The Stoke Chair and Revelation Gondola are now closed due to high winds. However, any guests lucky enough to be on the Ripper Chair can continue skiing and enjoy the new snow and great conditions!
Anyone skiing today, including season pass holders and guests who purchased lift tickets, will receive two complimentary lift tickets good until the end of the season. YOU MUST STOP BY GUEST SERVICES BEFORE 4:00 TODAY WITH YOUR TICKET OR SCANNED PASS TO RECEIVE YOUR SNOW CHECKS!
Due to high winds, the Stoke Lift is currently closed. The Revelation Gondola and the Ripper Chair are both open, and a snowcat will be shuttling riders from the top of the Gondola over to the Ripper Connector so you can still keep riding.
I will update you as soon as it re-opens. North Bowl is going to be amazing once this storm is over!
We’ve revised our free shuttle schedule effective today. Please check out the revised schedule on our website. Looking forward to seeing you on the slopes!
The annual Revy Rail Jam is back again in Grizzly Plaza! This Saturday, come cheer on competitors or enter the competition!
Organizers bring over 50 dump trucks of snow right downtown to Grizzly Plaza in Revelstoke and shape a rail and jib course for snowboarders and skiers.
This open competition is limited to 100 competitors who will compete for over $6000 in prizes such as snowboards from Burton and Never Summer, skis from Salomon and Dynastar, cat skiing, and more!
Registration is $10 for groms aged 13 and under, and $25 for those aged 14 and up. This includes a membership to the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association, registration kit and event T-Shirt.
Registration forms are available at the Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce, The Powder Springs Hotel, The Last Drop, Revelstoke Mountain Resort and online at www.revyrailjam.com
Don’t miss this awesome Revy event! The street will be packed with spectators, and live music will be pumping from local band Blindspot.
Come up the Revelation Gondola for a Mile High Ball Hockey Game at Revelstoke Mountain Resort in celebration of Revelstoke’s bid to be Hockeyville 2010!
In the spirit of Hockeyville 2010, Revelstoke Mountain Resort is hosting the “Mile High Ball Hockey Game” on Sunday, March 7, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the top of the Revelation Gondola. This is a family event and open to kids of all ages. There will be no charge to ride the Gondola as a foot passenger, but you must still pick up a ticket from the Guest Services counter in Nelsen Lodge. Please bring your helmet, gloves, and stick. Food and beverage service available in the Mackenzie Outpost.
Revelstoke Mountain Resort is proud to support Revelstoke’s attempt to become Hockeyville 2010. Kraft Hockeyville 2010, presented by Kraft Canada Inc., the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, NHL Enterprises Canada, L.P., and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (collectively, the “Sponsors”), is the unique and exciting competition designed to find out which Canadian hockey community stands above all the others. Kraft Hockeyville 2010 (the “Competition”) will seek out the best Kraft Hockeyville 2010 Community. It’s the ultimate Canadian competition!
The winning Kraft Hockeyville 2010 Community will win the experience of a lifetime, including:
Come out and support Hockey in Revelstoke. Revelstoke is Hockeyville! Find out more at www.revelstokehockeyville.com
Check out photos posted on Facebook from today’s Helly Hansen Big Mountain Battle at Revelstoke Mountain Resort! Head over to our Facebook group for the full album.
Get out there in the snow today and take some snowy skiing pics on the mountain! Send your snapshots to kkempton@revelstokemountainresort.com by 6:00 pm tonight, and our favourite shot will win entry into the Helly Hansen Big Mountain Battle happening on Saturday, March 6 at Revelstoke Mountain Resort!
Most importantly, have a great day on the mountain! We’ve got some new snow, and it’s going to be fantastic up there.
Commemorating Canada’s largest avalanche accident – the 1910 Avalanche in Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park, BC
March 4, 1910: In a late-evening blizzard, CPR Road Master John Anderson toiled alongside 60 men to clear an avalanche that had covered hundreds of metres of track near the summit of Rogers Pass, BC. As the workers and their machinery punched a trench through the deep snow on the tracks, Anderson walked to the watchman’s shack to advise the Revelstoke dispatcher of their progress. On his return, he was met with an eerie silence. A second avalanche had come down from the other side of the valley, entombing the workers and taking 58 lives.
Since that fateful night, little has changed in the mountain environment; yet everything has changed in the way we interact with the many elements that create avalanches and avalanche hazard. Today, Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park is not only a vital transportation corridor but also home to some of the world’s most advanced avalanche risk management programs and research in avalanche science. During the centennial year of this tragedy, the organizing committee invites you to join in telling the story of this accident and how it helped set the stage for the myriad of changes that allow Canadians and our visitors to travel safely through the stunning beauty of our mountains in winter.
On Thursday, March 4, 2010, please join Revelstoke residents, visitors and special guests for the 1910 Avalanche Memorial Service at 7:00 pm in Grizzly Plaza.
Join us as we remember the men who died, and the impact that this event had on the community and on the railway. The memorial service will include telling the 1910 Avalanche story, prayers (both Christian and Buddhist), community choir singing, roll call of names of the deceased, candlelight vigil, display of over 8,000 Senbazuru cranes, a howitzer gun salute by the Canadian Forces (the first time the Howitzer has been shot off in Revelstoke!), and comments from the community, historians, and descendants of those involved in the avalanche. Revelstoke Mountain Resort Pro Patroller Tomo Fujimura has played an integral role in piecing together the stories behind individuals who died in the avalanche, and his wife Yuko organized the Senbazuru crane effort. On March 4, relatives of victim Mannosuke Yamaji will be on hand for the 1910 Avalanche Memorial Service at Grizzly Plaza in Revelstoke.
The organizing committee is made up of Parks Canada, the Friends of Mt. Revelstoke & Glacier National Parks, Revelstoke Museum & Archives, the Revelstoke Railway Museum, Canadian Pacific, and the Canadian Avalanche Association and Canadian Avalanche Centre – many thanks to everyone involved in this commemoration.
The Crane Project and Japanese Connection
Discovered only recently, 32 of the 58 men were of Japanese origin. It is believed that if you fold 1,000 origami paper cranes and link them together (called a Senbazuru), your wish will come true. Countless school children, community groups, businesses and individuals in Revelstoke, Golden, Kelowna, Vancouver, Calgary, Ontario,Arizona and beyond, have been folding cranes to make a wish “to never see such a tragedy again”. Over 8,000 cranes have already been returned to Revelstoke for an outdoor presentation during the March 4 Memorial Service! Watch the animated video to learn more about the 1910 Avalanche and its connection to the crane project:
Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle is going into its 2nd exciting season and its 1st time at RMR, and we want to invite you to join in the fun and excitement of a little adventure on the mountain you thought you already knew. We want to take you to corners of the mountain you may not have been to for years, send you hiking up climbs, and go searching in the woods for checkpoints. You get to do it all with a buddy and get tracked in real time GPS by our friends at Flaik. Register online at http://shop.flaik.com/bmb1.
This is a team-based event, which is open to all ages/levels and allows exploration of the entire mountain! Each team of 2 must cover off all the checkpoints around the mountain that will utilize certain lifts and incorporate hiking sections and will all be tracked by Flaik GPS. The top three teams with the best times to complete all checkpoints, runs and hill climbs will be awarded prizing.
The winning team to complete all checkpoints, runs, lifts and hill climbs from each event will win a trip to Aspen/Snowmass to represent Revelstoke Mountain Resort in the final Battle in the Bowls. This grand prize package will include airfare, accommodations, a little shopping at the Aspen HH store and entry to the final Battle in the Bowls. How awesome is that!?!
For full event details, check out http://www.bigmountainbattle.com/.
Cost: $75 per team of 2 which includes 2 pieces of Helly Hansen Baselayer worth $45 each
Registration: Online pre-Registration closes Thursday, March 4 at midnight. Register at http://shop.flaik.com/bmb1
Check-in: 8am – 9:30 am at the Revelstoke Outdoors Centre – 10am Start At the bottom of The Stoke. Registration on the day of is also offered but will be $10 more per person
Awards/Prizing: 1:30 – At the Plaza outside Nelsen Lodge. HH is known for great prizes from their sponsors but you have to be there to win!
Discounted Lift Tickets: If you DO NOT have a seasons pass then you will be able to purchase a lift ticket for the event at a discounted rate of 50%!
Here are some awesome photos from Colin Titsworth, our STHS employee who has been working at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games building the ski and snowboard cross course. Thanks Colin!
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