January 16, 2018 Kimberley, BC

We spent the night in Marysville outside of Kimberley and just below the ski resort. We received our free tickets from our Max Passes. Jill spoke to a resort person for the "info"-- Kimberly was bought in 2010 and received new lifts including a 4 person high speed quad. But the real money was in "real estate" - new condos and places along the base, a road to more condos, and a new base village and restaurant. It reminds me of the Vail purchase mindset. Buy a resort so you can make money in real estate like at Whistler Blackcomb.

The area has treed terrain everywhere. Tree skiing is BIG, BUT they do not get a lot of snow. I read that they get under 200" each year. There was a fog blanket today with temperatures in the 20's and packed powder. The top 20 percent was in the sun and the rest was in a fog layer, and it was COLD. But the treed trails provided the ability to see the run. The treed runs that were not groomed have "sticks and a few rocks" showing. The resort is part of the RCR family of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies.