What's on in Revelstoke, Canada through the year

Busy — Winter / Christmas break in Canada, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)), Avalanche control closures (1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)), Avalanche control closures (1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — March break / semaine de relâche in Canada

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)), Avalanche control closures (1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Closure

  Shoulder season

  20 Apr – 1 Jun · usually

  Between the lifts stopping and the mountain roads drying out, the town goes quiet and a good part of it closes for a few weeks. It is the cheapest and least interesting time to be here. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Opening

  Meadows in the Sky Parkway

  16 May – 20 Oct · usuallyTrail season

  The 26-kilometre road up Mount Revelstoke opens in stages from the May long weekend as the snow retreats, usually reaching the top by early July, and the gates shut again in mid-October. Source ↗

Still on: Shoulder season (20 Apr – 1 Jun (usually))

Busy — Summer break in Canada, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Shoulder season (20 Apr – 1 Jun (usually)), Meadows in the Sky Parkway (16 May – 20 Oct (usually))

Busy — Summer break in Canada, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Wildfire smoke season

  15 Jul – 15 Sep · usually

  Interior British Columbia burns most summers and the valley holds the smoke, so the mountains across the river disappear for days at a time. Some Augusts pass clear; several recent ones did not. Source ↗

• Nature

  Alpine meadow wildflowers

  20 Jul – 25 Aug · usuallyWildflowers & blooms

  The summit meadows flower for about a month once the snowpack finally leaves, usually from the last week of July. A heavy winter pushes the whole thing into August.

Still on: Meadows in the Sky Parkway (16 May – 20 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Summer break in Canada

• Nature

  Huckleberries and bears

  1 Aug – 20 Sep · usuallyForaging seasonRisk

  The berry crop on the avalanche slopes brings black and grizzly bears down to trail level for six weeks. Trails and the parkway get closed at short notice when a bear settles on one.

Still on: Meadows in the Sky Parkway (16 May – 20 Oct (usually)), Wildfire smoke season (15 Jul – 15 Sep (usually)), Alpine meadow wildflowers (20 Jul – 25 Aug (usually))

Busy — Summer break in Canada

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Meadows in the Sky Parkway (16 May – 20 Oct (usually)), Wildfire smoke season (15 Jul – 15 Sep (usually)), Huckleberries and bears (1 Aug – 20 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Meadows in the Sky Parkway (16 May – 20 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Busy — Winter / Christmas break in Canada, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Ski season

  1 Dec – 15 Apr · usuallyBook early

  The resort usually opens in the first week of December and runs to mid-April, with the largest lift-served vertical on the continent. The cat and heli operations that made the town's name work the same months. Source ↗

• Hazard

  Avalanche control closures

  1 Dec – 31 Mar · usuallyAvalanche seasonClosures

  Rogers Pass east of town is the most actively controlled highway in the country, and it shuts without much notice for artillery work. A four-hour closure of the Trans-Canada is a normal winter day here. Source ↗