Big White Recenzie

Vždy opisujem BW ako rozdelené na dve časti: lyžiarske stredisko - Ridge Chair do Čierneho lesa, kde lyžuje väčšina ľudí a je tam niekoľko vlekov a prevádzka, a lyžiarska oblasť - Ridge to Gem (pridajte Cliff Chair), kam chodia ľudia, ktorí poznajú oblasť a sú lepší lyžiari. Veľmi málo vlekov a zjazdovky/stromy/mimo zjazdovky len pre vás. Skvelá hodnota pre držiteľov sezónnych permanentiek.

• Celkovo najlepšia voľba pre kvalitu snehu
• viditeľnosť pri novom snehu a teplejších teplotách (nielen kvôli čiernej vode)

Toto je úprimne povedané najlepšie stredisko, v akom som kedy bol. Prakticky tu NEMÁME vleky a lanovky. To nedáva zmysel, pretože sneh a dedina sú úžasné!

• Šampanský prášok, inverzie
• Kelowna je náčrt

Navštevujem toto stredisko už 10 rokov. Som miestny a budem si naďalej kupovať sezónne permanentky v najlepšom lyžiarskom stredisku na svete.

• Toľko snehu
• trochu hmly

Nemám tušenie, o čom Cody W hovorí... BW nemá ani zasnežovací stroj a v porovnaní s Whistlerom tu nie sú žiadne vleky.

• Lanovky, sneh, rôzne druhy zjazdoviek
• Hmla na začiatku sezóny (ale do februára/marca zmizla)

Moje obľúbené letovisko

• Skvelý terén, ľahko sa v ňom orientuje aj pri bokoch, keďže terén je tvorený vápennou stenou. Skvelá dedina, prístup k zjazdovkám a dobrý prašan.
• Viditeľnosť

Skvelý kopec s rýchlym prístupom cez letisko Kelowna, 1 hodina jazdy autom. Snehová pokrývka nadpriemerná pre stredisko bez umelého zasnežovania. Veľký výber apartmánov s možnosťou ubytovania priamo na lyžiarskom svahu. Ak je to možné, skúste sa ubytovať v dedinke. Slušná strava. Sezónne permanentky sú za skvelú cenu.

• Skvelé upravené lyžiarske strediská a prístup k zjazdovkám
• Viz môže byť niekedy náročný.

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.

• Beautiful weather and trails
• Everything Overpriced. No shuttle or transport around the town centre anymore. $200 for a sweater in a shop in the town square.

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.

• Decent mountain if ya like man made snow
• Over priced, busy, fake snow, rocks

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.

• Snow. Gem lake’s length. Lots of tree skiing
• Visibility can be poor at top of mountain

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.

• The mountain, the snow, the variety
• Visibility sucks often, staff aren't great with math