Revelstoke Reviews: 4.58/5 from 150+ Verified Skiers | Snomad
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How Skiers Rate Revelstoke

Overall Rating
4.58
Value for Money
4.27
Quiet Slopes
4.38
Après-Ski
3.84
Accommodation Options
4.01
Family Friendliness
4.10
Groomed Runs
4.25
Powder Zones
4.75
Tree Runs
4.69
Mogul Fields
3.63
Off-Piste
4.75
Snow Parks
3.56
Lift Efficiency
4.44
Eating Out
4.10
Ski School Quality
4.11
Beginners
4.50
Intermediates
4.55
Advanced
4.61
Experts
4.57
Snowboarders
4.73

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What Skiers Say About Revelstoke

Revelstoke attracts predominantly advanced and expert skiers and snowboarders seeking deep powder and challenging terrain. Users consistently highlight exceptional tree skiing, long vertical runs, and frequent snowfall that creates excellent off-piste conditions. The resort is praised for minimal lift queues outside peak periods, though gondola waits can exceed 30-40 minutes after fresh snowfall on weekends and holidays. Several reviewers note the limited lift infrastructure for the mountain's size, requiring traverses that challenge snowboarders. Lower elevation runs frequently suffer from warm temperatures and poor snow quality, while upper mountain terrain remains snow-sure. The town is close to the resort but separated, affecting après-ski convenience.

AI-generated summary based on verified skier reviews

  • powder quality
  • tree skiing
  • vertical descent
  • minimal crowds
  • terrain variety
  • off-piste options
  • lift queues after snowfall
  • limited lift infrastructure
  • lower mountain conditions
  • ticket prices
  • food options on mountain
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One of the best resort for powder. Great food nearby. The burger at the Mackenzie out post is a must try, but dont go during lunch time, way too many people. The gondola was a bit silly that you have to get off and switch. The town really is beautiful all year round. The only worry would be the road constantly gets closed due to avalanche danger. Got trapped there a few times
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Amazing place to ski with breathtaking views all around! So great for family and friends to enjoy with many apres ski spots and restaurants to attend after skiing for a night out!
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Lots of bowls and powder days lift que is short ripper chair for good tree runs with long runs off the stoke chair
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Revelstoke is an amazing resort. Its not over crowded with tourism which makes for a great experience.
There are amazing powder runs, great tree-line runs for both beginner and advanced skiiers and snowboarders.
Revelstoke shares amazing views if you get the opportunity to make the climb and explore the snow bowl in the back country. They offer great customer service, great food, with plenty of areas to take a break and warm up.
Lift time are fast and efficient.
Definitely recommend this resort to try at least once!
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Revy is Powder Heaven and has the longest vertical drop in North America! There's only one gondola up from the village to mid-station and then only two 4P chairs to ride...... BUT the inbounds off-piste lines are endless :) Powder quality is exceptional; I've skied there 6 of last 8 seasons and I've never been disappointed!
Easily accessible (bootpacking and/or skinning) backcountry opens up another world of opportunities with some more reasonably accessible shutes. Brown Shorts, Lovers Lane and Door 4 are my favourites. For the more adventurous there are numerous touring routes that give access to some great lines back to resort area.
Within less than an hours drive there are many other touring, backcountry opportunities, notably Rogers Pass and Mt Begbie Fingers.
The only minor downside to Revy is that there's limited apres at the bottom of the hill (Rockford Bar & Mackenzie Tavern), but the town has a lively apres scene, Last Drop, Village Idiot, Chubby Funsters and other bars/restaurants are all lively and offer typical Canadian food and beer from local micro breweries.
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Absolutely loved the resort had a blast and will be here until the end of March and can't wait to get better to run more black runs with better gear
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Revel stoke is a great hill and definitely worth it! If you like unreal views and a great time in the mountains with family and friends revelstoke is the place to go!
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Revelstokes conditions are the best in January and February, due to the climate the temperature is mild and the mountains offerings are formidable with plenty of features to enjoy including back door runs, Revy is by far my favorite world class Canadian Ski Resort.
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Awesome resort. Worst kept secret in British Columbia. Powder dumps and great staff. Super close to town. Overall just very convenient
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Revelstoke is an extremely fun resort from super high drop offs and fun shoots all the way to engaging trees in deep powder one of my favourite resorts of all time slightly busy but you can always find a way lots of powder and lots of fun
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Mountain with relatively new high speed lift infrastructure makes wait times short. So much vertical to enjoy with powder caches among the many well pruned tree runs. Most time spent mid-mountain and higher will provide the best value. Awesome annual snowfalls and good apres vibes.
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Revelstoke is an experience you need to fo with a group or family. There are many great ski options for the hill size and terrain. We go with a ski club and enjoy the excitement to be on the chair early, ski hard and enjoy the Apres at the end of the day. Revelstoke is great for groups and to break away and meet later as well. I recommend Revelstoke to try. It will not disappoint!! The town is great but does need more restaurants or bigger capacity at peak hours.
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Stick to the trees and the big bowls. You will not be disappointed. Quick lifts big runs.
Enjoy the views and the people. The hype here is real and special.
Remember tips up and ski with a buddy!
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Revelstoke has the best inboubds powder tree skiing in Canada. The amounts of relatively light powder it gets is unbeatable. Having more advanced to expert terrain when compared to other canadian resorts makes it a bit less family friendly and having, essentially only two lifts to the best areas, a little bit of hiking is needed to get to the the best spots such as North Bowl , Peak and Subpeak but definetely worth it.
The town itself is not very family friendly either as there's not a whole lot of options for kids.
There's not a lot of mogul runs and the terrain is definetley more joyable on snowboards.
Overall, for a friends or lone ski trip for intermediate to advanced snowboarders is probably the best destination.
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Its is the best resort! Its a must place to go too!! Do not miss out! Its awesome, not the best for beginners!
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Not a family friendly resort, but good for a group of experienced riders looking for a challenge. Not much après ski life at all on the resort, but the town has a variety of options to choose from.
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Amazing terrain for advanced intermediates and up. You can easily find some of the gnarliest inbounds terrain anywhere in North America. Powder is generally plentiful and you can keep finding fresh tracks for days. The lift infrastructure is simple but as theres only one way out of the base kt can bottleneck on powder days. But generally crowds are non existent. Not the best resort for beginners or families but terrain expansion is looking to change that. Overall its a gem with limited crowds and relatively affordable big mountain skiing. The town is awesome with virtually no chains and all locally owned businesses and restaurants.
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Love revelstoke great for powder and trees. There is endless terrain for all levels and great back-country access.
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We visited in a "low snow" season, so criticism of the conditions would be unfair. The resort did a great job of keeping most of the upper mountain open and provided a daily mix of groomed and ungroomed.

I was most impressed, however, with the training area. I've never seen a training area that was so well suited to progressive training - from rank beginner to upper intermediate/lower advanced. Right within the training area is "mock" off-piste terrain with gullies, small cliffs, short spans of steeper pitches, and trees. I've never seen anything like it. A great place to learn or practice new skills w/o worrying about getting lost or being over-faced.
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