Big White Canada - Everything you need to know for your next Ski holiday

Located in the interior of BC Canada you’ll find Big White Resort. Kelowna is the largest city in the Okanagan Valley with Big White Resort only 56 km away. The best way to get to Big White Resort is fly into Kelowna International Airport and then its a 1 hour drive by hiring a car or taking a shuttle bus. The flight from Vancouver to Kelowna is only a 45 minute flight, making it a relatively easy trip for International travellers to visit.

Car Hire

Big White Ski resort has heaps of free parking if you are driving to the resort from Kelowna. There are 6 rental car companies available at Kelowna International Airport including National, Budget, Avis, ACE, Enterprise and Hertz. Most of the car rental suppliers offer one way rentals or to return your rental at another location. There may be additional costs for the one way option. Note that overnight parking and RV parking require a permit, with fees. There are no fuel stations at Big White, but there is an EV rapid charging station located in Happy Valley.

Big White Ski Resort is 56 km southeast of Kelowna taking approximately 50 minutes to drive. Be mindful when you are driving to Big White of snowy road conditions. There can also be wildlife spotted on the roads such as elk and moose and maybe even bears if it’s closer to the end of the season.

Shuttle Bus

Shuttles from Kelowna Airport will whisk through the mountains in less than an hour. The hosts at Big White Central Reservations (shuttle company) will wait for guests to arrive at the arrival lounge to help direct travellers to the correct shuttle.

If you’d like to add transfers to your booking, speak to one of our travel specialists at Mountainwatch Travel.

Getting Around Big White

Once you have arrived at Big White Resort you will not need a car as the main village is car-free. The snow is generally packed down and the village is groomed for easy walking. Big White has a free shuttle bus that travels around the resort. Gondola is free for pedestrians to access as a quick means of transportation between Happy Valley and the mid-mountain village.

nicky sullivan

Lizzie was so helpful, gave us some options and advice to help us pinpoint where we wanted to go. And once we had booked provided some really helpful travel advice and answering questions we had. Easy to deal with, everything was smooth and we had a great time.

Shelly Drewitz

Calum was awesome at helping us every step of the way with our trip. We got a great deal on the accommodation and ski lift, and we will definitely come back to Mountainwatch next time based on his excellent service.

Mark K Grant

I booked my Japan ski holiday through Mountainwatch. Very professional and when we arrived in Japan all was laid out for us. The accommodation was even nicer than expected. KIrsty was very good to work with and made things very easy!!!! will book again next season.

Jess

Great experience booking through this company, our contact Anna was brilliant, and organised a fantastic ski trip for us. The travel was all clearly laid out, the accommodation was lovely, the ski field was fantastic, great range of local dining options and bars.

Brett A

Mountain Watch are great, well organised and excellent advice on locations and accommodation. Highly recommended!

darren martin

Thanks Kirsty for helping arrange our family trip to Myoko for Xmas 2025, we had an amazing time

Jan Kelly

Thanks Kirsty, once again your arrangements for us in Japan worked very well. We’ll have no hesitation about touching base with you before we make another booking….. not sure if we’ll be organised by June, but we’ll see. Have a great season yourself and keep up the good work at MountainWatch. Regards Jan and Tom

Samantha Farr

Our trip to Hakuba and Tokyo was so smooth and easy thanks to the help of Justine. Hotel was great and in a perfect location and it was very smooth having all our extras like lessons and rentals booked and sorted before we arrived. Would 100% book through Mountainwatch Travel again!

John Durham

This is the second year that Kristy has organized travel arrangements for a skiing holiday to Furano in Japan, for us. It is the second time that those arrangements have been fulfilled seamlessly. No hassles, as planned and on time. Perfect, and will use Mountainwatchj Travel again. John Durham

Simone B

We booked through Anna O’Malley for our stay in Nozawa onsen Village in Japan. Seamless service, prompt, and pricing reasonable. The Shimataya View Hotel, was a lovely stay. Room size was large, great views, and Amazing service from Staff. Momoi and Eloisa couldn’t help enough- from dinner reservations to organising luggage to Tokyo. Property is older, though clean, well maintained. 10 min walk to slopes, 5 min walk to village centre. I recommend Mountain Watch, and this property. Photos are the view from our room.

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