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 the positive. We have so many reasons to feel proud and positive about our community.” And, “There’s a reason for all the adages about how we deal with adversity: It’s where our true nature emerges and Kimberley was no exception.”

https://www.jeffpew.com/
https://kootenaymedia.ca/winter-2022

We love you Kimberley skiers and riders! We are so stoked to have the Northstar Quad turning again, and to be getting you up for skiing and riding on the best early season conditions in almost a generation!

It’s showtime!

The Kimberley Alpine Resort Team

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 check our Snow Report for all the most up to date information in regards to terrain open and resort services hours.

Take a look at our Facebook & Instagram post to see the lift spinning!

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 day for Kimberley Alpine Resort as it is expected to be within the third week of December.

Very recently the lift manufacturer ran into some challenges and required additional electronic components to complete the repair. The good news is that these parts have been secured and are on their way with what we are told is a firm delivery date later this month. The installation crews are scheduled to be back on site within hours of these parts arriving and will resume their work to complete the repair and commission the chair.

The lift manufacturer has reaffirmed that they understand the critical importance of the North Star Quad Chair to the operation of the resort, and the importance of it for the economy and the well being of the whole community. There is no question that they are prioritizing our lift within their work schedules and parts assignments, and that they are committed to getting us up and running for this ski season, which we greatly appreciate.

There is a lot of excitement and optimism within our team for the upcoming ski season and we are in full preparation mode to get the resort ready for opening! Our snowmaking crews are trained up and ready to start making snow, which we expect to start this Saturday night due to the dropping temperatures. (For your safety please do not approach or get close to our snowmaking equipment or work crews.) There is a job fair this coming Thursday night in the Stemwinder to get all our departments staffed up for full operation. More information is available here.

We appreciate your excitement for getting the lift going soon and for the coming ski season, and look forward to providing further updates on the progress of the repair soon.
Thanks,

Ted Funston and the KAR Team

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 the lift daily.  Once the components are installed, the next step will be commissioning by our crews and Leitner-Poma, and finally testing and approval to operate by Technical Safety BC.  We expect the lift to be turning within weeks and the lift to be commissioned and cleared for operation by mid-November.

All indications continue to be that the lift will be ready to go well before our opening date in December.  Thank you once again to Leitner-Poma for generously prioritizing the repair of our lift in their busy schedule.

Time to get your skis and boards waxed and ready for the upcoming season.  We recommend you get your season pass before the end of the fall sale on October 14th.

Once again, please remember to give our work crews space around the lift and on the mountain roads.  Our cameras and night security staff continue to report the odd person getting a bit too close.

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 friend Heather Gemmell and her powerful song about the arson on the Northstar Quad chair. Please give it a watch and vote for her now.  Last winter is not too far behind us, but we want you to know that we are very focused on getting the Quad chair fixed and operational for next winter. Here is an update on our progress on the reconstruction of the Northstar lift control building and systems:

Immediately after the fire we placed orders for the primary components that are needed for the rebuild. This includes the drives (the electronic devices that control the speed and braking of the lift), the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) which is the computer system that manages the information coming from the various safety and control systems of the lift, and the communication lines that connect these systems from top to bottom.

Over the next few months these components are scheduled to arrive at Leitner-Poma’s facility in Kelowna, where their experts will assemble and program them to control the lift. They will then deliver them all to Kimberley and install them in a newly rebuilt lift control building (currently being planned), and reconnect all of the components to the Northstar.

It is hard to give an exact timeline of this process, but Leitner-Poma has generously prioritized the rebuilding of our lift in their production schedule and all efforts are being made to ensure that the Northstar will be running before next winter. We look forward to providing you with further regular and more detailed updates on the status of the project as it progresses.

Enjoy your spring!
The Kimberley Alpine Resort & Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Team