Revelstoke holds the biggest vertical drop in North America, 1713 metres of skiing from summit to base, served by just seven lifts and famous for the deepest, driest powder in interior British Columbia. Family-owned, slightly raw, with a small old railway town at the bottom of the hill.
Revelstoke is a ski resort with genuine ski-in/ski-out hotels in Canada, in the BC Interior. The village sits at 512 m and the lifts top out at 2225 m, with 260 km of pistes and 7 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 95/100, and the season usually runs Dec 1 → Apr 14.
How we score and classify resortsRun counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Excellent · 1.1k reviews
Moments from the lifts in Revelstoke, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.6/5 from 1,056 reviews). It sits about 350 m from the slopes. A mid-range option for Revelstoke, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Very good · 1.0k reviews
Strong value for Revelstoke, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Excellent · 365 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Revelstoke, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Great · 401 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Revelstoke.
Excellent · 113 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Revelstoke.
Very good · 15 reviews
Strong value for Revelstoke, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
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True ski-in/ski-out is limited to the Sutton Place Hotel and a handful of condos right at the Revelation Gondola plaza. Everywhere else in town, expect a five to ten minute drive or a free shuttle to the base, all part of Revelstoke's small-resort charm.
Revelstoke is the youngest big mountain in Canada, opened in 2007 and still privately owned. The numbers are striking: 1700 hectares of marked terrain, 260 km of pistes, 13 greens, 27 blues, 14 reds and 21 blacks, all served by seven lifts that each access enormous, gladed, ungroomed pods of the Selkirk Mountains. The Revelation Gondola and the Stoke Chair stack 1713 m of vertical between them, the most in North America, and the snow is almost always cold and dry: the interior BC snowbelt simply piles up. There is genuine beginner ground low on the mountain, but Revelstoke is built for intermediates who want to learn trees and for advanced skiers who came for the steeps in Greely Bowl and North Bowl. Cat-skiing and heli ops add hundreds of square kilometres if the resort feels small. Revelstoke town, population about 8000, sits on the Trans-Canada Highway at the bottom, an old railway and logging hub with a real grocery store, bakeries, microbreweries and zero pretension. Closest airports are Kelowna, two hours west, and Calgary, four hours east.
Hotels and apartments around the lifts. Compare prices on Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
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Revelstoke offers 260 km of pistes across 7 lifts, from 512 m to 2225 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 1 to Apr 14, with a snow score of 95/100. The best conditions are usually from late January through February, while spring skiing in March and April brings longer days and softer afternoons.
True ski-in/ski-out is limited to the Sutton Place Hotel and a handful of condos right at the Revelation Gondola plaza. Everywhere else in town, expect a five to ten minute drive or a free shuttle to the base, all part of Revelstoke's small-resort charm.
Revelstoke has 260 km of marked pistes served by 7 lifts, between 512 m and 2225 m of altitude.
Revelstoke counts about 75 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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