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THE MOUNTAIN
Red Mountain enjoys a legendary status among North America's hard-core skiers and snowboarders. Opened in 1947, Red is one of Canada's oldest resorts and has a reputation as a powder heaven with some of Canada's most challenging terrain. This is a mountain that will push even the most experienced skiers and riders – Red produces more national team racers than anywhere else in the country! It may not be well known amongst Europeans but in Canada Red is renowned for deep snow, exciting terrain and absolutely zero crowds.
The resort incorporates two mountain peaks, Red and Granite, both skiable 360 degrees around, offering an awesome variety of lines down gladed tree meadows, wide open groomed pistes and award-winning steeps. The skiing and snowboarding here is fun – there are banks, gullies, trees and cliff drops all over the resort as well as a terrain park and a friendly laid back mountain restaurant. In full view from the mountain summit extensive backcountry options offer easily assessable fresh powder when the resort has finally been tracked.
Although renowned for its steeps, Red also has a mellow side with half of its terrain ranked as intermediate and has plenty of open bowls ideal for perfecting your powder technique. Because of Red's location in central British Columbia the mountain is renowned for its crowd-free slopes, which means there are plenty of fresh lines to enjoy.
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Red Mountain hosts a range of competitions including the Canadian Open Freeskiing Championship presented by Ledcor when extreme skiers battle it out on the steeps and cliff drops of Granite Mountain and Mount Roberts.
Due to Red's slightly steeper, more advanced terrain this 11-week course is not available to novice skiers and snowboarders.
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EXTRACT FROM THE ROUGH GUIDE TO SKIING & SNOWBOARDING
The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America rated Red Mountain in the Top 7 of the following categories:
• For Experts (alongside Fernie)
• Best Mountain Towns
• For Best Trees (alongside Fernie)
Untamed and largely untrammelled, Red Mountain lies just north of the US border in a remote location midway between Vancouver and Calgary. Only a small number of skiers make it here, leaving the slopes peaceful and untracked powder plentiful. These conditions and the tucked-away setting have helped the resort develop something of a cult status, especially among experts; two-thirds of the mountain is steep, forested backcountry, a training ground for several Canadian Olympians. As befitting a favourite with those in the know, there's an unfettered feel to it all, with basic lift services and loosely marked trails on the slopes.
THE MOUNTAIN
The resort spreads over two distinct mountains: Red Mountain and Granite Mountain. The former was the original focus of the resort and remains popular for its incredible views over Rossland and its groomed runs, ideal for warm-ups. But Granite has supplanted it as the mainstay of the ski area, its drier, lighter snow and more extensive terrain drawing the majority of visitors.
The conical shape of Granite allows runs to spill off from almost every compass point It's possible to dip off in virtually any direction without getting lost, since a cat-track sweeps round the base, depositing riders at the bottom of the Motherlode chairlift. Given the huge array of possibilities it's worth taking a free tour with a 'snowhost'.
Intermediate
Most of the blue runs are clustered in two areas: on Red Mountain and in the Paradise area of Granite Mountain. Red Mountain is particularly good for carving - the Face of Red one of the best - but Paradise is the bigger of the two areas. It has the best groomers and the gladed skiing amongst widely spaced trees.
Expert
All the designated expert terrain at Red Mountain merits its rating; most black diamonds are steep, the double blacks are dangerous, and those with stars beside them on the trail map are unpatrolled and positively hazardous, with their maze of chutes, glades, and cliff bands. Some of the most challenging and expert runs fan out from Buffalo Ridge; the three Slides runs are all extremely steep, while Cambodia features a series of unavoidable 10-15ft drops. Untracked powder is usually available in Papoose Bowl, Beer Belly, or The Orchards.
This extract is taken from The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America, published by Rough Guides Ltd: www.roughguides.com
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Red Mountain offers world-class skiing and snowboarding with no lift queues, empty pistes, and a fantastic friendly atmosphere. Living in the awesome town of Rossland, rated by National Geographic Adventure Magazine as one of North America's "10 Great Adventure Towns to Live and Play" our Red Mountain course offers a true Canadian Mountain experience.
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The attractive town of Rossland lies just three kilometres from the resort and at an elevation of 1023m is one of Canada's highest settlements. The town is laid out on the slopes of an extinct volcano and there are great views over the brightly coloured roofs of the local houses. Rossland is a incredible place to live and whose residents consider it to be "a little part of heaven!''
The 11-week course in Rossland would suit the serious skier or snowboarder who wants to ski or ride some of the world's most consistent powder conditions at unquestionably one of the worlds best resorts – without any crowds! This is not a town for someone who is looking for non-stop partying, however there is a great local scene and much socialising with friends on the course and travellers doing the season.
All seasonaires will share double rooms in comfortably furnished homes in downtown Rossland. Each house will sleep between 4-10 people and have shared sitting rooms with TV, VCR and Stereo, as well as dining areas and fully equipped kitchens.
We are delighted to have teamed up with Mark Impey and Dawn Manning to offer this authenic Canadian winter experience. Mark and his wife Dawn have been running ski improvement and race camps at Red Mountain since 1996. Mark is the former Western program director for the CSIA, he is a current member of the CSIA ambassador team, and represented the CSIA at Interski. Mark and Dawn bring the NONSTOP Ski program extensive experience in organising improvement programs, the highest standard of instructional staff, and an extensive knowledge of the Red mountain winter scene. They look forward to hosting you and showing you all that Red Mountain has to offer. Meet the team:
info@nonstopski.com 
