Links

These are some helpful links to some of our partners and area service providers (alphabetical order):

Lodging

Angela's Place - social B&B and guest house in lower Rossland

Greene Family Guest House - located in Rossland, this 2-bedroom home is good for a family or two couples

Mountain Shadow Hostel - 20 bucks a night for a bed in a dorm room in downtown Rossland, some 4-bed semi-private rooms also available

Prestige Mountain Resort Rossland - nice hotel in downtown Rossland, one bed, two beds, with or without kitchenette. We can package this lodging for you with your cat skiing trip

Ram's Head Inn - boutique hotel at Red Mountain, with cooked breakfast. Ideal for couples; we can also package this for you

Red Mountain Village - condos and cabins at Red, we can package these for you as Red . They have small cabins from $160/night up to large 5-bedroom homes for big groups.

Red Property Management - The most luxurious and best located condos at Red, from 1 to 4 bedrooms, and we can package them with your cat skiing holiday

Red Shutter Inn - Owned by Big Red Cats, catskiers get a 10% discount. It is an old-style ski lodge for up to 12 people close to the lifts at Red. The walls are thin but the breakfasts are good and the hot tub is the best in town

Dining & Nightlife

Alpine Grind -my favourie place for latte with extra foam and a muffin. Great lunches too

Drift Izakaya - Japanese adult-only lounge in Rossland, Columbia@Queen

Flying Steamshovel- Downtown Rossland Pub on Washington St, with cheap rooms upstairs as well

Gabriella's - apres-ski and dinner at this fantastic Italian/Mediterranean restaurant in Red Mountain Village

Idgie's Restaurante - in Rossland, high quality, healthy meals, especially the seafood. Will also cater wedding groups

Le Petit Fromage - guided moonlit cross-country ski to wine and fondue dinner at the Black Jack cabin, or can be catered at your condo

Mountain Gypsy - the Gypsy At Red is a fine dining restaurant in the Red Rob's condo building at Red

Rock Cut Pub - pub on the highway between Red and Rossland. Good for fajitas, and beer and wings, and they have a pool table. We can drop your group off there after skiing, and you can watch your ski photos on the big screen there if you like.

Activities

Ainsworth Hot Springs - Natural hot springs, about 1h45mins north, past Nelson BC

Red Mountain Resort - the best lift-accessed gladed tree skiing in the world - mix a few days at the resort with a few days of cat skiing, you're staying at the resort anyway

Redstone Golf Resort - Cat skiers also tend to be golfers. Come back in the summer and enjoy the newly redesigned Redstone course. If you like it so much you want to move there, let me know.'

Trail Aquatic Centre - a good activity during your rest days, the indoor pool, waterslide, hot tub, steam room, and fitness centre is in Trail, only a 15 minute drive down the hill, and a very nice facility as long as you aren't from Rossland

Whitewater - We think that a perfect week would be 2or 3 days at Red, with slopeside lodging, 3 days of cat skiing at Big Red Cats, and a day skiing at Whitewater ski resort, followed by dinner and last evening overnight stay in Nelson. Not a large ski area, but very picturesque, excellent snowfall, and only an hour away. We can arrange a great ski safari package including cat skiing, and lifts and lodging at Red and Whitewater.

Services

Betty Go Hard - our lodge managers, Natasha and Ian Lockey, run a women's adventure business

Bhubble.com - Rossland community & events

Canada Ski Quest - skier improvement courses with level 4 CSIA instructor Mark Impey

Century 21 - Paula Gaul -offers "cat skiing rewards" to her buyers, sellers, and referrers

Rossland Secondary School / Red Ski Academy - One of the best high schools in Canada, according to Maclean's magazine, teams up with the most winning ski racing club in Canada, providing a flexible academic schedule and top-notch coaching to produce some of the best ski racers of the future. Free-skiing stream also available if traditional racing isn't your thing.

Rush BC - provides the "Red Express" shuttle from Spokane Airport, and can arrange ski safari packages including transport and cat skiing at a couple of different cat operations and resorts between Red and Revelstoke. They also have the "Adrenaline Cafe" in the Prestige hotel

Tourism Rossland - a good website including links to the other tourism providers in Rossland. They also staff the Visitor Info Centre downtown

Zargon Studios - these guys take awesome photos, are web developers, and also operate the Cat Skiing Canada website

Shopping

Butch Boutry - ski shop in Rossland, expert bootfitters

Powderhound - Outdoor store, skis, clothing, gear, and alpine touring equipment rental. The owner was a top mountain guide.

Ross Vegas boardshop - Snowboarding fashion, and more

Gear

Fresh Air Experience - Ski shop in Kelowna, sells Rossignol products and, well, they're just friends of ours

Mammut - We use the Mammut Barryvox and Pulse transcievers

North Face - our cat drivers wear the North Face Apex Bionic jackets - we also have a few for sale, just ask

Rip Curl - When Kieren was a national team ski racer, his roommate in Europe was Dan, the son of the founder of Rip Curl. We've had a liking for them ever since. They sell snowboard jackets and pants as well as surf wear, and filmed the "GUM" movie here in 3D, featuring their GUM outerwear.

Rossignol - we get most of our skis from Rossignol, mainly S7's

Other Industry Links

Canada Ski Guide Association - guide training & standards for the mechanized skiing industry

Canadian Avalanche Association - THE experts in avalanche conditions and training

Cat Skiing Canada - consolidation site showing all cat ski operators in Canada, forum, reviews,etc.

Red Mountain Racers - the most winning ski racing club in Canada