Kimberley News
What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
Check out this article by Jeff Pew, which is appearing in the upcoming issue of GO Cranberley magazine. It is an excellent chronicle of the year the resort and the community has just worked its way through. We couldn’t agree more with quotes from the article like this, “Everyone picked themselves up and looked for
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Opening Day is Sunday!
We are very excited to announce work on the Northstar Quad chair is complete and we will be open for the season this Sunday, December 18th! Tickets are available for purchase online. Guest Services will be open tomorrow (Saturday, Dec 17th) for season pass pick up from 10:30 – 5 :00, then 8:30-4:30 daily. Please
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Kimberley Northstar Quad Update – December 2022
Hello Kimberley skiers and riders! We’re happy to report that the latest Northstar Quad Chair update is all good news at this point! The lift has been turning daily for 10 days now, and the Leitner Poma crews and our teams have been working hard to get it ready for the certification and load testing process, which
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Northstar Quad – Repair Update November 30th, 2022
Hello Kimberley Skiers and Riders! We are excited to report that things are shaping up beautifully for the ski season in Kimberley! We have had over a metre of snow so far this fall, with about a foot in the last week, making for rapidly improving conditions up on the mountain. Also, the last month
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Up-Tracking & Pre-Season Mountain Travel Guidelines
Due to the recent snow, we have been seeing uphill traffic on the mountain. To keep everyone safe, we ask you to please stick to the designated up-track route on the Boundary run starting now. We have snowmaking guns, high-pressure hoses, high voltage cables, plus snowmobiles and snowcats on the front side, and all our
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North Star Quad – Rebuild Update – November
Hello Kimberley Skiers and Riders! With the weather changing and the winter season quickly approaching, we wanted to provide another update on the North Star Quad Chair repair. The team has been making great progress, and the timeline for opening the chair and starting the ski season is still within range of the normal opening
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North Star Quad – Rebuild Update – October 2022
We are pleased to provide another progress update on the North Star Quad chair rebuild, especially since everything we have to share at this point is good news! All parts required for the rebuild arrived on time, and the Leitner-Poma crews moved into Kimberley in September and have been working with local electrical crews on
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North Star Quad Chair – Rebuild Update – August 2022
We are pleased to be able to share an update on the repair of the North Star Quad, and report that there has been significant progress to date, with major critical components arriving on or before their expected delivery dates. The construction of the new operator station at the top is nearing completion and both
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North Star Quad Chair – Rebuild Update
Good news! Major critical parts for our lift have made it through the global supply chain and have started to arrive at the Leitner Poma facility in Kelowna. Specifically the drives (the electronic devices that control the speed and braking of the lift), the cabinets and many of the components that will make up the
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Northstar Express Quad Update – May 2022
Thank you once again for all your support this winter! We are really proud (and not surprised!) to see that Kimberley won the best small town in BC by CBC readers! And we were really stoked to see the Kimberley Alpine Team win the Mackenzie Investments Top Peak contest! Next up is voting for our
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$100,000 REWARD ANNOUNCED
Kimberley, B.C – The Kimberley RCMP along with Kimberley Alpine Resort (KAR) and Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR) are seeking public assistance in identifying the individual(s) responsible for damaging the Northstar Quad Chair. KAR & RCR are offering a $100,000 (one hundred thousand dollar) reward to any individual(s) offering information that leads to the location,
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Northstar Express Quad Update – February 2022
It was a beautiful warm blue sky ski day out on the mountain today. We hope that you were able to come out and join us for a ski or snowboard! We wanted to provide you an update on our operations, and share some of the further generous help we are receiving from our industry
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Northstar Express Quad Update – January 2022
Update – January 10th The Kimberley RCMP shared today that they believe the fire in the top lift control station of the Northstar Quad Chair in the early morning hours of December 18th, which made the lift inoperable, to be arson and deliberately set. This will be a difficult and painful fact to comprehend and
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Northstar Express Quad Update
The snowcat shuttle operation is in its second week now, and so we thought we would send out an update on the service, including announcing an adapted reservation system for seniors, families with young children, and those with mobility challenges. We are pleased to see that hundreds and hundreds of people have been able to
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Northstar Express Quad Update – December 2021
We wanted to provide another update on our resort operations with the North Star Quad Chair currently being inoperable due to the fire in the lift control building. We continue to assist the RCMP, Fire Department, and other authorities in their investigations. Most of our efforts right now are focused on getting skiers and riders
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Northstar Express Quad Update
We wanted to provide another update on our resort operations with the North Star Quad Chair currently being inoperable due to the fire in the lift control building. We continue to assist the RCMP, Fire Department, and other authorities in their investigations. Most of our efforts right now are focused on getting skiers and riders
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