Snowsure: 4.2
- 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
- Revelstoke Mountain Resort is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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March 28, 2012
Jeremy
Jeremy
I ski the Rockies, Coastal BC and some Continental US (Rockies), I've never skied Europe, so I can't compare Revy to anything overseas.
The best feature of Revy, IMHO, is its glades. There are thousands of acres of glades that hold the soft snow, with the top half of the mountain holding the best and most dependable conditions. In the glades are hidden most of Revy's goods... chutes, cliffs, pillows, gullies, and good snow, with little traffic.
High alpine/steeps/open bowls is somewhat limited and gets tracked out rather quickly. If you like that stuff, Kicking Horse, Louise, Fernie, Castle and even Sunshine are better options.
I like a few of the frontside groomers. Pitch Black is 4000' of nice natural (rarely groomed) cruising without many moguls. Other groomers are variable but nothing I would call special.
I agree that the lower 2/3 to 1/2 of the mountain often has less than ideal snow conditions. This is too bad as there are more rocking glades down there as well.
A pleasant surprise for me was, although the dining options are limited, I found the food by far the best in quality for its price out of any resort I've eaten at in recent memory.
So to summarize... glades, glades, glades (with hidden treasures and hazards)... everything else... just ok.
March 27, 2012
Austin
Austin
This was my 3rd year at Revelstoke and the hill has definitely changed a lot including owners... The new owners are total tightwads and actually cut the season short this year! They moved back the closing date by 2 weeks just to save money. It certainly wasn't for a lack of snow as our base is near 3 meters. This was unannounced and definitely unwelcome to those whose ski season was just cut short. The hill has gotten busier and the lines longer which no doubt helped pay the bills; but it's unfortunate that the operators of the hill have tarnished their image by being so cheap and pissing off the passholders. I for one am no longer supporting RMR over this poor decision. Beside, Jumbos opening soon hopefully their operators can keep their head out of their asses!
Beware booking with RMR, they might just change their minds...
March 21, 2012
Love Lundgren from
Sweden
Love Lundgren from
Sweden
Ok, here we go.
I've soon done a full season here in Revelstoke (opening-closing). Sure, the mountain gets quite a lot of snow but the light stuff days can be counted on 1 hand (and this is the best snowyear so far according to their homepage, statistics and every local I talk to).
There are basically 4 places to go if you are looking for powder. South bowl, North bowl, Greely bowl and Montana bowl.
Inbound skiing is just to forget unless you like moguls or wait in line 2 hours before lifts open and then you still get like 3 good runs.
Southbowl/montanabowl can be accessed in 2 ways and traversing+hike or simply hiking both in and out. Depending on what you choose you get a 1-3 min tree run but since the cat ski runs in the same place, it's tracked out half of the time. hiking is between 10-20 min there and 10-20 min out. There are no pillows or anything interesting in these bowls but the snow can be deep. Northbowl is accessed by traversing like 5 min and has some pretty gnarly cliffs if one is up for that. However, since it's easy to get to and the bowl itself is rather small with little vertical, it's tracked out before lunch. To get back, you simply ski a blue groomer for 5-8 min to get back to the lift.
Greely bowl requires a 15 min hike to get into. It's not really a run, but rather a series of runs. You ski down 1 min, hike up, ski down 1 min again, hike up the next hill and continue doing so until you get to a ravine which ends up at a cat track. The traverse back takes 10 min.
So those are the places to go if you want decent snow.
Despite what people say, there is no skiing below the Stoke and Ripper chair. The snow is simply turning to slush or ice there. Sure 2-4 runs this season I was lucky to ski down there with decent snow but the powder turns to slush before the day is over and then freezes.
Groomers are REALLY long but are not really for cruising since they are crossed by traverses and easy groomers which makes really sharp edgy speedbumps. Also, they usually only groom the slopes 3-4 times a week which makes for some 4000 ft mogul runs the days they skip the grooming.
On mountain facilities simply does not exist and the bus to and from the slope is almost 200 CAD/season or 4 CAD/pp per day.
The mountain itself is not that bad, actually it's quite good. However it's NOT as good as people and the hype says.
It's off-piste vertical is NOTHING like the Alps. You hike A LOT and get good skiing but each lap in e.g Southbowl with 1,5 min skiing takes 1 hour.
The groomers are long but they are pretty poor if you compare to other places especially in Europe.
The reason some people say this place is the best can be told with a simple observation.
On powder days, the line-ups are CRAZY, right up there with Whistler. Anyway, everyone is super stoked. Once you get up the Stoke chair, you look down at people skiing tracked out tree skiing just to the left of the chair. A little later you hear that same person talk about that wicked untouched powder run he'd just had off the left of the Stoke.
People who hype this place simply has a different perspective. Sure, the mountain has nice vertical and lots of snow but you can't use that vertical and snow below the Stoke. That means that the mountain's 4 lifts are transformed to 1 and it's 5,620 ft is more like 1100 ft.
So to summarize what Revelstoke is to me.
35 ft of snow average
1100 ft vertical
often foggy
1 lift
huge cliffs
nice glades
nice people
If this is what you are looking for, come here and have a blast, if not, well go where they offer what you are looking for.
March 12, 2012
Ian dude
Ian dude
March 11, 2012
John
John
Today I was at the Revelstoke mtn resort which I've been coming to for years and love it (me and the 8 athletes and 15 parents in the ski club.) The ski club that I run come here 2 times a season for 3 days at a time. In the future it will be debatable if we come back cuz of the greeting that the patroller gave me. They cut my pass for doing a foot hoop in a slow zone while I was going slow. I was just having fun in the powder like everyone else was doing. Threaded to call the RCMP which I don't know if he did or not. But he was try to intimidate me with that. There was a slow sign which I am not arguing, I was going slow, there wasn't a no having fun sign. I didn't know but what they do is cut your pass for that. So be careful in a slow zone, don't have too much fun. I could take the review off this site if I could have my pass back. But it doesn't look like there ready to do so.
John at [email protected]
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February 27, 2012
Jimmy Gray from
United Kingdom
Jimmy Gray from
United Kingdom
I have recently returned from Revelstoke and can honestly say that it is the most exciting skiing I have ever done. With the lift, heli and cat skiing on offer you simply won't get bored. The mountain resort has amazing lines with a hugely impressive terrain, making most of Europe seem dull!!
Would recommend Revelstoke to anyone looking for a new skiing challenge as it is the best I've ever experienced. Deep snow and small numbers of people for the amount of terrain on offer = fresh lines all day!!
February 24, 2012
Chris Kirkland from
United Kingdom
Chris Kirkland from
United Kingdom
I am an avid skier. I have been going to Whistler for the last 17 years. I have also skied a lot in Europe. Last week I went to Revelstoke. It is the best ski resort in the world. Imagine what Whistler was 20 years ago before the crowds. A huge mountain with great terrain and loads of snow. Don't go if you like piste skiing and long lunches.
November 30, 2011
ron feast
ron feast
Love ungroomed terrain, surf unpatrolled coast as well. Staying in Sunpeaks Feb/March (1 month) with the only option for revie the Thursday shuttle. If I need to change places that's fine as it seems being a tourist maybe booked the wrong place. Wild and wooly is more my go. See you there. Old (mature aged) Dog.
October 26, 2011
CPischke
CPischke
Awesome hill, ridiculously long runs in the mid-season, when the bottom half of the hill isn't going from ice to slush throughout the day. Which is not a big deal, most of the good terrain is off of the Stoke chair or the Ripper anyway.
The management at the hill claims the mountain gets 40-60 feet a year, which may be true for areas around RMR (the Monashees and the Selkirks mostly) but not on the actual mountain. The 2010-11 season hit about 35 feet of snow, but keeping in mind that that season was a fantastic snow year. This all being said, the snow report is very accurate, certainly no lies there.
Aside from the snowfall claims, the resort is absolutely fantastic. Nicely spaced trees on most of the upper mountain, and in the glade areas on the lower half. The fall lines never really seem to end, and cliff drops and powder kegs abound for those who venture into the amazingly vast off-piste terrain (you might have to go deeper into the trees to find the best powder; most people just dip in and out of them). For those who prefer the groomed runs, Jalapeno, Hot Sauce and Roller Coaster are great for those who enjoy fast cruisers.
All in all, an awesome hill with great terrain, unreal tree skiing, new and fast lifts, and (my favorite) insane amounts of gorgeous powder, even weeks after a big dump you can still find isolated pockets of the untouched stuff. Not for those who like to go for a massage and some shopping after skiing: more of a hardcore skiers mountain. Not much for amenities.
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