Best value catskiing

i thought you meant skiing for cats you got my hopes up

How good is your dad? If you are just going with the two of you it's going to be tough to find a cheep deal. Typically you gotta book the whole cat to get a discount - and I've got even bigger discounts in the past when we book a full cat last minute during a lull in the storms. If they haven't had snow in a while and there is free spots they will generally give you a bit of a deal for filling the cat. That being said, you have to be really flexible (or live in the area) for that to work out.


Due to this - I'd say just suck it up and pay normal price for cat skiing. I assume your dad isn't the strongest skier in the world based on you talking about him getting 'too old', so instead of looking for somewhere based on price alone, look at the kind of terrain they have to offer and choose the operation best suited for you AND your dad from there.

Retallack is really sweet, but it is a bit steeper than some others in the Kootenays. If your dad is a strong enough skier to handle advanced terrain (steeps, trees, not necessarily cliffs, but undulated terrain), Retallack is great.



If you are actually wanting to go cat skiing and want more info as far as what operations offer what kind of terrain I can help, but I'd probably just ramble on and on and on, so maybe a PM would be more appropriate. If you want, send me a PM and I'll give you some info.

powder mountain in utah looks cheap. $18 a ride but not legit in the middle on nowhere cat skiing

I lived in the kootenays and have been to Big Red Cats, Selkirk Wilderness and just did a week long backcountry course based out of Monashee Powder Snowcats. I've done a lot of research about cat operations and starting cat/heli operations in BC.

I could write a 20 page report on which place to go, but it would probably be best if we just talked over pm. It really depends if you're looking at staying at the lodge vs. Day trips at a cat skiing lodge. Do you value lodge life or just want good skiing and cheap frills? Every cat ski operation adds something different to the equation.

If I had to recommend a place based on the limited information I would probably say a 3 day trip at Selkirk wilderness is one of your best options. The lodge is great, guides super informative a big exclusive rights tenure and they do kind of market themselves to older people who bring their kids.

If you want day skiing, I would recommend Valhalla Powdercats over Big Red, Valhalla has a higher elevation, more terrain as their tenure also includes snowwater heliskiing and they run less cats, so it gets tracked out much less.

If you have anymore questions feel free to send a message.

Yeah... the only operation I would advise against going to is Big Red Flats. Unless your father is a novice skier - in which case Big Red Cats might be nice for the novelty factor of cat skiing.

Isnt there free cat skiing at copper mountain? Id imagine its crowded as hell but I do remember hearing that at one point