Without a doubt, 2011-2012 ski season will go down in the history books as one of the best seasons in recent memory. This last week’s pummelling of powder has been relentless, and has everyone talking.

The morning of the 21st, started with crystal blue skies and 21 inches of powder. Thats right – 21 inches of fresh pow – in the third week of March!

This was not heavy snow either – we are talking about premium champagne powder!

With no lift lines, the skiing could not have been better.

The grooming was perfect because they did not hit too many runs, leaving lots of first tracks for all. The runs that were groomed left lots of powder on the sides so you could dip into the deep for a couple of turns, then back to the corduroy.

If there was one downside, it could be seen in the terrain park. There was so much snow that a lot of the features were literally buried, and needed to be dug out.

This last snow fall brought this week’s total to 154 cms!

If you can spare the time, then head out to Kimberley, there has never been a better time to enjoy some incredible spring skiing!

With the seemingly never ending snowfall that is hitting Kimberley, there has never been a better time to book a Ski Getaway. An astounding 90cm+ has fallen in the last 7 days, and it does not show any sign of letting up.

Can it get any better than that? Yes, it can! We have some great ski-in ski-out units available! Some have a private hot tub!

Once you have your accommodations sorted, here are a couple of checklists:

One of the great things about Kimberley is the Glades. As a long time resident of Kimberley, and a card carrying member of the locals club, when I first saw the glades I was less than impressed.

Now, I can tell you that I have pulled a complete 180.

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.