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Will it be another La Niña Winter? What is Environment Canada predicting?

Canada – We interrupt your summer with a snowy update.  La Niña winter is in the forecast!  You’ve probably heard a lot of talk about La Niña or sometimes El Niño, so what do they really mean?  During El Niño, trade winds weaken, warm water is pushed back east, toward the west coast of the Americas resulting in

Nakiska Ski Area – 2023.24 First Preview Weekend Announcement

October 31st, 2023 – Kananaskis, AB – ‘Snow Season’ begins, Nakiska Ski Area, usually Canada’s first ski area to open, will kick-off the 2023/24 Ski Season, this weekend, operating Saturday (Nov 4) and Sunday (Nov 5). Calgary, Alberta’s closest mountain ski area, Nakiska, was recently hit with a major snowstorm turning the peaks of K-Country into

RESORTS OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES JOIN THE EPIC AUSTRALIA PASS

STARTING WITH THE 2023/24 SEASON, EPIC AUSTRALIA PASS HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE FIVE COMBINED DAYS AT THE RESORTS OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES Epic Australia Pass Holders will receive five combined days at the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies – including Fernie Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort and Kimberley Alpine Resort in British Columbia, Nakiska in Alberta, and Mont-Sainte-Anne and Stoneham in Quebec – starting with the 2023/24 Northern Hemisphere winter

Introducing New Canadians to Winter Sports

We’re very proud to continue working with Snowseekers in the #NewSkiAB initiative, supporting new comers to Canada to learn winter sports and enjoy the mountains.  This season we hosted Cong, from Vietnam and Peter, from Hong Kong.  Follow their journey to falling in love with skiing on the Snowseekers website. Watch Peter & Cong learn

New season, new systems

New season, new systems! How to smooth out your first day on the slopes. Well, here we are!  We’ve made it to another ski season during a pandemic, and while some regulations will stay the same as last season, we are also dealing with a few new ones. Here are some guidelines to help make

Our Earliest Preview Weekend in our 31 Year History!

Trick? Or Treat?  It’s not a trick…..but it certainly is a treat!  Here at Nakiska Ski Area we have been lucky to have Mother Nature give us some of the biggest and earliest significant snow storms we’ve ever seen, allowing us to start snowmaking at a roaring pace and to open the resort for skiing/riding

Nakiska Ski Area – Earliest Preview Weekend on Record

October 16, 2019 – Kananaskis, AB – Trick? Or Treat?  It’s not a trick…..but it certainly is a treat!  Here at Nakiska Ski Area we have been lucky to have Mother Nature give us some of the biggest and earliest significant snow storms we’ve ever seen, allowing us to start snowmaking at a roaring pace and

Nakiska Ski Area Starts Snowmaking in September

October 1, 2019 – Kananaskis, AB – with the arrival of the September storm in Western Canada, Nakiska Ski Area (located near Banff, AB) was able to start snowmaking in what is likely to be the earliest time on record.  Snowmaking commenced on Saturday, September 28th with hopes to continue it throughout October and into the

Nakiska will be among first in Canada to open for skiing/riding

November 6, 2018 – Kananaskis, AB – with Mother Nature providing us with some cooler temperatures over the last week, we’ve been able to work hard at our snowmaking and will open with early season conditions at 12:30 pm on Friday, November 9th!  Operations will continue this Saturday & Sunday, we will remain open weekends throughout

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Your Journey Begins Here: An Introduction to the Sport of Ski Racing

As you explore the many options being presented to your family for outdoor winter sport activity, we at the Alberta Alpine Ski Association thought we would take this opportunity to introduce your family to ski racing – a truly family sport. Alberta Alpine is the governing body for alpine and ski cross racing in Alberta.