Experience Cat Skiing in the Kootenays

This place is amazing - staff was extremely kind and capable, the lodge is exactly what you want after a long day of skiing, the food is just under James Beard-level (compelling me to eat desert every night...), and the skiing is next level. Having done both this now and heli trips in a similar range, this is certainly waaay better bang for the buck while still providing the highest level of service.Everyday begins at 6am-ish with some cold goodies for your first breakfast, followed by a hot, tasty breakfast at 7:15am. Get ready in the heated and humidified ski room for an 8am departure. Spend the rest of the day until 2:45pm ripping fresh lines, eating amazing snack-ables prepared by the kitchen staff (Noah, in our case), and warming up in the back of the cat while Sky escorts you around the range.Finish up the day with a Kokanee at the base of the slopes, back to the lodge for apres ski, hot-tub, beers and spirits (BYOB), and stories before an amazing dinner. The lodge includes a cozy bar, living room area, and dining room with all the AV technology you need to have a dance party or watch a National Championship game.Everyone at the lodge and in this part of Canada is amazing - special shout out to Tom (one of the owners that skied with us for a day...), Christa (lodge Mom), Noah (chef for most meals), Steve (lead guide), Kyle & Toby (tail guides), and Sky (cat driver). - 1/29/2025 

The White Grizzly team is top notch! Offering a very unique Canadian ski experience with awesome terrain, extremely professional guide team, and great food! Look no further! - 1/29/2025 

Super cat skiing/snowboarding experience with perfect guides, always looking for the best runs and a max of fun!Super cosy lodge with a friendly team!Super chefs cooking for excellent dinings and also power snacks to eat in the cat! - 1/22/2025 

Incredible, the skiing was amazing, incredible terrain and even better guides.The Cat is new and super comfortable, tons of snacks and drinks.The cabin is super comfortable, staff is absolutely 5 stars, meals are high-end restaurant quality.Cheers to Jud, Kyle, Jakob, Mumford and Bri, thanks for making our trip. See you next year. - 1/22/2025 

If you want to get pitted in the deepest and steepest pow pow of your life this is where you need to go - 1/22/2025 

Had an AMAZING weekend last week at White Grizzly. My now husband and I had our wedding ceremony on the mountain during our trip and it was absolutely lovely! The staff went out of their way to make the experience so special. Everyone was blown away by the skiing, the service, and the food - it was all fantastic. Thanks for everything! - 3/19/2024 

Had the best weekend of my life at White Grizzly! The food was amazing, the service was amazing, the skiing was amazing.Guides were top tier and kept us safe while also taking us on some incredible terrain. Powder turns every run. If steep tree skiing is your thing - this place is paradise.Lodge staff was also top tier and made sure every aspect of the experience was 10/10 - 3/14/2024 

Wonderful and a amazing place. Powder turns for three days straight. I could not have imagined a better experience. Staff helped make good to great. Guides were smart, funny and a accommodative at all tomes. - 3/13/2024 

Staff were incredible and really accommodating. Our guides Marty, Leah, and Mati were incredibly knowledgeable and took us on some spectacular routes. The conditions were mind blowing. The lodge staff was also amazing. All the meals were mind blowing. 10/10 no notes on the whole trip - 3/13/2024 

We had an awesome stay with White Grizzly for our honeymoon! Everything with the trip was great, our room and the lodge was super cozy, the food from the chef was great, the staff super friendly and serviceminded, and the skiing, OMG! We were in luck with snowfall and had untracked powder in funny terrain everyday! The guides kept us skiing in safe terrain and with good control of the group. We had one snowboarder who didn’t really meet the requirements for going into the mountain and White Grizzly handled it really well to not slow everyone down. So thumbs up for everything, would really like to go back there again! - 3/12/2024 

The day starts with a gourmet breakfast, quick overview of the day from the lead guide then time to get dressed and head out to the cat. Cat was staged 30-40 min away on this trip. Scenic drive! Once in the cat, you pretty quickly get up into the mountains. Most ski days started with a few lower angle cut-blocks to get warmed up, then we’d head either for the steep trees or the alpine. Amazing snow, amazing views! Photographer was fun to work with on Day 3. Guides are very knowledgeable, friendly, fun and seemed relaxed the whole time which made for a great team vibe. Once back at the lodge, you can expect an amazing appetizer, then enough time for a hot tub, stretch and then dinner, which was absolutely fantastic every night. Massages can be booked nearby, staff will shuttle you. Lodge is great for a group to hang out in during the evening, though by 10 everyone was heading to bed, getting stoked for more pow the next day. All staff from the guides, to kitchen staff, to managers and the cat driver were so welcoming, helpful and just made the trip amazing! - 3/12/2024 

We just returned from an amazing week of cat skiing with White Grizzly. We had picked this operation because they were forthcoming that they offered a program geared towards steep tree skiing, which was exactly what we wanted. This truly meant that everyone on the trip was a great skier with an agenda to go skiing - resulting in a well matched group that quickly became family.While avalanche conditions didn't get us on exactly the terrain we had hoped for, the guides worked tirelessly to ensure that we were not only safe, but we got our powder fix. In addition to the awesome skiing, the whole team was just incredible. Our guides were a blast, and the food and lodge experience were top notch. The biggest shout out goes to Kyle, who was so game to not only get us out skiing great pow, but also lead the entire snowcat in a sing along to the Backstreet Boys for my birthday. One million stars out of 5! - 3/12/2024 

We had an excellent time during our stay with White Grizzly! Even though the snow wasn't great throughout the province our guides were still able to find us fresh powder lines, which made our trip very memorable. Hats off to Jud, Kyle, Nolan, the chefs, and the rest of the WG team! - 3/12/2024 

Fantastic place for a family or friend retreat! I rented the White Grizzly lodge with friends for a weekend in November 2023 and had a fantastic time. The lodge is extremely cozy and welcoming. The 6 ensuite bedrooms were perfect for our 6 families all including little children and the brand new kitchen made cooking meals for everyone enjoyable and convenient. The surrounding area has lots to offer from hiking, bowling at the community hall, quite walks and dam viewing; there is something for everyone. The highlights where the wood fireplace in the living room and the hot tub. - 11/13/2023