Some parts of B.C. completely skipped fall and went straight to winter, with two major ski resorts in the province receiving a dump of late-August snow.
Panorama Mountain Resort in the Purcell Mountains exclaimed that “Mother Nature couldn’t wait for opening day either,” showing off photos from their mountain-top cameras of a sudden winter wonderland.
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden was not to be outdone, declaring that the “first snow has entered the chat.”
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
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“A little snow? No problem. A few more bike laps? Absolutely. Winter mode? Loading…” teased Kicking Horse on social media.
“One foot in summer, one foot in winter. We’ll take it.”
Eight hours from Vancouver, Golden is home to Kicking Horse Mountain. The terrain is designed for advanced skiers and known for being steep and deep. They have five alpine bowls, over 85 marked inbounds chutes and amazing light dry champagne pow.
“I can hear Mariah Carey thawing out now,” said one follower on the resort’s social media page.
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
Fans of Panorama Mountain Resort also shared their excitement for the summer snowfall, with one person commenting, “I can hardly wait to go skiing again.”
Panorama provides downhillers with over 4,000 acres of accessible terrain in addition to Nordic skiing, show-shoeing, heli-skiing, and snowmobiling.
In the summer, skiers and boarders are replaced with downhill mountain bikers and hikers who are ready to explore the outdoor setting located about a nine-hour drive from Vancouver.
Panorama Mountain Resort
A recent weather forecast reveals what we can expect the upcoming B.C. snow and winter to look like this year.
In 2025-2026, we saw an abnormally warm winter that shattered temperature records, likely due to climate change. This year, with a “super” El Niño on the way, we can expect another warm season, with experts even suggesting that global temperatures in 2027 will hit a new record.
OpenSnow, a U.S. based company that specializes in weather forecasts, snow reports, high-resolution weather maps, and ski conditions, published an early outlook for the season in late August.
Due to El Niño, OpenSnow said that B.C. is favoured to have below-average snowfall across much of the province because of warm temperatures and a “more southerly storm track.”
However, OpenSnow pointed out that some El Niño seasons “buck the trend,” and we have seen near-to-above-average snowfall in some parts of the province, like in 2015-2016.
With files from Hanna Hett and Laine Mitchell