Don’t let lack of communication cast a dark cloud on your Family ski getaway: invest in some radios.

Cell phones are awesome: you can do just about anything with them! And there is the rub, what would you do WITHOUT yours.

Every year countless skiers lose their cell phones in the snow. It can happen during a crash, fall out of your pocket or worse of all drop it off the chairlift.

Ski Canada has taken notice what an amazing destination Kimberley BC is, by dolling out numerous awards to our soon-to-be-not-so-secret ski resort.

Tourism Kimberley, Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Rocky’s Ski and Snowboard, The Kimberley Chamber, Trickle Creek Gallery, Kimberley Snowmobile Tours and Boardstiff have sponsored a community New Year’s Eve Event at the Kimberley Alpine Resort.

The fun begins at 5:30 p.m. with glow stick night skiing. There will be an organized run at 8:30 just before the fireworks go off and we will all ski down together with our glow sticks.

At 7 p.m. come up to the plaza and enjoy the McKim DJ club featuring DJ Peter Parker and The Reece Master. There is no cost so come on up and enjoy!

Enjoy the fireworks from the base, the show begins at 9 p.m.

The Stemwinder is hosting a New Years Eve Party with the music of New Moon. They will be having a pizza buffet at midnight along with bubbly and party favors for more information or to book tickets call 250-432-0304.

The skating rink will be open until 10 p.m. with the fire lit.

Enjoy the Nordic Club’s  3 km Torch and Candle-lit Cross Country Ski Run at the nordic trails from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Why not treat that someone special in your life to a really memorable start to the New Year?

What a Perfect Day!  Our small maintenance team worked this morning on a few outstanding jobs and then headed down to Kimberley Snowmobile Adventures (KSA) just after lunch for a Familiarization Tour.  Jeff & Leah (KSA) very kindly asked local businesses if they and their staff would like a Free snowmobile tour…….let me think about that for 1 little second, YES PLEASE!!  So we geared up and headed out with Jeff in to a quiet spot just outside of town, just 10 minutes drive but now feeling like we were in the middle of nowhere.  He has bought a few more machines this year so we had chance to swap around and test them all out; he definitely has one for all abilities.

Kimberley Alpine Resort will be open again this weekend! The hill will then close for the following week before a full opening next weekend (December 17th).

Vivian Oakley graciously donated film footage of Kimberley’s Ski heritage. The footage is not limited to North Star Mountian, it also includes the Ski Jump that was located on Overwaitea Hill.

Kimberley Alpine Resort will now open on Saturday, December 3 and 4, 2011. It will then close for the week, open again for the weekend December 10 and 11, and resume full operations on December 16, 2011.

Kimberley, BC – Kimberley Alpine Resort has completed the second phase of enhancements to the famed Easter Chair. In phase one Kimberley Alpine Resort built an alpine themed building to house the bottom lift drive terminal and also completed a restroom near the top station unload so guests can enjoy one of the four mountain faces without having to return to the base area.

A huge snowfall has buried Kimberley Alpine Resort! Recent heavy snowfall has brought an early Christmas present for skiers and riders at Kimberley Alpine Resort – an early opening! The first weekend of operations will be a preview weekend on December 3rd & 4th. 7-Day a week operation will start on Friday December 16th, 2011.