Northwest Ski fans can hit the slopes this Friday

The Hudson Bay Mountain snow cam
offers up some good news for NW
ski fans today

Never Mind the bargains of Black Friday ... the folks in the Bulkley Valley want you to think White, as in the white powder found on the slopes at Hudson Bay Mountain as the 2016 ski season prepares to go into motion.

The temperatures have taken a decidedly cooler turn and that's nothing but good news for those that like to spend their time on the slopes of the Northwest.  And for ski fans around the region, the road takes you to Smithers this weekend and the opening of the Ski Smithers season.

The evidence from a pair of snow cams hosted at Hudson Bay Mountain shows that the weather Gods have been cooperating with the BulkleyValley ski resort, with Ski Smithers announcing last week that Friday is Opening Day for 2016.

They hit the slopes in Smithers this weekend as the NW ski season gets underway
(photo from Smithers Tourism's twitter feed)

You can find out more about what Ski Smithers has planned for the weekend here.

A little closer to home, Shames Mountain is flipping the calendar to December and a hopeful launch to the local ski season on December 3rd and 4th, weather permitting.

It's almost ski season at Shames Mountain
(photo from Shames website)

It won't be long now until the Northwest hits the slopes at Shames Mountain
(map from My Mountain co op)

The local ski community has been keeping busy with a number of social events through the fall in the lead up to the upcoming season, the next item on the calendar  a Ski Fit Yoga for Shames session taking pace at Cedar River Yoga in Terrace this Friday from 5:45 to 7 PM.

Updates on the preparation for the 2016-17 season at Shames can be found on their website other notes on how things are coming along at Shames can be found on the My Mountain Co-op public Facebook page.

You can follow our notes and items related to the Ski season ahead from our archive page here.