Revelstoke Mountain Resort Review

Overall Quality Points: 88.5

Stats
Vertical: 1713m (5620ft)
Skiable Acres: 3121
Highest elevation 2225m (7300ft)
Runs: 59
Inbound Chutes: 15
Avg Snowfall Base: * can't find anywhere!!
Avg Snofall Alpine: 1200cm unreliable source
Lifts: 4 total -  2 High Speed 8-person Gondolas,  2- high speed quads
Ticket Price: $76 Adult full day, $1049 Adult season
Time Driving to hill: 5min 

The score is based on these quality points out of 10.

Terrain: 9.5 - All around my kind of mountain. Lots of steeps, opened up gladed tree'd areas. Some minor traverses at the bottom.
Snow Pack: 8.0 - I really don't know what the overall base snow level is. I couldn't find this information anywhere, other than the current base (183cm) which isn't that impressive. Either they are trying to hide the lower elevation snow levels or the don't measure it. The alpine gets tons! (1200cm) but I don't know how reliable that is.
Snow Management: 8.5 - Mostly left open, steep enough where they don't need groomers on every run.
Lift Access: 9.0 - This hill does it right. All high speed, gondolas and quad chairs. No wasted time, just straight up efficient. The break in the middle of the Gondola, where you have to get off and then wait in line for the second component is the only downside.
Day Lodge & Amenities: 9.0 - Great lodge at the base with a couple fancy bars and restaurants, a mid mountain lodge with bar and a heating room at the top. An easy going pub at the bottom would be a nice addition.
Cross Country Trails:  7.0 - No xc at Revelstoke mountain resort but 7km outside of town there are 26km of trails.
Ticket Price: 9.5 - $76 Adult full day, $1049 Adult season
Distance to town: 10.0 - 2km. It doesn't get much better than this. You could walk to town if you needed!
Quality of Town: 9.5 - It is a quaint mountain town. Small main street with shops on both sides. No malls or big block shopping centers.
Accomodation: 7.5 - It is hard to find a place to stay.  There are hotels and other places but they get booked up quick! Needs a few more options.

Overall: 88.5

Top of the mountain 

Open glades in the north bowl

M id-mountain lodge! Yes, this is a waitress serving beer on the  deck.

Alpine Resort Review

I have decided to focus on some Alpine and Nordic skiing.  First  of all, I'm not that good at it but I want to get better.  I have recently completed a little road trip through a handful of BC ski resorts and wanted to get a total sensory experience of a resort. I have ranked my exposure to each resort and nearby town.
This ranking is completely my point of view; I will review the overall ability of a ski resort to cater to my every need. I have judged these resorts on an unbiased very selfish and biased scale as I'm a self described powder hound/glades hungry typical skier. I don't want to see crowded out groomed ski runs or scraped dry mogul fields; I want steep and deep powder glades hidden from the masses of tourists (which is hypocritical because I'm in essence a tourist!).  My preference is that I want an easy-going pub and lounge area on the day lodge instead of a 5-star dressed up restaurant. I want to be able to get to the nearby town within a few minutes not an hour+ drive. Here are my outlines of grading based on a ten point scale;

Terrain: A zero is flat with no ability to ride through trees, a 10 is steep and gladed out trees with not too many tuck-outs or traverses.

Snow Pack: Checking the overall base and mid-mountain snow, but overall quality of snow, wet vs. dry.

Snow management: Is every run groomed, is or are there some open rough open country.

Lift Access: fixed-gear low speed old chairs or high-speed/gondola new engineering marvels.

Day Lodge & Amenities: Mid mountain lodges easy access, base of hill pubs with relaxed atmosphere.
Cross Country Trails: First, do they have some, are they groomed, quality of trails.

Price of ticket: lower price is better. This is comparing day pass vs. seasonpass in alpine and nordic.

Distance to Town: What is the drive to the nearest town. I don't want to be needing to drive a few hours to home or hotel.

Quality of town:  What is the town's vibe and feel.  Pubs, restaurants, cool coffee shops...

Accomodation: Are there places to stay or rent in the area.


Please see following Mountain Resorts Review:

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
Revelstoke Mountain Resort
Silver Star Resort
Sun Peaks Resort
Fernie Alpine Resort
Mount Washington Alpine Resort