For Immediate Release: November 3rd, 2015 NAKISKA SKI AREA WHAT’S NEWCAST FOR THE 2015/2016 SKI SEASON Kananaskis, AB – Nakiska Ski Area has undergone some major upgrades in the last few season including expansions to the tube park, ticket area, food & beverage outlets and parking lots. Here are some of the upgrades being done for
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Nakiska Ski Area is well known for a few things, including its super long ski season and often being the earliest resort in Canada to open as well as it’s immaculately groomed, wide, Olympic sized runs and also its snowmaking abilities. Nakiska is a public ski resort today, however, it owes its entire existence to
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So far, Mother Nature is in a great mood (that’s what we think anyways). She’s been recently bringing the snow to Nakiska and lowering the temperatures to allow us to increase production on our snowmaking! Our weekend opening date is scheduled for November 7th – stay tuned to our online events calendar and Facebook page
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Imagine this; you wake up from your slumber early, really early. And you’re not getting back to sleep. What do you do? What do most of us do? Grab our smart phones. Now, when you grab your phone you’ll have the ability to get the most up to date information for snow conditions, weather reports,
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For Immediate Release: October 13th, 2015 TREES ARE FOR GLADES AT RESORTS OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR), Canada’s largest private ski resort operator, has committed to doing more to lessen their environmental footprint. For this fall season leading up to winter, RCR, which includes Fernie Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Mountain
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We like white on green here at Resorts of the Canadian Rockies; lots and lots of snow on our mountains and all over the trees on those mountains too. Because if you’ve never come rocketing through the glades, ripping up and down the natural moguls with powder hitting you in your grinning face until you
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New York, NY (September 21, 2015) – New York City-based OutdoorFest is expanding their popular Mappy Hour program internationally to Calgary this October. The monthly community building event, known as “the happy hour for outdoor enthusiasts,” successfully launched in New York City in early 2014 and Washington D.C. in January 2015. Past event hosts have
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Our tentative weekend opening date for the 2015/2016 season will be Saturday November 7th, with full opening tentatively on December 4th. With a few snowstorms already having hit Kananaskis, hopefully it’s a foreshadow of a great winter! See who else is going on opening day – join our Facebook event. See our online events calendar for
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9th, 2015 Mountainfilm on Tour to Arrive in Calgary at The Gateway on October 21st Calgary, AB, Canada – Mountainfilm on Tour brings inspiration and education about important issues to audiences around the world. The tour will soon visit Calgary at The Gateway on the SAIT Campus on October 21st with
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For Immediate Release: August 27th, 2015 Kananaskis, AB – We’re making some exciting ‘behind the scene’ upgrades over the summer to our snowmaking system including rerouting & cooling. This major new snowmaking project, currently underway, will not only enhance the skiing and riding experience but also to reduce use of water during the cooling process.
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