Revelstoke Mountain Resort Opens Dec. 5 2026

Revelstoke Mountain Resort has posted Saturday, December 5, 2026, as opening day for the 2026-27 winter season, according to the resort’s Opening Day event page. The same calendar lists a Winter Welcome on December 4, so travelers flying into British Columbia should treat Friday as the social start and Saturday as the first lift day unless the snow report later moves the clock.

Tourism Revelstoke repeats the December 5 date, lists an 8:30 a.m. start, and already flags a busy opening: the main lot stays reserved for high-occupancy cars with two or more guests, overnight camping is banned, and the town shuttle is C$2 a ride. If this ski week is part of a broader British Columbia itinerary, pair the mountain dates with our British Columbia filming-location guide before you lock the rental car, then confirm terrain on the grooming report the night before.

December 5 Is the Posted Opening Day

The resort’s own event listing is the date that matters. Opening Day is set for Saturday, December 5, with the copy promising first turns after fresh snow at higher elevations. That is a calendar hold, not a snow guarantee. Revelstoke has moved opening weekend before when the lower mountain lacked coverage, so treat December 5 as the current official target and refresh the snow report in late November.

Tourism Revelstoke’s visitor page matches the Saturday date and adds the 8:30 a.m. hour. Terrain details are still marked as coming closer to opening day, which is the honest early-season state: you cannot yet pick a specific chair or a groomed run from this announcement. Plan the flight and the hotel against December 5, then wait for the lift list rather than assuming every bowl is in.

Skiresort.com, citing resort-supplied operating data, lists the 2026-27 season as December 5, 2026, to April 11, 2027, with typical hours 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Those close dates are planning rails, not a promise that every lift runs until April 11. Build a refundable hotel night on December 4 if you want the Winter Welcome, and keep a second night after Saturday in case the mountain opens on a reduced footprint.

October 1 Season Pass Prices in Canadian Dollars

The same week travelers lock opening weekend, the early-bird window closes. Revelstoke’s season pass page still says purchase by October 1 and save up to C$550. An adult 19 to 64 pass is C$1,799 until that date and C$2,349 after, before tax. If you ski more than nine full-price adult window days at the posted C$199 window rate, the early-bird pass is the cheaper product.

Other published early-bird versus regular rates: midweek pass C$1,439 then C$1,879, Monday through Friday only; youth 13 to 18 C$929 then C$1,249; child 6 to 12 C$529 then C$679; senior 65+ C$1,149 then C$1,499; super senior 75+ C$299 then C$449; tots 5 and under C$5. Family early-bird adult is C$1,439. All figures are Canadian dollars with tax extra, and the resort says dates and prices can change.

The Ikon Pass add-on is sold only in the early-bird window and only with an adult or senior individual season pass. That is a second October 1 decision: if you want Revelstoke plus Ikon days, buy both before the sale ends. Do not wait for December 5 to “see the snow” if the add-on is the product you actually need. Confirm the current Ikon USD add-on rate on the pass page at checkout, because that line is quoted separately from the CAD season pass.

Parking, Shuttle, and Opening Morning

Tourism Revelstoke is already managing cars. The main lot remains for high-occupancy vehicles with two or more guests, overnight camping is not permitted, and the advice is to carpool or ride the Revelstoke Resort Shuttle at C$2 a trip, with a season shuttle pass sold online. If you are a solo driver, assume the main lot will turn you away on Saturday morning and budget the shuttle or a second passenger.

Opening day at a destination mountain is a logistics problem before it is a skiing problem. Revelstoke sits a few kilometers off the Trans-Canada southwest of town. A 8:30 a.m. first chair means a predawn departure from downtown hotels if the shuttle is packed. Photograph your parking rule screenshot and the shuttle timetable the night before, because a December 5 storm on the highway is a different delay from a full lot.

Do not camp in the lot to beat the rush. The visitor page states overnight camping is banned at the resort, and a ticket there is a worse start than a C$2 shuttle. If you are arriving from Calgary, Vancouver, or Kelowna on December 4, sleep in town, ride the shuttle, and keep chains or winter tires in the rental agreement. The mountain will still be there at 9:30 a.m. if the lot is a mess.

Hours, Vertical, and What Is Still Unposted

Skiresort.com describes 55 kilometers of marked slopes, seven lifts, and a lift-served vertical of more than 1,700 meters between 512 and 2,225 meters on Mount Mackenzie. Those are the resort’s published dimensions, not the opening-day footprint. Early December at Revelstoke often means a gondola plus a subset of chairs and mandatory download on thin lower slopes. Wait for the official lift list rather than packing a full touring kit as if every glade is in.

Typical hours in the same dataset are 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Short December light plus a 3:30 p.m. close is the planning fact for families and for anyone who thought they would ski a dusk lap. Book lessons and rental slots for Saturday morning, not late afternoon. If you need a full vertical day, look at Sunday, December 6, as the second operating day, still inside opening weekend and usually less chaotic than Saturday’s first chair.

The resort has not yet posted which chairs spin on December 5. Tourism Revelstoke says terrain details will come closer to opening day and points readers to the grooming report. That is the watch item: refresh the snow report in the last week of November, then again on December 4. If the lower mountain is closed, your “1,700 meter vertical” day shrinks and a cat or heli add-on is a separate purchase, not a substitute for a missing chair.