‘Busier than Christmas’: Family Day provides boost to Big White in Okanagan – Okanagan | 24CA News
After greater than 30 centimetres of snow fell at Big White Ski Resort on Sunday night time, many powder fans spent their Family Day cruising down the slopes.
“It can’t get much better than this,” described skier Keegan Bossence.
“Almost a foot of ‘freshy’ on top today, so we’re loving this.”
For some, travelling to the Okanagan and spending this statutory vacation with family members at Big White has change into a practice.
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“Oh man, it’s such a good vibe,” mentioned snowboarder Matteo Torres.
“I do this every Family Day weekend, I come here with my friends and family, and do a good three days here at Big White.”
For the previous two years, Family Day weekend has regarded just a little completely different up at Big White. COVID-19 restrictions and mass flooding throughout B.C. in 2021 put a damper on journey plans for these from out-of-town, which means there have been much less vacationers and smaller crowds general, however this 12 months, issues are lastly again to regular.
“This will be our busiest 10 days of the season,” defined Big White senior vice chairman, Michael J. Ballingall.
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“It’s busier than Christmas and New Year’s, and it’s really a marketer’s dream. There’s a lot of happy, happy people here today.”
According to Ballingall, the busy weekend isn’t simply offering a lift to the economic system up on the resort, it’s additionally having a optimistic influence on the Central Okanagan as an entire.
“We’ve been full for about a month and a half here on the mountain, so we started to fill up a lot of the hotels and Airbnb down in the valley,” he mentioned.
“There’s a lot of people here at the resort for the first time from Vancouver and Washington state, and it really puts a smile on our face because we haven’t seen a lot of those tourists here for two or three years.”
The alpine snow base at Big White is presently sitting at 245 cm, with an addition three to 6 centimetres of snow anticipated to fall on Monday night time.
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