I have experienced very good conditions and excellent service.
Tayton bowl, Extreme Dream Zone offer excellent expert conditions and there has been an abundance of powder days the last few years. Great views, great sun.
A great variety of terrain for novices and intermediates. True beginners may find it limiting.
Lots of choices for families and individuals.
September 06, 2011
D Hall
D Hall
We arrived over the September long weekend as part of our trip around BC/Alta. We live in Ontario. Grey Wolf is a nice track to play at reasonable rates. It is quiet at this time of year so you have to enjoy the walks and kayaking which we did in Invermere. The lifts and most restaurants are all closed at Panorama. The WIFI is a joke. I would have liked to use this time as business/pleasure but no WIFI makes that impossible. Nice people.
May 21, 2011
Kevin from
United Kingdom
Kevin from
United Kingdom
After reading the reports on here I had to post to let people know just how good a resort this is. I was in Pano (Panorama Mountain Village) for 9 weeks this year, we had new snow every week at least. I skied every day both working with ski school (which is on of the most professional ski schools I have come across) and training with Snow Challenge instructor training course. With so much snow this year (I know I was lucky) I was still finding new routes in both Taynton Bowl and the Extreme Dream Zone on my last day. With so much beginner terrain it’s a great place to teach and you can have so much fun in safe off-piste in-bounds areas like the Sunbowl and Funders Ridge. Yes, there are a few bad points such as a long ski out from Taynton down the worlds coldest cat track and the -30 days. If you have only skied in Europe then you just have to go somewhere like Pano. No lift queues even on the busy February holidays, 5min max at the bottom lift, I didn’t see a queue on any of the other lifts more than 20 people. As for après-ski two bars is all I need, always a good time in the TBar after a day’s skiing. Yes, it is limited but that’s the price you pay for having the pistes to yourself (If you don’t mind the cold January is empty). As for the people I challenge anyone to find a more friendly resort. After skiing Canada I will find it very hard to ski in Europe again. If you are looking to do some serious training Snow Challenge Canada offers some good value coursed with a great bunch of people. I will be back next year if it’s the last thing I do.
April 02, 2011
Jeremy
Jeremy
April 2, 2011 - we are in the midst of a serious dump. Looks like 20 to 30 cm when all is said and done. Every run is open with no rocks anywhere - absolutely amazing late season conditions. I see some complain of icy conditions here but that is simply due to the elevation - it is colder here and we often get snow when other BC resorts get rain. Anyway, nobody could complain about a lack of snow here - at least not this year.
We are in the Taynton Lodge which is well situated up the slopes and you simply pop on you skis and ski down to the main chair lift! True ski-in and ski-out - great for families. The accommodation is great with hot tubs and Panorama Springs pools within easy access and night skiing until 8pm - no wonder my kids say this is the best holiday ever!!
There is an enormous amount of terrain here. You can find fresh powder even two weeks after the last big dump - you simply need to know where to look and the pleasant staff here will help you.
This is the best kept secret in Western Canada.
March 29, 2011
George
George
Unbelievable! It is the end of March. There is sooooo much snow and it is still snowing. If you like rain then go to Fernie or Whistler. If you like to ski then I have yet to find a better place. This place has an amazing variety of terrain. Experts can take the double blacks (unlike other resorts this is real extreme expert terrain and not just a signpost, furthermore there is about 40% of expert terrain and ALL easily accessible). Meanwhile the less aggressive skiers can take a nice groomer. The amazing thing is that you can all meet together at the bottom - amazing variety all in the same vicinity. No more skiing one side of the mountain while the grandparents and kids ski the other side - here you can all ski together and each enjoying the difficulty to the maximum of their ability.
The view at the top is breathtaking - as pretty as the Italian Dolomiti and better than the view from the top of Whistler - "View of a thousand peaks" is the Panorama run that just takes your breath away.
I have skied all over the world and Panorama (Panorama Mountain Village) is absolutely world class. For a family, this resort is simply far better than anything else we have found in North America.
March 27, 2011
Bob from
USA - California
Bob from
USA - California
Skied Panorama (Panorama Mountain Village) from 20 - 26 March 2011. Stayed in the lower village, Riverbend, exchanged my timeshare at Whistler for a week at Panorama.
The views from the top are second to none. The staff we met was friendly and most willing to help. We took advantage of skiing with the Friends of the Mountain one morning. Bob, Bobby et al were are excellent ambassadors for the resort.
The runs were long and uncrowded. Took a photo from the top of Roy's run with nobody skiing on it, and it was groomed the night before, fabulous!
The area is huge, @ 3K acres, and it would ski even bigger if more runs were groomed. I would say that perhaps only 25% are groomed at any one time. While fresh moguls are fun to ski, blocks of ice are not. Every day there should be a run groomed from the top, and I don't count Get me down as a run, it is a service road. Either Roy's, View of a 1000 Peaks or Top of the World should be groomed nightly. The two runs groomed on the Champagne Chair were Rollercoaster and Skyline. World Cup and Downhill should see the groomers also. Millennium was groomed, but it takes one all of the way down to the Sunbird Chair. Shoeber's Dream saw the groomer once, that run should see it nightly for it is a lot of fun. To the far left is Founder's Bowl. At least one run needs to see the groomer nightly. The moguls were rock solid and rocks were poking out. Need to take skis to the shop for some base repair. Work on grooming no less than 50% of the named runs.
Did enjoy the restaurants in the village. Ate at Chopper's Landing, excellent! Jack Pine Pub, big burgers! T-Bar and Grill, also very good. Generally ate lunch at the Great Hall, good food with a fair price. One night took the dinner bus into Invermere, ate at Angus McToogle's. Nice place, no TVs to distract and excellent food. Wish that the area would inform guests as to what is going on in town. Walked to the rink and saw a tiny bit of a youth hockey game.
Will I go back? I would say yes, even though it was an 11 hr. drive from Seattle.
March 02, 2011
Jim
Jim
I just returned from 5-day skiing at Panorama and had an absolute blast. True ski in/out lodging, outdoor hot tubs, hot pool and barbecues. The snow conditions this winter are the best they have had in years. Taynton Bowl is no hype. True backcountry skiing with lots of fresh deep powder to be found even days after a storm if you don't mind the hike along Summit Ridge. The ski-out from the bottom of the Bowl (after Funnel) however is not great. They could use a lift there instead of having to ski all the way to the bottom. No lift lines at Champagne Express or Summit Quad and maximum 5 minutes at Mile One Quad. The steeps, glades and bowls are as good as anywhere. Those complaining of ice obviously have not skied there this winter. Also, Panorama is very affordable compared to other big resorts and the scenery is breath-taking.
February 28, 2011
Peter
Peter
I've been skiing more than 40 years with close to 100 different
ski resorts under my skis from Euorpe, North and South America. Panorama cannot be rated near the top by any means. Tayton Bowl expert terrain is a lot of marketing hype when compared to the bowls at Fernie, Revelstoke, Kicking Horse or Lake Louise. Grooming is second rate although on many occasions the "ice" is first class.... thus the reputation "Iceorama".
Yes it's a great family resort and they don't have any long queues, since most skiers are at the aforementioned resorts
February 22, 2011
Rick
Rick
Just returned from a 3 day weekend of skiing with my family at Panorama (Panorama Mountain Village). I have been going there for around 5 yrs now as I find it an excellent hill for my family. We ski everything from the lower groomers to Taynton Bowl and the Extreme Dream Zone. The snow this year is just excellent. Everything off the Summit was in the best shape I've ever seen it. My sons' found fresh tracks in Taynton Bowl 5 days after the last major snowfall and there were pockets of fresh in the trees as well. The Sun Bowl and Founders Ridge were both a total blast to ski. If you are finding ice in some of the main runs near the lifts, you really don't have to look very far to find the soft stuff. Get off the main runs and explore!
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