RED Mountain Resort is on the edge of Rossland in BC’s West Kootenay, just under 9 miles north of the US border. The summit is 2,075 metres (6,807 feet) and the base 1,185 metres (3,887 feet), for 890 metres (2,919 feet) of vertical. RED has 3,850 skiable acres on five peaks, 111 marked runs and eight lifts, and the longest run is 7 kilometres. It averages 760 centimetres (300 inches) of snow a year.
The Rossland and Trail ski clubs joined in 1947 to form the Red Mountain Ski Club, and their chairlift to the top of Red Mountain opened on December 26 that year. The lodge they built is still the main base lodge. In 1968 RED hosted the first World Cup race in Canada, where Rossland’s Nancy Greene won her second World Cup title. Grey Mountain opened in 2014 and added more than 900 acres, and RED also sells in-bounds cat skiing by the run.
All the RED cams are stills on the resort’s daily report page. For new snow, check the Rosario Snow Cam, which the resort labels as 40 centimetres tall. The Base Lodge cam looks up at Red and Granite mountains, and the Red Mountain cam looks across at Granite. Two cams on Granite Mountain show Link’s Line and the view to Buffalo Ridge and Grey Mountain, and a third cam covers Grey Mountain itself.
The Paradise Chair cam looks toward Mt Roberts, and another cam shows the Paradise Lodge deck. Other cams cover the Topping Creek Chair, the Constella Cabins on the back of the mountain and the terrain park.
From Rossland, Highway 3B leads to Red Mountain Road and the base. Spokane International Airport (GEG) is about 2.5 hours away by US-395 and WA-25, crossing at the 24-hour Paterson border crossing and following Highway 22 to Rossland, with no mountain passes. Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is about 3.5 hours away. West Kootenay Regional Airport (YCG) in Castlegar is 35 minutes away, but the resort warns that poor visibility often delays or cancels flights there.
BC requires winter tires or chains on Highway 22 from the border to Rossland and on Highway 3B through Rossland from October 1 to April 30. A legal winter tire has the M+S or mountain snowflake mark and at least 3.5 millimetres of tread. DriveBC shows road conditions.
RED Mountain is on the Ikon Pass with 7 days and the Ikon Base Pass with 5 days, and the Ikon Session Pass can be used here too. RED isn’t on the Epic or Indy Pass.