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A quick flight to Kelowna and 45-minutes drive out of town and you’re at Big White Ski Resort, where everything you need for a productive weekend getaway is at your ski-tips.

Spa
The Timeless Eternity package ($328) at Beyond Wrapture Day Spa gets you three hours of wine-themed bliss. For example, the Okanagan grape pip scrub exfoliates with the grape bits that don’t make it into wine.

Drink
You’d think it was an invention of the Calgary Stampede, but Gunbarrel Coffee at Snowshoe Sam’s is all Big White. A glass rimmed in crystallized sugar is filled with brandy, cacao and coffee. Out comes the shotgun and flaming Grand Marnier is poured down the barrel of a shotgun into the glass. It all happens on a cart that is wheeled to your table.

Stay
Step out of the hotel into your skis at any of Big White’s ski-in, ski-out hotels including the White Crystal Inn. When you’re done, relax by your fireplace or enjoy the best of après ski in the surrounding village.

Play
Big White gets 750 cm of snow annually and with 118 runs (most of which are beginner or intermediate) you won’t be at a loss for ski options. To get the quintessential Big White experience, you’ll want to swoosh through the powder weaving through the “snow ghosts” aka snow covered trees.

Play some more
There’s dog sledding, skating and tubing, but climbing the ice climbing tower will get your adrenaline pumping. Built from four telephone poles that are cross-braced and sprayed down each week the massive block of ice has one side is easier than the rest, but any of the four with take you up 60-feet to ring the bell at the top. —Jaelyn Molyneux

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