Silver Star,BC, Canada

You will fall in love with Silver Star's quaint Victorian resort. The brightly coloured stores and boarded sidewalks provide an ambience that radiate fun and excitement for the whole family.

Getting there is also easy. Fly into Kelowna and it is only 45 minutes to the famous Okanagan powder.

Silver Star is known for its reliable snow with an average of 700 plus cm per year. All of this great snow combined with relatively mild weather in January, makes Silver Star the perfect resort for lots of family fun in the sun and fresh Canadian powder.

The ski-in/ski-out properties are ideal for families and the well-renowned Star Kids Centre helps to make family holidays a breeze. Located in the village, Silver Star is known for its great tubing park "Tube Town" and their tube lift means you can make run after run without hiking back to the top.

Silver Star also offers snowmobiling, sleigh rides, ice skating and snow shoeing to keep the kids busy, and for the more adventurous skiers, Silver Star also has the unrivalled Telus Park which includes a terrain park and rail garden, regular half-pipe, aerial training site, dual moguls race course and race centre.

Whatever mood you are in after an activity packed day, Silver Star has plenty of evening entertainment to suit you and your family. From rustic, pub-style bars and lounges, to live entertainment at The Den Bistro & Bar. The only hard thing will be deciding what to choose.

12 Days of Christmas at Silver Star's Snowbird Lodge

Set in the charming snow covered village of Silver Star Mountain, there is no better place to start the holiday season.
Silver Star's 12 days of Christmas celebration at Snowbird Lodge starts 14 Dec 2010 and runs right up to Christmas Day. Each night takes in a different activity including carols, Christmas stories, and hot chocolate and cookies by the fireplace. Let this Christmas be a memory the whole family will remember forever.

Day 1 - Let your creativity flow in making your own Christmas decorations
Day 2 - Help in decorating the Snowbird club with Christmas crafts and lights
Day 3 - Singing all your favourite Christmas carols
Day 4 - Create and decorate your very own Christmas cards to send to loved ones
Day 5 - All day Christmas movie marathon
Day 6 - Carol sing along with hot chocolates, hot apple cider and cookies
Day 7 - Christmas craft making, snowmans, and angels
Day 8 - Evening skating on Brewers Pond
Day 9 - Join Vernon Community Singers Christmas caroling around the village
Day 10 - Christmas trivia night
Day 11 - All day Christmas movie marathon
Day 12 - Christmas Day! - Join Santa and the merry cheers throughout the village.

Local Tips: Big White

Jim Loyd, Big White's Sales Director, has lived, worked and raised a family in Big White. We asked Jim to share his local knowledge and recommendations, on how to make the most out of a holiday to Big White.

Lift and Runs
Jumps and Bumps: Dragons Tonque off Snow Ghost Express, Flagpole off the Powder Chair and International off the Bullet Express.
Cruising Runs: Big White has 118 runs, with many cruising runs. A few favourites are: Blue Sapphire, Sun Run and Exhibition.
Glade Skiing: The Whitefoot Bowl on the Falcon Chair, Sun-Rype bowl off the Gem Lake Express and the Black Forest Glades of the Black Forest Express. Come and explore.
Powder Days: Amazing!! Big White known its Champagne powder snow. In the trees or on the runs, everywhere is sensational! The Cliff is like heli skiing!!
Terrain Park: TELUS Park is the Okanagan's largest, lifted terrain park, which boasts a snow cross course, rails and features of all sizes.
Late Afternoon: Top of the Alpine, Sun Run says it all, or Born to Run off the Snow Ghost Express
Early Morning: Paradise, Sundance, Powder Keg and Kalina's Rainbow are all great warm up runs.
Most Challenging: The Cliff, an epic steep run on a powder day!

Restaurants
Great Value: Copper Kettle Grill has something for everyone from burgers and steak to choices for the kids.
Pizza: The Underground Bakery is the best with their hand made crust, and they deliver!
Steak: Kettle Valley Steakhouse not only has great steaks but also serves venison for the more adventurous diner.
On Mountain: All of our restaurants are on-mountain. The Swiss Bear in the Chateau Big White has a European flair.
Sushi: A small selection of sushi is served at Beanos Coffee Shop in the Village Centre mall. Beanos also make the best coffee.
Fine Dining: 6 Degrees Bistro is a great place to enjoy fantastic food paired with excellent wine and a cosy atmosphere.
Family Restaurant: Sam's Dining Room is a quiet place for a family get together and don't forget the gun barrel coffees for mum and dad!
Lunch: Gigi's lunch special. $10 for a panini, plus a choice of 2 out of 3:soup, salad, fries.

Bars
Apres: Happy Valley Day Lodge is the place for apres, with live music from 4-6pm for families and for those wanting to partake in a few beverages.
Cocktail: Gigi's has a great comfortable lounge with a fantastic bar and professional mixologists.
Pub: Snowshoe Sam's in the place to go for a beer and watch the game. Rated Canada's #1 Apres ski bar for good reason.
Night Club: Snowshoe Sam's often has live music and a great place to party the night away.
Dance: Sam's and Raakel's is where most live music is and where we rock out on the dance floor
Deck View: Carver's Deck looks over the valley to the Monashee mountains, it's absolutely spectacular.

Activities
Off Mountain Activities: Activities include dog sledding, snowmobiling, horse drawn sleigh rides, tubing, skating, snowshoeing and spas to name a few.
Kids Activities: Our top notch kid's centre has the most friendly instructors and staff and run several evening kids activities including skating parties, and movie nights.
Shopping: There are several retail shops for any items you may need from skis to jackets to socks. A souvenir shop and delicatessen are also located on the mountain. There is even a grocery market in case you have forgotten anything.

Events
Weekly: Ours events are very family oriented and one of our most popular is Carnival night, followed by Big White's Got Talent where anyone can come out a show us their talents. Another great one if our famous fireworks show.
Season: The Christmas eve parade is one of our biggest events of the year, with on-mountain business getting involved and a huge guest turnout. And don't forget Australia Day, Big White style, no one does it better on snow!