Snow Valley

It may only take 6 – 8 seconds to get down the hill at snow valley, but for in the city skiing it’s pretty awesome.
My favorite feature is their twilight special. $ 10 gets you skiing from 7−9pm Monday to Friday. Pretty great deal to take the kids out or just warm up your skis before a trip to the mountains.
I am confident that I will be doing lots of night skiing there this year with deals like that.

Snow Valley has made a fan out of me! My 5 year old daughter has taken lessons for the last two years at Sun Ridge in Edmonton. We came to Snow Valley for the first time last weekend with my daughter’s school.
For $ 25, we were provided ski equipment (skis or snowboard, helmets, etc.) and an hour lesson. I had NEVER skied before and my hubby hadn’t been since an unfortunate experience in 5^th grade. Check-​in was at 6:30 pm and the slopes closed at 10:00 pm.
Our beginner instructor, Nicholas, was well worth the wait (30 minutes). He even checked back in on us later on in the evening. I’ll admit we were lucky with our instructor but he sure made us feel welcome and never made me feel bad for falling on the magic carpet and needing help off a couple if times! Skiing, no problem. Child-​safe magic carpet, not so much! That thing was my nemesis but the staff were there to help me each time I bit the dust.
While Snow Valley likely seems small to an avid skier, it was perfect for my family! I really liked how you could see all the runs from bunny to black diamond from the main grounds when you exit the chalet. I will definitely chose Snow Valley next year for our family’s lessons.

I’m writing this review — not on the ski hill, rather on Snow Valley Ski Club as an event space! I’m an event planner in Calgary, and really wish I always had this level of customer service!
The staff here is unbelievable — excelled at all aspects of hosting my niece’s wedding. Danny’s customer service is second to none. So accomodating and resourceful. The venue upstairs is beautiful, the food was fantastic. I really can’t say a bad thing about the entire day/​evening.
If you’re thinking of this venue for your special day — don’t give it a second thought… BOOK IT!!!

Came here for snowboarding lessons while on a trip in Edmonton visiting family.
There were six of us learning how to snowboard for the very first time and by the end of the day we were all able to snowboard more or less. That’s pretty good I think! Especially since people kept telling us that it took some time to pick up.
The instructors were very patient and helpful. The lessons were a little shorter than I expected and there wasn’t too much hands on training, but I think it’s more or less something you have to practice again and again.
When we finally hit the bigger slope, it was a lot better snow and it wasn’t as slushy as the rabbit hill.
Definitely a spot for the beginners. My cousin who lives in Edmonton said it’s pretty cheap in pricing too. When you get lessons, you get a free pass to come back. I was pretty bummed that we didn’t have enough time to come back. But of course experienced snowboarders like the bigger hills in the mountains anyway.

For being right IN Edmonton, I think this is the best bang for the buck when you just want to get some runs in, feel the snow and the cold and have a good time… Is really good to get some extra practice in too!
They have some great evening rates, and the special on Friday night!
I would recommend checking them out… Personally I actually enjoy better than Rabbit Hill even.

Snow valley is a neat ski area located a stone’s throw away from the south campus of U of A. Not big, by any stretch of imagination, but perfect for the learning skier or snowboarder. It’s of course a very standard and flat slope, without much contours etc., but I like this place a lot just for the learning aspect. I see a lot of decent deals and packages for families, which makes it a great, affordable ski area.
I particularly like this place because as a learner I find it very conveniently located, within city limits — perfect for the urban boy in me, that’s always trying to find outdoor things to do in the city. Certainly, as an early ski learner, I would recommend this place. The chalet area is decent sized with a small fast food counter. Not the best food to eat, but certainly okay given that most patrons live like 10 mins drive away. The hot chocolate is actually quite terrible and I wish, for the sake of all the snow that’s giving a formidable fight out there, that snow valley would actually improve the quality of the hot choc.
All in all, a great weekend pastime. They have reasonably priced rentals and have 50% off on rentals and area pass on Friday nights, for the daring few who’d choose a night of skiing over other Friday night activities!

This place is not that big but it is great place for skiers and all levels. You will have a great here at snow valley. Me and my friends always go skiing at this place because the snow is perfect. Snow Valley is not as icy as rabbit hill. They are always perfect snow for skiing

Snow Valley is a great place for people to learn to ski or snowboard. It is NOT somewhere to come hoping for a great time if you are already a good at it.
They offer up lessons and they are really helpful for beginners. If you already know what you are doing, Snow Valley is a great place to come to brush up your skills before hitting the mountains. You can get in some good practice runs when the season starts so that you don’t have any rust when you hit the big times.
It is a great place for people who want to take these winter sports and it is an awesome place for kids.

Sure, Snow Valley is best know for it’s ski hill and snowboarding areas, but did you know there is also a campground here and some pretty beautiful trails too?
I only discovered this when my boyfriend insisted we go somewhere nice for a walk with our dog one day. Not around the neighbourhood, not downtown, somewhere «nice» and «nature-​like.» He started to research area parks and trails and came across this one by Snow Valley.
We drove down to the packed area and noticed that they had a campground. It was really weird to see in the middle of the city, but I like the idea of it. The campground was actually pretty nice too, but they didn’t allow dogs, so we couldn’t walk around there.
We found a trail leading away from Snow Valley and explored it. The area was so beautiful and we were covered in a canopy of trees.
I can’t wait to walk around here in the summer and explore the area when it won’t be filled with avid skiers and snowboarders!

I took ski lessons at Snow Valley when I was a kid — everyone did, it was through the schools. I have to say, at that age I was impressed with everything they had. Today, I’ve been back and I’m far from impressed with Edmonton’s ski hill.
Anyone who enjoys skiing or takes it somewhat seriously (as a hobby or competitively) knows that Snow Valley doesn’t have much to offer. I’m not a very good skier anymore and I was bored with Snow Valley only half an hour in.
Everything is very basic and elementary.
There aren’t many options out there for skiing in Edmonton so unfortunately, we’re stuck with it.
I just have a hard time knowing that with all the snow we get and how freaking cold it gets here, that we can’t build a better option for skiers.
Thankfully, BC is not too far away. And trust me, it’s worth the drive. Kicking Horse is the place to go!